From the 2009 Customer Evaluation Form
Quote whoring: You can visit Wisconsin and leave your firearms at home. (Andrea) I've participated in Weekends of all kinds in my adult career. This sets the standard for Williams. Tour de force! (Deb) Who's in charge of all this chaos? We are tramps for the trampoline (Steve) All the karaoke you can stand! (Beth) We made it to single digit. (Bryan) It's only once a year. (Mike) As seen on TV! (Rosenkrantz) My unspeakable erotic fetish (customers were guaranteed anonymity): The soft flesh just below the last rib bone. (Andrea) Well, first I order some shoes from Zappos. Then [...]
Odes to Weekend
In the Comments Section below, please offer your vote for the 2009 Malvolian of the Year Best Poem ______ William Weekend in Wisconsin For not faint hearted Lacerated toe in Moccasin Gangrene hath started - Scott _____ I Hate Haikus I hate haikus lots Stupid little pointless things Wait I just did one - Alex ______ Gownku (courtesy FTD) For the gown winner Prancing and dancing with glee Welcome to the fold - Melissa ______ William Weekend Nine William Weekend Nine Exposed to William first time Cover my ta-ta's - Andrea ______ A Bovine Fantasia How now, cow You are [...]
Balloting is now open
Please carefully review (and snigger at) the following Top candidates and then cast your ballot for your favorites in the "Leave A Comment" section. Feel free to add another candidate there, too. A) If you've crossed the Mississippi, you've probably gone too far. (Mike, based on a true story during the trip home. No, there is no Dubuque, Wisconsin.) b) I believe in pleasure units! (Andrea) C) You're lucky I didn't have my bare ass on that one. (Andrea, shortly after the sublime sound of a whoppee cushion echoed through the ballroom.) D) Go tell them we blew a fuse [...]
Gown of Humility 2009
From Weekender and GoH 2008 Winner Steve: Think of Survivor, Wait..Wait Don't Tell Me, and Hollywood Squares then mash them all together, add paper crowns and tiaras, and you get the Gown of Humility Challenge 2009*. Do you know your Weekend with William and Shakespeare trivia? Can you get from point A to point B? Do you look at a Picasso and say to yourself "That makes sense?" Can you dress yourself? If you answered Yes to all then you are sure to be a winner! (But then again, EVERYONE is a winner. Except maybe the poor weekender who receives, [...]
The Weekend Olympiad
Can not one appreciate Shakespeare and also the grace of simple athletics? ... Probably not. But that won't stop us from inaugurating the Weekend Olympiad this year. Let us know what games you'll be bringing up, or if you have any competitive ideas -- and not just those involving the projecting of spheres and being somehow shod. Drinking games? Mind games? War games? Saturday night, we'll offer awards to the winners and, naturally, scorn to everyone else!
Cruising: Whaddaya wanna be on and in?
For our Saturday cruise, we have a couple options. Canoeing down the Wisconsin River near Spring Green or paddling about Governor Dodge State Park. Preference? If we do the river, you'll have a choice of kayak or canoe. What's your pleasure? The State Park doesn't take reservations, so we'd end up with whatever is available when we show up. River: www.wiriverside.com/CanoeTubeKayak.htm Park: www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/parks/specific/govdodge/index.html Also, any other thoughts for Saturday during the day or nighttime fun? www.southwestwi.com/ www.midcontinent.org/news/news21.html (Thanks to Weekender Mike for finding this.)
Surfeit’s up! (The grub and glug-glug blog)
As in years past, Your Obedient Servant (with help from the Mikottii) will bring along the nucleus of our meals -- main meats and muffins mainly. (A $20/Weekener donation for food and fun costs will be greatly appreciated.) If everyone else plans on bringing side stuffs, snackables, and desserts, we should have some mighty fine eating throughout the weekend. We'll probably have four meals at the lodge: two breakfasts, one lunch, one dinner. Plan on going out to a fish fry on Friday night. (For planning purposes: There will be about 16 of us.) Please "comment" here to let us [...]
I hate haikus lots | Stupid little pointless things | Wait I just did one
What, besides tolerable, would Weekend be without our Annual "I Can't Believe It's Not Poetry" Slam. The winner (chosen in theory by the audience but in effect by the cocktail bar) is wreathed with honor as Malvolian of the Year and earns a minimally interesting gift award at best. Any form of poetry is acceptable, though the Homeric Epic has never been a big hit. One may wish to study previous entries for inspiration, or perhaps as a form of aversion therapy. Among favorite forms for Weekenders have been: The Haiku. Three lines (5 syllables, then 7, then 5 again) [...]
Are we there yet? (The transportation blog)
Who's up for starting Weekend early? We'd meet up at my house at 10 on Friday morning (the 14th) and hit an appropriate amount of pubs and cheeseries on the way. Suggestions for stops are welcome. Also, let us know if you're willing to drive. Feel free to open up any other caravan/carpool-related discussions, too. (My address is 184 Tanglewood Drive, Glen Ellyn.) - YOS
Compleat the Caption Contest
From Weekender Mike ... Help capture the essence of “Weekend With” and aide in the production of humorous promotional materials, and indeed, help us find new ways to self-absorb together more fully. The idea is this: best photo matched with best completion of the phrase: “Weekend with William: _________________ .” Happily, we have stumbled upon a methode of drawing this out for several weeks: Parte One: Findeth Canon (or Nikon) Fodder. Deadline: May 29th Nominate a happy few (no more than five) Photographical Evidences for captioning. Seeke out the Funny, Interesting or Outrageous vistas and visages crying out for a [...]