Go, Go Granite City!

Friends,

I know I ragged on my hometown quite a bit for being, well, my dirty, smelly, strange hometown. But you know what, we don't stand for serial/spree killers.

My hometown has made national news for capturing an (alleged) serial killer. Read story by clicking these words.

I'm proud of my townfolks for being on their toes and catching this (alleged) murderous asshole. This means that someone there watched the news, closely, and not as just a way to waste half an hour before the Wheel of Fortune comes on Channel 5. Good job people of Granite, specifically the patrons of the bar Bindy's (wherever the hell that is). And I'm serious about this. I have a particular image of the stereotypical Granite Citian in my mind, and paying attention to the news is damn low on that list. Plus, just in a general sense, I'm glad this guy was caught, especially if he is guilty, and it sure sounds like it from the tone of the articles. Doing what he is accused of doing is just fucking awful, and it goes without saying that he is mustached-denied (welcome to the club, murderer).

So, we Granite Citians can add this to our notch of world renown to our belt. We have this, the soda wars of the Lyndon Johnson election, being the home city of the monster truck Taurus, being the hometown of Dal Maxvil & Kevin Greene, and, of course, being a spot where Bill Murray filmed 10 seconds of his Larger Than Life movie.

viva el mustache