Horticulture hunks ready to take the field Nov 28, 2007
As Bugs Bunny would say, "Sheesh! What maroons!". Do their mamas know they are making fun of gardeners. (The Clarion-Ledger)
What ever happened to...? Jul 19, 2007
Here's the list of what auditors say Swindle bought during work hours in just seven months: casserole dishes; a Budweiser thermometer; a Mammy doorstop; Hop along Cassidy marbles; a Bugs Bunny cookie jar. The 49 page state audit document lists 499 items Swindle bought through eBay between September 2002 and April 2003, at a cost of about 18,580. (Lafayette Macon County Times, TN)
Venice Biennale Jun 15, 2007
A young, Yale-trained artist named Hyungkoo Lee has fabricated the presumptive fossil remains of Bugs Bunny, Tom, Jerry and others, somberly presenting them in glass vitrines as if at a natural history museum; there's also something to do with devices to enhance his own physique and a surgical theater full of obscure instrumentation, conjuring up Matthew Barney. A pair of 8-year-olds accompanying me found this all quite fascinating, as they did David Altmejd's contribution on behalf of Canada,... (International Herald Tribune)
ONE-MAN BAND Apr 30, 2007
" Ray invented Lunchbox-A-Leles, musical instruments that look like toys but are actual children's lunch boxes crafted into ukuleles. Yes, they play, and sure, they'll hold that peanut-butter sandwich for between-set snacking. "I'm a troubadour, a gypsy and a nutcase, frankly," he says. Talking to Ray about his obsession, you meet a large cast of characters -- Jimmy Stewart, Austin Powers, Kermit the Frog, Bugs Bunny, Bill Clinton among them -- as Ray breaks into some of the many voices he... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Palm Coast retiree follows various paths Apr 16, 2007
The trials and triumphs of the Palm Coast retiree are described in an unpublished autobiography called "So Far, So Good," which is what Bugs Bunny told Elmer Fudd when the rascally rabbit was falling down a cliff. The cartoon reference is intentional, because Goldstein has learned to laugh with the absurd. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
