Archive for August, 2007

Famous lost words: Finding art (and joy) in scraps of memory

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Here’s a fun article by Mackenzie Dawson in today’s New York Post:
Book inscriptions, grocery lists, Post-it notes - one man’s trash is truly another man’s treasure.
Particularly if that man’s trash is really weird.
For example, a dated photo that features an older woman standing proudly next to a Christmas tree - which is topped with an [...]

Scranton Times-Tribune: Even your grocery list isn’t private

Monday, August 27th, 2007

I did a Five Questions With in the Scranton, Pennsylvania paper (but oof — they got the URL wrong! Hope that gets fixed soon). Anyway, thanks Ron!
In his weekly feature, copy editor Ron Davis poses five questions to Bill Keaggy, author of “Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found,” based on the Web site [...]

Egg, milk and vodka shots? (Yuck)

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Found this video on YouTube: Some goofballs doing shots of egg, milk and vodka, which seem to go down about as smoothly as my book!
And btw, “Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found” is now searchable through Amazon’s “Search Inside” feature.

HOW Magazine: “Laugh until you cry”

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

Yay! A quick mention in the October design annual issue of HOW Magazine: “Laugh until you cry with this hilarious collection of lost-and-found grocery lists.”

Another MEV blog roundup…

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

Been a bit busy and haven’t blogged the blog mentions, so let’s do another gang roundup:

Sweatervestboy calls the intro story, “Amazing.”
Dana Graves at The Collecting Gene says, “I don’t know why THIS collection is so interesting…”
Michelle says, “fabulous, very funny“
Whippleworld says, “This is brilliant“
One Girl Revolution says, “This one is FUNNY!“
Sarah Cool says, “I was [...]

This site is all about the book “Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found” by Bill Keaggy, published by HOW Books.

Go back to the web-only promo story, check out the absurd genesis of the book or contact author Bill Keaggy.