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News From Poughkeepsie – Sunday Edition #4

planetx — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:19:01 +0000

Yeah, yeah, it’s Monday. Maybe I should just just merge the Sunday and Monday into one massive, monstrous post. Shout out in the comments if you have opinion on keep Sunday separate or not.

The theme was “Westerns” which got alot of strong responses. My favorite was by David [...]

News From Poughkeepsie – Day 120

planetx — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:00:49 +0000

Western…as high fantasy

“Merlin! I’m callin’ you out!”

Merlin did not come out of the tavern. Merlin wanted nothing more than to crawl back into a bottle of whiskey, and forget about the dark wizard who waited on the dirt road outside. He had a shot in his hand, and by the [...]

News From Poughkeepsie – Day 119

planetx — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:00:22 +0000

Western…in modern times.

“Hello, I saw your ad on the message board? ‘Have BFG, will travel?’ That’s you, right?”

“That’s the part everyone focuses on, yes.”

“You do have the gun, right?”

“In game? Yes…but I prefer not to use it.”

“But you will use it, right?”

“I will. If the situation [...]

News From Poughkeepsie – Day 118

planetx — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:00:12 +0000

Western…on the schoolyard

Big Lucy’s Black Hats were the terror of recess. No snack cake was spared their greed, no shin spared their wrath. The teachers were useless. The Black Hats were the queens and kings of Tombstone Elementary, and they knew no one could challenge them.

No one, that is, until [...]

News From Poughkeepsie – Day 117

planetx — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:33:55 +0000

Western…as religion

Bobby Joe believed in The Gun. He had met other Marshals, men and women who appeared pious, but who threw aside the Lessons of The Gun as it suited them. To them, wielding the gun was about power. To Bobby Joe, however, it was about salvation. Out here in the [...]

The News From Poughkeepsie – Day 116

planetx — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:56:02 +0000

I don’t watch a whole lot of television, but I don’t dare miss an episode of PROJECT RUNWAY. As an examination of the creative process and an intriguing character study of the kind of people who chose to make creation their life, it’s hard to beat. Plus, you get fashion shows and the idiosyncratic charm [...]