The Asshole Book Club wasn’t your traditional book club. The Assholes didn’t all choose one book, read it on their own, and then return as a group to discuss it. That never happened. The Asshole Book Club would get together, drink some beers, and talk about something we read recently – whether it was a magazine article, love letter, diary entry, album/DVD linear notes or an actual book. The only rule was it had to be non-Web material. The Asshole Book Club was led by Chicago reclusive author Clive Javanski. In fact, I believe the name stems from a time when we were helping Clive set up a booth at a local festival. “Well look there, it’s the asshole book club.” I think it…
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Friends of mine in Chicago have an associate who I’ll call Spider and is probably the nicest guy you’ll ever meet. He doesn’t have a mean bone in his body. He’s the definition of a blue-collar worker, minus any assholeness. He’s a dockworker who can also work on cars. A true monkey wrench, this Spider. He fixes anything. He’s also part of our “Asshole Book Club” that was formed by Chicago reclusive author Clive Javanski several years ago. But more on that later. Spider has been catfished. Spider has been catfished long before catfish was the word to describe being catfished. You see, at the moment Spider is having Internet relations with an attractive white girl in Ghana. That’s right. Ghana. Which I just…
Mary Catterlin built a dugout canoe out of a giant cottonwood tree. Her friend Amy Lukas helped her near the end and together they circumnavigated Lake Michigan. They recently received a Paddlers of the Year award and the story of their journey, and the boat, “Makeba,” that took them on it is currently on exhibit at the Porter County Museum of History in Valparaiso, Ind. The girls have done several interviews regarding their adventure, and it’s all on their blog. The Dodgy interview focuses on beer, food, movies, music, and relationships. The name of your canoe, Makeba, invokes music. Did you bring any music with you on the trip and if so, who were the artists of choice? Amy: We brought Mary’s iPod, so in…
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