This is something of a ‘save the date’ notification. Not About the Buildings is holding its Fourth Annual Spelling Bee on Monday, June 21st, from 9pm to 11-ish. Not About The Buildings’ most popular event is also our biggest fundraiser. 36 spellers will compete for fame and glory and fabulous prizes, but even non-spellers can …
I know just how this conversation went. “Hey Moe, how do you spell Humboldt?” “What” “Humboldt” “Hum-what?” “BOLT!” “B-O-L-T. . . dumbass.”
Arr, and if it don’t be the Nineteenth of September, the end of the season of gales, arrr. What be the relevance of this date, say ye? Why, it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, of course, ye lilly-livered landlubber, ye. Why, I’s t’ crack open yer noggin t’ be askin’ sitch foolishness, not …
Scrabolous is my new hip-hop name. Someone, maybe Elvis Costello, once said “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” It’s true, music should resonate as a visceral experience — either you respond or you don’t. And then maybe the lyrics speak to you. Having said that I suppose in some cases a genre becomes …
Scrabble S.I.T. Pillows $22.68 These 3 gorgeous Twill Pillows are hand screenprinted by the owner of H2F with Scrabble inspired designs. One S, one T and one I come standard. Typically 12″ square, but I’ve been known to mix it up and do 14″ pillows when stock allows. You can now special order an H …
This Thursday, December 11, from 6:00-7:30pm, at Providence Public Library’s Central Library, 150 Empire Street, Downcity Providence, RI, we will host a group of poets & writers to read, sign, and otherwise socialize with all who can come to this free literary soiree. The event features poets Rosemarie Waldrop, Keith Waldrop, and Ray Ragosta, as …
Please have a seat anywhere… so we can talk about this very interesting topics. Are you ready? Yes. I said are you ready? I’m ready! Are you paying attention now!? I’m ready!
Today’s the first day of the Providence Public Library’s annual book sale. If you want the best books, you can pay $15 to get there at 1 this afternoon, but then it opens to the public at 4. (nb: I have a feeling the $15 might be worth it, actually, because the books are priced …
When the latest of Governor Carcieri’s ethical problems (giving his niece a state job) started gaining traction last summer, he took to calling the lovely lady in question his niece-in-law. I remember asking myself — who says that? We now have our answer — slimy, guilty, obfuscating weasels say that. Today the Governor admitted to …
Is it just us, or are there a hell of a lot of new people around? Our brains have achieved certain expectations of Providence — algorithms that can’t. quite. process. these contingencies… Help? Who are you? (And welcome to our blog.)
If you need more evidence that words no longer mean things: Here’s Joe Biden — who, for instance, famously helped ram through the 2005 bill that made it a hell of a lot harder to file bankruptcy, and has spent 30 years repping the state that’s owned by the credit card industry — having to …