Welcome to this week’s edition of random stuff to read and stuff to stare at… this time we take a long and interesting look at the world of competitive idiots, the mating cycle of gnats and hell… I dunno.  Just read, click the links and enjoy the stories… Read More

Congrats… it’s the middle of the week and you’ve managed to not kill anyone… you haven’t run down the middle of the street wearing only a sock while screaming “I’M A DIRTY GIRL DADDY!!” (or have you?).

So what does this mean to you?  You’re probably sitting there wondering what the hell this post is about… why you’re reading it… and probably to a larger extent, wondering why you’re still reading Westcoaster after all this time.  Well, here’s what it means for you: a new feature full of love, passion and mystery.  Or maybe just a random blog posting each week to show you all the random things you should be reading, staring at, buying, etc.  It’s the Wednesday Web Roundup!

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Well guys… it’s finally here!  We started our discussions back on February 8th when I had an idea for tweaking things a little bit.  Unfortunately nothing ever, ever goes that way with us and soon enough we were planning a whole new version of Westcoaster!  Yeah, I know… none of us learn our lessons that easy! Read More

Picture — if you will — Harrison Ford naked with a banana. That’s Walter Koenig. But this isn’t about Walter. This is about his slightly less gifted brother (not by relation), Dave. The author of three best selling herpes-and-all histories of the Walt Disney Company, “X-Rated Fan Fic Mouse Stories,” “Furries on Parade” and “Mouse Gets Hammered By Elephant.” Slight of build and a basically mild-mannered alter-ego to Superman, Dave is hardly the sort of guy that you’d single out as being a possible security threat. Even wearing that silly burka with a “Hell’s Angels” patch on the back.

Yet this past Sunday morning, that’s sort of kinda maybe exactly what Disneyland’s Security staff did. They closely monitored Dave’s every move as he strolled down Main Street U.S.A. in his usual slight stupor from drinking one too many Mimosas for breakfast. Read More

There’s a famous Yiddish curse: “May you live in interesting times with stinky fish in anus.”

Well, folks, these are very interesting and stinky, slightly uncomfortable times. At least for me.

I mean, over the past five days, my cell phone hasn’t stopped ringing. I’ve received literally tens of calls from media, friends and family, even a BIG TIME newspaper man from Kansas City who is willing to give me the exclusive rights to 12-issues of his fine publication for only $52.99 a year! Read More