Review: Next To Normal at Gannon’s Schuster Theatre

Before you head out to see the Schuster Theatre’s production of Next to Normal, make sure you pack your tissues. There are no jazz hands in this show. Just lots of feels. All the feels, to be exact. Next to Normal, masterfully directed by Molly Cooke, is a Tony award-winning rock musical that tells the […]

Bad Ukraine Takes

News out of Ukraine has been gut-wrenching. Unfortunately, the resulting feeling of powerlessness has led many to reach for the dumbest possible solutions. We’re here to lighten the mood slightly by sharing those dumb solutions. Let’s jump right in: Look, if you’ve ever thought of mass human suffering as a cool opportunity to “enjoy the […]

Dill Spears Sunday after the 4th of July Hangover Breakfast Spectacular!

We drink a lot of beer on Idiotville, and sometimes with that beer drinking, there’s a hangover. You’ll get a lot of “medical professionals” that will tell you that you need to “rehydrate” or “not drink so much” but we think that’s elitist bullshit. There’s only two things that can cure a hangover: 1. More […]

Expectation vs. Reality: taking my son for his first baseball glove

Me, playing catch with my son inside my head. Nothing like the actual, real-life version. | Image via Field of Dreams. Have you ever heard a story so many times you begin to think you actually remember it first-hand? When I was a kid with a too-big hat sitting over my ears and a too-big […]

Huge expansions at UPMC Hamot and Saint Vincent – Something good happened in Erie, 2/21/2019

Without further ado, your Idiotville feel-good story of the week: https://www.goerie.com/news/20190217/erie-hospitals-undergo-major-renovation-expansion Our city has two hospitals, and each of them is planning to spend nine figures upgrading and adding to their facilities this year. That’s $130 million for Saint Vincent and $111 million for UPMC Hamot. Wow. Here’s a good rundown of Saint Vincent’s plans […]