We are approaching the half-way point of the last year of the decade. Sort of. Officially the last year of this decade is 2010. That’s if you’re following the rules. If you’re going by the book then the first year of this decade/century/millennium was not 2000, but 2001. After all the Julian calendar didn’t start [...]
Author Archives: Wylie VanWenger
Ten Years of Dark Humor: A Retrospective of the First Decade of the New Century
May 29, 2009 – 9:24 am
The Hockey BeardPart 2
May 22, 2009 – 3:25 pm
The Hockey Beard is a phenomenon I’d only just heard about. It came up when some friends and I were ganging up on my roommate to try and convince him to shave his wretched beard that his girlfriend proclaims “smells like wet cheese.”
“I can’t shave now.” He declared, “It’s the playoffs.”
“What in god’s name are [...]
The Hockey Beard Part I
May 21, 2009 – 6:41 pm
Foreword by Stan Lerner: so why not a writer who lives in Olympia WA, we have readers around the world–literally. And my crazy intern, I have no idea where she’s at. So I present to you a funny story by a guy who writes like a downtownster.
My roommate is hell bent on growing a four-foot [...]
