The Munchkin Skag Problem
Irvine Welsh’s play about the “the private lives of the Munchkin characters from The Wizard of Oz“ is set to debut in Dublin. The Scotsman is reporting that “in one of the classic film’s background scenes, a Munchkin can reportedly be seen hanging from a tree, having apparently committed suicide. Welsh uses that as the starting…
continue readingA Mom’s Guide To Turning Out
Gawker comments on a Star magazine interview with Dina Lohan. It seems the mother of Lindsay Lohan, that teen actress with the 45-year-chain-smokers rasp, is writing a book to help parents “to manage and how this all happened. It’s about avoiding pitfalls,” with showbiz kids. The elder Lohan tells the Star that “I get so much…
continue readingFriedman to Run for Governor
Writer and singer Kinky Friedman presented 169,574 names supporting his bid to be governor to Texas election officials. Regulations require potential independent candidates to collect 45,540 valid signatures in order to make it on the ballot. “”All I can say is, thank God for bars and dance halls,” said Friedman. If California can have an…
continue readingNeed Help Planning a Murder?
Call Doug Lyle for all your literary mayhem needs. Or, since you are a writer, you can say you are “researching for a novel” as a cover story to your plot about undoing the noisy neighbor. Hmmm…
continue readingSomewhere, A Book Deal Is Being Signed
I know there have been a couple of movies about perpetual college students, but here’s a CNN article about an undergraduate who has been studying at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for 12 years. Undoubtedly, within about six months, one of those gift books that crowd the cash register will appear: How To Stay In School Forever…
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