McSweeney's Rejects Mike Mussina's Seventh Consecutive Submission

Worlds colliding here.

According to Mussina (13-7, 3.56), the piece was entitled "Discarded Titles For Hunter S. Thompson's Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas," and included such examples as "Dread And Abhorring In Las Vegas," "Trepidation And Disliking In Las Vegas," and, in what Mussina described as a "bit of a switch," "Fear And Loathing In St. Paul, Minnesota." Mussina said he submitted the piece--his seventh attempt overall--last Thursday, and received an e-mail reply Monday morning notifying him that it had not been selected.

Let's say I'm a fan of this piece, though I suspect it hits a smaller target audience than most of their stories. It's not only that the it combines the two worlds of McSweeney's and The Onion more gracefully than Captain and Tennille, but it does so through Mike Mussina, whom I've followed since he broke in with the now/still/again pathetic Orioles back in the early '90s. To up the ante (and by way of full disclosure) yet another reason this has worlds colliding is that I was until last year, as my most hallowed CV line, the lists editor at McSwny (in aid to the now Onion-famed John Warner). All I can say is the Onion writers have done their homework. Read up. And submit more lists.