LAGNIAPPE
Editor's note: We'll hand over this issue's Lagniapperie to Henry Singer,
our new East Bank editor. Henry likes to send links of, you know, crazy
Web sites to his friends and, now that he's a friend of LPZ, we figured
you'd like to see what an insane maniac he is. Welcome to the family.
Hank's
Current Top 9
by
Henry Singer
1. The
Essenheimer Web Site. What's more fun than a Web page devoted to
a German Slaughterhaus? Nothing.
2. This is a Web site devoted to dirty
public toilets in Japan. Be warned: graphic depictions of poop.
3. Do you like the latest in Soviet-inspired
lingerie?
4. Senator Orrin Hatch, also a prolific
songwriter.
5.Hookers
and their johns from the St. Paul metropolitan area. Don't get busted
here, or you'll join these folks online.
6. Yeah, I think my cousin is hot. So what? And I'm
not alone.
7. The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices Online.
8. Crack Afficianado magazine.
Is this real?
9. Analysis of Alanis. Brunching's
Web page.
Once in a while, a news item comes across the wire that I'm convinced
has to be joke, but isn't. This is off the wire today, and to me, it
sounds like it has the potential to be one of the worst ideas of all
time. —HS
Nation's Only Two Hand Transplant Recipients
To Set Off U.S. Largest Fireworks Event
Recipients Will Use New Left Hands To Light Up
'Thunder Over
Louisville 2001' LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Matthew Scott
and Jerry Fisher, the only two people in the United States to receive
a transplanted hand, will serve as official "Thundernators" at the Kentucky
Derby Festival "Thunder Over Louisville" event April 21, by pushing
the buttons to ignite the largest fireworks display in America.
Mike Berry, Kentucky Derby Festival president, made the announcement
during a press conference at Jewish Hospital today. "The Derby Festival
feels fortunate to have these two courageous men who took part in a
pioneering medical procedure to act as 'Thundernators' for this year's
Thunder Over Louisville," said Berry. Both Matt and Jerry's injuries
were caused by firework accidents. We thought it was fitting that these
two men -- better than anyone -- could reinforce the message that fireworks
should be left to the professionals. These men are making the most of
every day, and will have come full-circle in igniting the largest annual
fireworks show in the United States," he added.
Ground Moisture
Situation
Dear Daniel Nester:
This is a passage from the Pendelton County Times' "Farmnotes,"
a weekly column by Roger D. Dahmer for
that West Viginia paper.
It appears in the current issue.
"Greetings one and all. Boy, winter just doesn't want to let go, does
it (sic). Spring offically came in on March 20, but you'd never know
it with that last snow we got. It was a dandy, wasn't it? Actually,
it was a dandy. The ground was thawed; the snow was wet and the melt
was slow enough that much of the moisture got into the ground. It will
definately help with ground moisture situation, which was bad. Some
folks have expressed to me their optimism that this last snowfall will
be a big help to the first (sic) cutting hay crop. Praise God for His
wisdom and blessings."
Interesting
Literary Links
Rattle [link]
Transcendental Friend [link]
Spencer Selby's List of Experimental Poetry/Art Magazines [link]
Blithe House Quarterly [link]
How2 [link]
St. Marks Poetry Project Newsletter Online [link]
Drunken Boat [link]
Poetry Poetics & Practice [link]
Cortland Review [link]
Slope [link]
Exquisite Corpse [link]
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