Slog - Comments on Throw the Book at 'Em http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em Spotted this browsing the shelves at the Barnes & Noble in Holland, Michigan.... Copyright 2008 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:57:03 -0800 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:22:34 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by northbound My God-forsaken (as evidenced by the glut of churches; they're obviously desparate for His guidance there) hometown? Oh, most unfortunate man, have you been brought low? Whatever compelled you to that dreary, dying burg? Please tell us it's just a day-trip to Saugatuck gone horribly awry.

]]> northbound http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764223 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764223 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:34:13 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Gray and cloudy in Saugatuck, flies on the beach. Went to Holland to grab a few things--including a book.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764242 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764242 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:10:36 -0800 Comment by Ghost Of Put Nacks Dan Savage is Pinkston Regaeton the internet poet or Poochie Kafelnikov or something.

]]> Ghost Of Put Nacks http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764261 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764261 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:22:27 -0800 Comment by brandon Ahh, good ol' soggy-tuck, still a bastion of gay tourism i see. glad to hear my home state hasn't completely scared the gays away. yet.

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764262 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:23:31 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt Oh, Brandon. Michigan has scared this gay and his partner away. We'll be moving east within a year!

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764265 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:28:20 -0800 Comment by joe g Is it me or are half the nonnatives out here from Michigan?

Me: Grew up in Detroit, spent many many years in Kalamazoo (first four at K College), did time in Holland.

Dan, you missed the Tulip Festival! I did an internship with the Holland Sentinel during the '85 Tulip Festival, and is that place f-ed up or what? Even the folks in the conservative newsroom reeled at the messed upped ness of it all.

]]> joe g http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764281 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:59:48 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC Books. Hmph. I presume you must be in lower Michigan.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764303 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764303 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:13:45 -0800 Comment by Lorrie I grew up in Michigan (Detroit) and lived there most my life...I had forgot Holland exists.

]]> Lorrie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764348 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:18:35 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave half of everyone is from another place.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764354 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:38:23 -0800 Comment by northbound Joe G, your comparison of Holland, where you "did time," to prison is entirely apt. I did time there as well--23 years. We didn't call it "Helland" for nothing.

Hope they didn't chase you out of town, Dan. There's a reason the quiet-and-ashamed vastly outnumber the out-and-proud in places like that. Get thee back to Saugatuck; you're safer there.

]]> northbound http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764367 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:19:15 -0800 Comment by jason aw, poor marjorie williams (RIP)...

]]> jason http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764394 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764394 At Large Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:36:31 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark I hate to get political and all, but did anyone above me actually look at the photo? Can you imagine that the highly conservative people of Holland, Michigan have a display of books about our conservative President, under a sign which calls the books about said President "True Crimes"? WTF? Holland is growing wise? Hope the rest of your stop in Saugatuck is better, but I hear rain showers are likely today. Sorry, Dan.

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764415 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764415 At Large Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:17:19 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark That did not turn out right. let me fix this... Can you imagine that the highly conservative people of Holland, Michigan have a display of books about our conservative President under a sign which describes the group of books which call the actions of the President and his subordinates as "True Crimes"? OK... I really need to get away to the West Coast (of Michigan, that is). Have fun, Dan.

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764417 At Large Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:51:26 -0800 Comment by Kathleen Come visit Muskegon, where we have... okay, not a whole hell of a lot of anything, but a whole bunch of pervs who'd be glad to meet you! (Most are straight or bi, but we're all pervy. We renamed Camp DragonScythe Camp TMI at our last camping event...) Oh, yeah, we have a paper mill! And a kick-ass beach! And... erm... a bunch of pervs!

And yes, Holland is Conservative. Very, very, very. Holland is a bad place to be not White, Dutch and Protestant.

]]> Kathleen http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764701 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c764701 At Large Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:26:49 -0800 Comment by Julie Not to burst your bubble, but that is the end of the Current Events section, that has spilled over onto the same bay where the True Crime is. I'm a wet blanket, but I shelve books at B&N 35 hours a week, and eventually it destroys you.

Still fantastic. And apt.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c766436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c766436 At Large Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:11:30 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark Julie @ 15, thank you for clearing that up! So, Holland really does still suck...DAMMIT!

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c766489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/throw_the_book_at_em#c766489 At Large Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:22:34 -0800