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Happy Wednesday!

1. I’ve been blogging for a while now, several years to be less than exact.  For the most part,  I’ve really liked writing it, but now, it’s time for me to move on to another cyber project.

Starting in the new year, this site will have a new name and instead of it just being a blog dedicated to me and all of my handsome pursuits, it will become a story based website.

There are so many wonderful comedians, writers and storytellers in this city and hopefully this site can be a place for us to post our work. For the most part, I want the stories to be recorded, but honestly I’m up for anything.  I just want to get all the great stories Minneapolis has to offer out into the cyberworld.

If this sounds cool to you and you’re interested in posting a story, let me know!  Leave me a comment or email me at mikefotis@gmail.com.  In a few weeks, I’ll be posting something akin to a sign up sheet that will serve as a submission form.

I will also be running some names for the new site by you guys, just for shits and giggles.

Other information about the site will be posted here as that information becomes available.

If you’re reading this and saying to yourself, “Fuck this shit. I am done with this blog!”, I understand and would like to thank you for reading my poorly thought out ramblings for as long as you have. You deserve a medal for surviving such a horrific assault on grammar.

It was just time for a change. Because let’s face it, blogging isn’t hard and I couldn’t muster up the interest to do it for nearly a month. That had to be a sign.  See you soon!

-Mike

Happy Friday!

1. Your last chance to catch Creature Feature this year is tonight! We’ve had great crowds so far for this run. It would be really awesome to end it on a high note. Come on down if you get a chance!

Tickets

2. My dog is awesome. It is really nice knowing that she’s always going to think I’m great.

That’s all.

Mike

Happy Thursday…

1. It’s raining today which can only mean one thing. God watched last night’s episode of Top Chef and even he can’t believe that Robin is still on the show. I’m not saying that Mike deserved to stay on the show after last night’s effort, or better put, after the attitude he showed at the judge’s table.  He didn’t. And to be honest, I won’t miss him. His smile made me uncomfortable.  Also how do you go through life having never seen one episode of Seinfeld?  That’s just…bizarre. Serial killer bizarre.

I am having difficulty accepting a world where Robin is taking my dire prediction from a week ago and forcing it into the realm of plausibility. I’m telling you, she’s going to find a way to skate into the finals.  Everyone else will make one killer mistake and for whatever reason her meal, which is almost never good, won’t be bad enough.

Onto Michael, the tattooed brother. Man, competition sure has brought out the asshole in that guy. Face it dude, Kevin might just be better than you.

Onto Jennifer, the super hot chef who is in the middle of  meltdown. Get your shit together, ok? Although, thank you for your Flintstone’s commentary. SUPER HOT.

Ok, that’s all for today.

Happy Wednesday!

1. On tonight’s episode of Top Chef, Robin, America’s favorite kind of annoying chef who used to have cancer will either be eliminated from the competition or continue her baffling ascent up the Top Chef ladder. I CAN’T WAIT!!!!

2. Hey Facebook, I really hate the news feed/live feed thing you’ve got going on. And by “hate”, I am fully willing to admit that I am to lazy to figure out the new layout.  My thing is this. Couldn’t the default feed be the live feed? That way, I always  am up to date with my friends and their pithy opinions.

3. Hey Chicago Cubs, guess what starts tonight? The World Series. Guess who’s not there? Well yes, you’re right. I’m not there. But neither are you, and that’s my point. Please be better next year.

On a side note, Joe Buck doesn’t annoy me like he does the rest of America. He does annoy me, just not as much as he annoys the average Joe and Jane.

-Mike

Happy Tuesday!

1. Hey! There’s still time to enroll in October classes at the Brave New Workshop!

Adult Everyday Improv 1!

This class is perfect if you’ve never tried improv and want to see what it’s all about!

Thursdays 7:30pm-9:30pm beginning October 29th
Click here for more info!

Special All Women Everyday Level 1 taught by THE Lauren Anderson!

Discover ways to be more present in everyday conversation and cultivate your creativity in this perfect girl’s night out of laughter, discussion and discovery.

Saturdays 10:00am-12:00pm beginning October 31st

Click here for more info!

2. A few nights ago I saw “Zombieland”. To say that I am burned out on zombies is an understatement. In fact, it’s getting to the point that Hollywood should consider making a movie titled, “Zombies vs. Vampires” since apparently these are the only monsters that are worth making movies about.

So it’s to “Zombieland’s” credit that despite my bias, I still enjoyed this movie thoroughly. It was funny and engaging which of course makes it “fungaging”. Jesse Eisenberg is very funny in the movie playing a geek who’s social alienation and attention to detail has helped him survive the zombie apocalypse. Woody Harrelson is delightfully crazy, which apparently is just Woody being Woody and not a character choice.

Whatever. It’s funny. See it. FOTIs.

Mike