The Crackheads, Whores, and Thieves of the Midwest Hotel, and Me

Every time I think I’m doing well, that I have a college education, a white collar job in an office building, even my own business cards, that I’ve narrowly escaped my white trash fate…well, THEY KEEP PULLING ME BACK IN.
Yesterday morning, my girlfriend and I woke up, had coffee, and kissed each other good bye. [...]

Sweet Wild Jersey

Three quarters of the way through Bill Simmons’ superb but unexpected NHL Draft diary he mentions how much he loves the Wild’s “variant” (little dorky comics lingo there for my peeps) red jerseys. I hate the regular Wild home and away jerseys, maybe because I thought the North Stars jerseys were so cool. So B.S. [...]

Search Terms

Real quick, these were the search terms used today to find stephenhero.

“julian gough”
 

six sigma scientology
 

iron man’s an asshole

So I think we’re going in the right direction, kids.

Save the Ant-Man

Ran across a fantastic article breaking down the anemia afflicting today’s important novels (imagine that “My dear, I’m a Vanderbilt” kind of tone of voice). Basically, it’s an essay where this British dude, Julian Gough, a novelist and critic who used to play in the “very literary” Irish rock band Toasted Heretic, argues that [...]

Too Early for the Truth

So I just got back from 9/11 Press for Truth at the Riverview. Here’s the deal: it’s going to be hard for the people to lose that conspiracy theorist stigma when you have some skinny goateed guy with a fanny pack screaming “WE NEED ANOTHER NUREMBERG, MAN!!” at the Q and A following the film. [...]

9/11 Press For Truth

Saturday, at 10:30 AM at Riverview Theater. Free screening of the Jersey Girls movie. According to my buddy Ross the goverment wouldn’t have even thrown a commission if it wasn’t for these chicks. Anyone want to meet me down there? Okay, maybe you’re asking: “What type of weirdo goes to a documentary about 9/11 that [...]

Kate Parry vs. Alexis McKinnis

So, Kate Parry, the Star Tribune’s “Reader Rep” hammered Vita.mn’s Alexis on the Sexes for her cover story on outdoor sex. There’s been plenty of blog heat regarding the dust-up–both on mnspeak and Minnesota Monitor–and Alexis herself ran a comeback on her Girl Friday blog where she defended the integrity of her poll.
As somebody that [...]

Tony Soprano is Dead

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UPDATE: Some chick at work sent me this amazingly dorky breakdown of the final ep. Dude spent the whole day at work writing his, whereas I spent the time it takes to smoke two Camels. Anyway, we both came to the same conclusion, but his explanaish is way sweeter. Must reading.
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He’s dead.
Really.
Face it. Well, [...]