Well, it's about fuckin' time.

Great to be back, my Mangy Friends . . . as per usual, unforeseen server problems banged us in the ass again. But fear not! As the head of this two-bit operation, I can assure you that this won't happen for another four days.

I went to Chicago this past weekend to celebrate the impending wedding of my good friend Bubba (the longhair in the Crack sketch . . . go to the Video Vault if you don't know what I'm talking about) . . . what a town. Got to go to a Cubs game (an absolute religious experience . . . unreal), and I ate at Giordano's Famous Stuffed Pizza. According to their menu, NBC News named them "the best pizza in America." And, my dear sweet Lord, they were RIGHT. DAMN!

As for the site . . . well, things are looking up. We should have some new columns up shortly, as well as three (count 'em, THREE) new Mangy Movies that will be put up as soon as Chad comes back from New York.

Ah yes, New York . . . our good friend Mister Riden is up there now, visiting all kinds of comedy landmarks up there and hopefully spreading the good word about Mangy to lots of famous people. Apparently, he is, as I received this bizarre email a couple of nights ago:

for a skeych comedy website, it seems you have a giant dick up your mason jar wide assholes fuck you, Terence Trent D'Arby

Now, it's entirely possible that Terence Trent D'Arby would have written this letter . . . I mean, what has he done in the past 12 years or so? However, I gotta think he knows how to spell. So, this is probably a hoax. However, I live in a fantasy world, so hoaxes don't apply to me . . . THANKS, TTD!

In other news, my rent's late. Like, REALLY late. So, if you've ever had the urge to send money to a total stranger, NOW'S THE TIME. I can only evade the landlord for so long. HOMELESSNESS IS NOT FUNNY.

Speaking of money and trying to make some, be looking for the first batch of MangyDog tapes to be coming out soon, with compilations of our stuff, all kinds of new funny stuff, and us talking about all of the funny stuff. We want the first tape to be pretty cool (since that's probably the best way to get you to buy more), so be looking for tapes starting in August. Ah yes, the plan for world domination is coming together . . .

Also, The Skeleton Crew is making waves in Nashvegas . . . Here's a cool article about the Nashville improv scene. Hope to see some of you freaks at Zanies on Tuesday!

In other lovely arts news, Some Awful Bridge played a great show at Springwater last night, opening up for New Terror Class and The Hissy Fits. Good jobs all around. Go to www.someawfulbridge.com for news on their next multimedia extravaganza.

Boy, this column just kinda rambled all over the place, didn't it? Ah well. It's been a while, but boy, is it GREAT TO BE (temporarily) BACK!!

This is the MangyDog, over and out.