That said, grocerylists.org will always be a happenin’ spot, so head over there — we gave it a new paint job, updated the Ultimatest Grocery List and have been trying some new things.

Cheers!

• brandyglows : Milk, Eggs and Vodka by Bill Keaggy may be the funniest book. Ever.
• Autoclave239 : Just found a hilarious book that I must read. It’s called “Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found.”
• fueledbyoreos: I just bought this book called Milk Eggs Vodka. and its basically just full of peoples silly grocery lists. I love it
• Jaykee: note to self : get the book called milk eggs vodka

And here are a few more tweets…

• cclibrarian: I want to read: Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost a… by Bill Keaggy – http://goodreads.com/review/show/62363305
• bridgetmckenzie: @breann_nicole Haha no. It’s in this cool book of found shopping lists I checked out today, called ”Milk Eggs Vodka”. Really fascinating.
• csheffield: Blogging ‘Milk Eggs Vodka’ http://bit.ly/ihf6O
• ferusprocella: Photo: Amazon.com: Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found: Bill Keaggy: Books I saw this @ T.J. Max… http://tumblr.com/xoe1wq5te
• juliejulie: At borders in Eugene looking at book called: milk, eggs, vodka grocery lists lost and found by bill keaggy. Hilarious!
• Jojo_katarzyna: Just saw a book that was called ” milk, eggs and vodka ” wtf? Lol
• pcurl: I have to go to the store, but I don’t need onions. Cleaning supplies, beer, milk, eggs, vodka … http://bit.ly/dLU6M http://bit.ly/Owv7D
• paigepresley: @dankcook I think I’m more interested in the titles you purchased on 4/14/2008… Milk Eggs Vodka?
• modernemama: An antidote to tea parties RT @midosmom: @modernemama just learning this tweet stuff, but google milk, eggs, vodka for a good laugh.
• omg_raptor: Milk, Eggs, Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost & Found. I want this book! http://is.gd/t1fe
• Librarian74: Want to read: Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found by Bill Keaggy – http://tinyurl.com/dxy3t4
• lpdnvr: has read Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found by Bill Keaggy – http://is.gd/lmqS
• Dani_H: @supa Isn’t ‘Milk, Eggs, Vodka’ great?
• imperialczarina: Milk Eggs Vodka http://tinyurl.com/88dtyd it may just be a coffee table book, but I want it
• mradomski: @hyperboledotzip Not sure what Phish says about a person, we have Creature by Andrew Zukerman, Post Secret and Milk, Eggs and Vodka
• naliniprasanna: want to read: Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found

And that’s just this year’s tweets!

Get a copy for yourself at Amazon. :-)

• It actually looks cool, finally — has the feel of a publication
• Added the 2,000th list
• You can now upload a list to me through the contact form
• All blog posts now categorized
• The lists themselves are faster, easier to browse

Waste some time. Go check it out.

You know times are hard when the shopping list makes a comeback.

As the recession takes hold, consumers who used to shop impulsively are seeking ways to rein in their spending, and many are finding that sticking to a list can help them navigate through stores and limit their purchases.

Yes, I meant to post this a while ago.

You can also follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/keaggy.

• Pure, poor desire at Ferus Procella: “I still want this book. Badly. I hate being poor.”
• Big giggles at Shotty, No Blitz!: “…spent half an hour standing in the Humor section laughing through my teeth…”
• Just a mention at Absolut Materialist.
• Look at all these fake reviews! Weird! The best one? … “I fuck this book… it cracks me up!”
• Also noted at shelterric.
• Lickety-List: “I crack up every time I peruse the lists.”
• And finally, as if we didn’t already know it: We’re “odd.”

The easiest thing to do at this point is to just buy people you love/like/know/owe a copy “Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost & Found.” No, really. That will take care of it. You’ll be done shopping. They’ll be happy. On Christmas, your drunk uncle (known as a “drunkle”) will page through the book and claim that anybody could collect scraps of paper and other people’s garbage and put them in a book — even him! You’ll point out that he’s a no-good drunk and, in fact, he didn’t collect these found grocery lists or get a book deal or anything even close. There will be yelling and fighting. Glass will be broken and tears will be shed. People will be disowned — banned from all future holiday get-togethers.

But at least you’ll have given the best present of the day, and whoever got it will love you and thank you and finally admit that they never liked that drunkle anyway.

Um, OK. Actually, none of that would happen. Hopefully things will go a bit more like this: An amazing reader email.

PS: If you don’t think they’ll like MEV, then buy them “50 Sad Chairs” instead!

Happy Holidays everyone!

The event is sponsored by He Said/She Said, an exhibition and event series held in the home of Pamela Fraser and Randall Szott. They take turns presenting what amounts to an ongoing conversation about art and culture — Ms. Fraser presenting art and artists, and Mr. Szott sharing the activities of people who work in other contexts (that’s me :-). Together they hope to offer up a fun and thoughtful take on current ideas in art and life.

All the info you need is here: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1327562/

Hope to see you there!

-bk

Check out www.50sadchairs.com to see some page samples and (if you want) by it at Amazon or Blueq.com.

C’mon!

From an interview with me at Orato:

I saw a story on the BBC the other day about a 300-year-old shopping list that had been found in the UK. For some weird reason, I started Googling “shopping lists” and stumbled upon grocerylists.org, owned and operated by a man named Bill Keaggy. Not only was he running this insanely entertaining website, but he had published a book, Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost And Found, which featured the very best of his grocery list collection! I found myself more interested in shopping lists than I ever thought I could be, and strangely satisfied, in a voyeuristic kind of way, by this little peep into other people’s lives. Who was this man? I just had to know, so I phoned him – here’s what he told me.

A 2007 books roundup from the Akron Beacon-Journal (now behind the stupid newspaper paywall — boo!):

Authors with area connections came through with fine work this year. Here’s a look at some of the best.

At Lifehacker: Never Forget an Item at the Supermarket:

Never forget to buy anything the next time you stop at the supermarket with the “Ultimatest Grocery list.” …For a comprehensive list that should cover anything you need on your trip to the food mart, this one’s it.

From the Real Life Survival Guide radio show on WNPR:

…it’s just a eight and a half by eleven sheet that has a lot of different products on it, pretty well sorted into the department that you’re gonna find in most grocery stores…

The Ultimatest Grocery List was featured in “Milk Eggs Vodka” and is available on the grocerylists.org site. btw, it’s good to know that the fine students at MIT have access to some quality study materials.

1. The St. Louis Area Foodbank (feeding struggling single-parent families, the elderly and the working poor)
2. Mentor St. Louis (a school-based youth and literacy organization)

Thank you! I hope everyone has a great holiday season!

Nice! Especially the part where they called it “surprisingly but absolutely addictive.”