Top Ten 2006
Weekend Top Ten, or Three, or Whatever It Takes The Full Cleveland Who isn't an idiot? Tewkesberry Slushies Top Ten Reasons Why Weekend With William is Better Than A Trip To Europe (Submitted by Weekender Mike) 10. Getting bombed means something different here 9. Don't have to compete with ducks in Enlarged Liver contest 8. It's $3972.00 cheaper 7. Two-and-a-half hours after you leave the house: Tarmac at O'hare vs. Lawn Chair at Ewing Manor 6. Still Chester After All These Years 5. Deodorant 4. Hotel room keys fit in your wallet 3. If you forget something you can just [...]
Poetry 2006
Bragging Wrights Expectation laden I with weary writing tool fashion-conscious thoughts Not too enlightened minds stimulation or pause But soul leeward seeking only recognition Again too Basque in past and future imagined glories Beret cocked and goat tea drinking wino that I be We bragging wrights of words and rites and rights Pro and con test entering fools Ripe now pick-me-up, up to heaven, pick me. -- Mike M. Unnamed Fibonacci 1) rhyme 1) mood 2) not me 3) but structure 5) I can work with that 8) who really thinks the play's the thing? 13) there's one or two [...]
2003 Invitation
The Third Annual Weekend With Wm. (In Other Ways Styled The Stilchester and Framboise Festival) Friends, Romans, Countrymen -- Now Winter angry with hoary breath our town he bestride. But think you our wondrous habit, of Cheeses rank and wines too sweet, of hour under Bloom'ton stars, and bunny wabbit chased by mean ol' cat. 'Tis time, 'tis now or never, to order tickets, so say I; I blab it. Yes, time for the Third Annual Weekend With Wm., in delightful Bloomington, Illinois. This year, the plays are on Friday and Saturday nights, July 25th and 26th. I've checked with [...]
Invitation to Ww/Wm II
The Second Annual Weekend With Wm. (In Other Ways Styled The Stilchester and Framboise Festival) Friends, Romans, Countrymen -- The play's the thing! That, plus the fancy cheeses and pretentious after-dinner wines. Liketh thou watching players under the stars? Evening picnics upon yon beautiful estate? Bloomington, Illinois? If thou answer yesth, then come partake of the Second Annual Weekend With Wm. (as in William, as in Shakespeare.) As we did last year, a troupe of folk is heading to Bloomington for the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Itís a fun group, great plays and a zany get-away overall. This year, we're going [...]