About “Letter from the Editor” and going on tour with MGMT:

“Hanging out with MGMT is cool and everything, but is there any way you could get me Bianca Phillips’ autograph? She’s dreamy!” โ€” phlo

From “It’s All About Boiled Peanuts”:

“Boiled peanuts are God’s snack.” โ€” staythirstymyfriends

From “Memphis City Council Rules Committee Still Working on Easy Stuff” and the council’s crackdown on bad behavior by its members:

“I guess one of the acceptable reasons for leaving a council meeting early is if they are legislating while impaired, huh?” โ€” catsmeow

From “Monster Owl Spotted in Memphis, Fox 13’s Lauren Lee Reports,” a blog post on a TV news reporter’s tweet about a 20-pound owl rumored to be attacking people in East Memphis:

“A monster owl ate my baby!” โ€” Jeff Wilson

From “Children’s Museum to Display Real Children”:

“Finally, my family will get its money’s worth going to the Children’s Museum. (But I’m not paying to buy special feed. Those kids can have whatever crackers my kids eat.)” โ€” Samson

From “Coaching Clarity: Two or Three Things I Know About the Hollins Situation”:

“I would be totally okay with Chris Herrington as our new coach.” โ€” CWIM

From “Commercial Appeal Layoffs Show Lack of Creative Vision, Newspaper Guild President Says; May Represent a Shift in Editorial Focus”:

“The CA could have Louis Farrakhan and David Duke in an op-ed on the masthead five days a week and still the paper would be in financial distress. But if you had large color photographs on the front page of the two nekkid in a sauna sharing a hookah pipe, you’d have to print extra editions. Newspapers are a business first.” โ€” CL Mullins

From “Poll Shows Tennesseans Want Wine in Liquor Stores”:

“PLEASE! Think of the poor children in Arkansas who have to come to TN for higher-end grocery stores. Make it easier for us to get good wine too!” โ€” Hannah

From “Buttercup’s March Down the Peabody Red Carpet” and the duck with a prosthetic foot:

“They made the handicap duck use the stairs. Have they not heard of the Americans with Disabilities Act? They should have the forethought to have a handicap ramp. Feather brains.” โ€”CEBorst

About โ€œTalking Gunsโ€:

โ€œIt would be easier to take hoplophobes seriously if so many of them werenโ€™t calling for tightening laws on gun ownership while they are surrounded with armed security at their homes and places of work. Iโ€™m not just talking about the president either.โ€โ€”towboatman