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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. Creature Feature continues tonight! 1030pm. BNW. $10.  Joining Creature Feature is the talented and terrifying, Survivors Of The Undead Plague.  Reserve your seats ahead of time.

2. Dear Modern Day Pirate I Saw At Kowalski’s,

This is a pirate shirt. If you're wearing this shirt in public, you have stones in your nut sack.

Ahoy! Where did you come from? Are you lost? Whatever your story may be, I am sure it is full of adventure and daring! And perhaps the most daring part of your story would be your outfit. Where do I begin modern day pirate? Let’s start with your single giant golden hooped earring. I could feel the the confusion permeate from you as you stared at my naked earlobe while we both waited for our paninis.  What kind of lily livered land lover was I to walk the streets un-bejeweled?  And surely you must have wondered why you were the only person wearing blindingly white acid washed jeans. And the buttons on my  shirt clearly made you furious.  Where was my loose fitting shirt with lacing?

Pirate, I surely hope you find your crew soon, for the land is no place for you.

Mike

Happy Thursday!

1. Hey! My Fringe Show is being remounted. “An Intimate Evening With Fotis: Part III” is back for one more weekend! Here’s your chance to see the show that one critic and a smattering of audiences are raving about.

I am really proud of this show and think it’s the best one I’ve done. Won’t you please consider attending? I thought about re-titling this show as, “Mike Needs A Washing Machine”, but thought better of it.

Performances:
Thursday October 15 9pm
Friday October 16 9pm
Sunday October 18 330pm

Produced by Nimbus Theatre and presented as a double bill with Allegra Lingo’s, “Crescendo”.

Tickets $12, $10 with Fringe button (or $20 / $18 when you see both shows together!).

More information can be found here:

http://www.nimbustheatre.com/discover/nightsofthelivingfringe.php

2. Nice move, Twins. You’ve got the Yankees right where you want them.  The Twins are down 0-1, but they totally have the advantage. That’s right, Gardenhire has allowed the Yankees to become too confident. Brilliant.

3. A while back I couldn’t stop writing about Jon Gosselin and his despicable love for Ed Hardy clothing. Those posts, as might be expected led to lots of spamming. Here are three of the best I’ve recieved to date.

From Jayla -the kids of Jon and Kate Gosselin are so cute and adorable. wish i have those kids too. i hope that Jon would be more faithful to Kate.

From ACNETREATMENTGURL, who must really love her job to have legally changed her name-i enjoyed watching the show of Jon and Kate Gosselin on TV. their kids are so cute but i am wondering if Jon Gosselin is really a good husband.

From Janey, sister of Jayla and apparently just as barren--the kids of Kate and John Gosselin are so cute. i wish that i also have 8 kids.

Happy Wednesday!

1. I didn’t see any of last night’s game because I was working, but I did catch snippets of it on the radio . It sure sounded like the greatest game in Major League history. Last night’s win will work in one of two ways against the Yankees. It will either serve as a catalyst for the team and and cause them to tear through the Yankees like a chainsaw through butter, or last night’s win will serve as an awesome memory to fall back on when the powerhouse that is the Yankees brings the Twins back to earth.

My money? The Twins win in 5.  Punto will hit 9 homers in the series and during the celebration on the mound after the Twins have pulled off the impossible, Joe Mauer will piss all over the field in Yankee Stadium and scream, “NEVER! I WILL NEVER BE A YANKEE! SUCK IT, JETER!”

I’m in a weird place right now. For the first time in the nearly ten years that I’ve lived in the Twin Cities, I followed the Twins much more regularly than I did the Cubs. I don’t know what it is but after two straight playoff appearances and exactly zero wins to show for those appearances, I just didn’t have the mental energy for another Cubs heartbreak. I’m glad that the Twins have been there to remind me that I can root for a team without all the emotional wreckage.

What a great weekend, huh?

1. The Twins find themselves somehow in a playoff on Tuesday thanks to an equal parts mixture of Twins moxie and TIger ineptitude. Man, it sure is nice to live in a city where the baseball team consistently year after year finds a way to win. Do you hear me, Cubs? I’ve been letting you half jerk me for years. The Twins are already my favorite AL team…Don’t make me make the full on switch!Alright! You called my bluff. I could never do that, but seriously this year was unacceptable.

2. Creature Feature went really well on Friday night. Michael Ritchie continues to be the best improviser in the TC. Being onstage with him makes me realize how sloppy I can be when on stage.

3. Last night’s Rockstar show also went very well. What a humbling experience to know that I presented a story that was pretty well received and that I liked very much but that still wasn’t up to par with what everyone else offered. It is truly nice to know that I work with such talented people.