Jacques Munkey writes to us about National Soul Patch Day on May 29th.  (I guess any buffoon can declare a National anything day on the internets.)

What is National Soul Patch Day?  Well, besides the newest, best holiday, it is also a contest with real prizes (well, real t-shirts)!

The soul patch is the very foundation of unshaven awesome. That’s why it’s my choice for getting the most bang for my self-expression buck.

The time has come for everyone to experience this kind of cool. WonderGroup is declaring May 29th “National Soul Patch Day.” To inaugurate this auspicious day, we’re holding a Soul Patch Contest.

There’s not much time!  Facial hair comes more slowly for some of us than for others. For more information, read The Soul Patch Contest Details.  You can also follow Messr. Munkey on Twitter and Facebook.

National Soulpatch Day

via Matt

This is a rare opportunity for the right person or persons to purchase a fully operational and well established profitable nudist resort. The current owners are retiring and wish to speak only with serious minded buyer(s) who would wish to maintain or improve on this outstanding facility.

I’m thinking birthday gift.

via Katie

So where does Cincinnati come into all this?  In one of his videos (Video #3, “I’m New”), he uses a dude in a Cincinnati sweatshirt freestylin’ out.  Sweet.

Watch that video below.  Then go to THRU YOU to watch the rest.

via Pop Something, among others.

The 2009 Cincinnati Rollergirls season is just underway.   Here is their home schedule.

I’ll be damned.  Considering that Union Terminal was built before the Justice League appeared, I’d say there’s a good chance DC based it on the current Museum Center. Pretty cool.

The Cinciditarod is a wacky shopping cart race through the city. It’s named in tribute to the Alaskan Iditarod – a brutal 1,100-mile dog-sledding race – but instead of dogs, it’s people; instead of sleds, it’s shopping carts; and instead of Alaska, it’s Cincinnati.

…While physically attached to their grocery carts, teams push through a nearly five-mile course over the streets of downtown, Over-the-Rhine, Newport and Covington, picking up items on a grocery list and stopping at five mandatory checkpoints.

Watch the 2008 video.

2009 Cinciditarod Team Registration & Waiver Form

2009 Cinciditarod Rules

Eliz. Lasky has started a blog about the strange and odd things in Cincinnati.

A website dedicated to weird things?!  I literally could not think of any idea for a website that could be cooler.  It should not be called Cincinnati Oddities.  It should be called Cincinnati Super Awesomeness.  The only thing more awesome than Cincinnati Oddities would be a website dedicated to weird things that’s been around a lot longer.  Like years longer.  Fortunately, there’s plenty of room in town for awesome weirdness.

Cincinnati Oddities

Because the beaten path is crowded and overpriced.

A website dedicated to weird things?  Lame.

Cincinnati Oddities

Because the beaten path is crowded and overpriced.

Farmers markets have popularized the idea of putting local, seasonal organic food on our tables, and now an innovative Atlanta-based retailer has extended the “buy local” concept to handmade, one-of-a –kind products from local, independent designers. Beehive Co-op (www.beehiveco-op.com), founded in 2004 by Petra Geiger, taps the most dazzling local design talent and showcases their clothing, jewelry and accessories for the home in a well-edited retail environment that is equal parts sexy, stylish and sustainable.

Beehive’s interpretation of the cooperative is simple: the store rents space to local designers, who pay a low monthly rent in return for a dedicated boutique area in the store. Each cooperative member must work four hours in the store each week, which keeps overhead low and creates a collaborative environment where burgeoning entrepreneurs can learn how to grow their businesses.

I’ve not been there yet, but to me, it sounds like a real-world Etsy. 

So support your local crafts-makers.  And read more about the co-op at Soapbox, 5chw4r7z, and CincyBurb.

Photo by 5chw4r7z