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News Of Paultard Community Spreads [Paulville]
Everyone is suddenly writing about this breaking new Paultard settlement called Paulville, and they have been sending us tips all day long about how "we'll never believe it!" Oh, we do believe it, because we wrote about this exact thing six or seven weeks ago. C'mon folks, what site do you think…
Oil Giants to Settle Water Suit
A dozen oil companies agreed to pay $423 million in cash plus clean-up costs to settle litigation over groundwater contamination from the gasoline additive, MTBE.
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Anyway You Slice It: Pete’s New Haven Style Apizza
Take your seats for this next riveting segment of the pizza smackdown. We open an all-new chapter with restaurant pizza. Step right up to behold newcomer Pete’s New Haven Style Apizza. By request the week-old restaurant offers gluten-free pizzas and pasta and boy are they glad they do.…
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Congress: money votes on Thursday (5.8.08)
Fed up with drunken sailor Dems and Repubs all? Where will you be this Thursday as the US Congress moons the American people using its typical lack of deliberation, moderation, and what’s left of its honor? The following link lands you upon a Stars Over Washington post with details on…
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War Weary
I went to see Gone With The Wind – the epic Civil War musical that opened in London at the beginning of April to a chorus of boos from the critics. Trevor Nunn’s production at the New London Theatre is not so much windy as overblown – three-and-a-half hours on seats guaranteed to numb your…
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Suburban Life in Metro Washington DC
If you live here, you know; and if you don’t, it’s a pseudo-secret. TV shows & movies portray a laid back, albeit thrilling life in this town. But the travel agents also point out the local attractions, including museums & theater. This area also has a very educated populace,…
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Delta and Northwest Speak of Need for Merger
The chairmen of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines said a merger was essential to preserve jobs and service to small cities, and to compete with foreign-flag carriers.
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Cork and Knife - Restaurants Tackle Their Own Inconvenient Truth
Some restaurant sustainability metrics are assembled by Cork and Knife The average American meal has a shockingly large carbon footprint, usually traveling 1,500 miles to the plate and emitting large amounts of CO2 in the process, according to the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.…
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Sweeping Changes for Parking Tickets
They’re here: camera-equipped street sweepers will be cleaning up for the District of Columbia Government. The digital images will be processed by license-plate-reading software, a concept first applied in Chicago. Tickets ($30) will be automatically printed and mailed to offenders who…
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Delta and Northwest Speak of Need for Merger
Delta and Northwest Speak of Need for Merger maj 8th, 2008 The chairmen of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines said a merger was essential to preserve jobs and service to small cities, and to compete with foreign-flag carriers. Posted in Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Money,…
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Homeland Security Dept created Nov 25, 2002
Have you ever seen or considered the natal chart of DHS? http://judecowell.wordpress.com/homeland-security- department-nov-25-2003/ HoSec was created within the 4 North Series of Solar Eclipses, a Series whose keyphrases are: “restriction; inhibitions; separations; disruptions; illusions;…
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Putin Steps Down! And Then Steps Up! [Lather, Rinse, Repeat]
While America spent the day either dancing on Hillary Clinton's grave or trying to jump into it, a very important event transpired in nation of Russia: as expected, Vladimir Putin departed his post as president. But now he will be the prime minister, and some stooge whose name Hillary mangled in a…
Everything and more MTV (live recording)
This is a song I wrote September 28th 2007. I didn’t have access to my music gear so the audio is purely recorded live and directly off the camcorder microphone - I apologize for this. All footage is filmed by me in the cities of Hong Kong, Vancouver, New York and Washington DC. Camera used…
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Go Home Already: Tidbits
>> Howard University has a new president: current Bowling Green State University President Sidney Ribeau will become the 16th president of Howard. [WaPo] >> D.C. street sweepers outfitted with cameras capable of scanning license plates will debut as early as the summer after the D.C.…
D.C. Named Most Improved Bicycling City
The Washington Area Bicyclist Association sent around word today that Bicycling Magazine has named Washington, D.C. the #1 most improved bicycling city in America (you can download a pdf of the story here, since it appears it's not yet available on Bicycling.com). The news was timed well…
CNN Posts Indiana/North Carolina Ratings Win
CNN scored a big ratings win last night, reeling in the most total viewers and viewers from the key 25-54 demographic between 8 and 11 p.m. "CNN out-delivered both Fox News and MSNBC, not only in primetime, but also throughout the network's extended primary election coverage from 7p to 2a.," the…
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Rober Kacher Annual Spring Portfolio Tasting 2008
This afternoon I attended Robert Kacher’s annual spring tasting at the Washington Club in DC. They poured more than 150 different wines from the Kacher portfolio. Some very good Châteauneuf-du-Papes, standouts included Domaine Font de Michelle, the Domaine Les Cailloux Châteauneuf-du-Pape…
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English, U.S. Coast Guard Help Local Residents
English, U.S. Coast Guard Help Local Residents By newsroom | May 7, 2008 - 4:55 pm - Posted in Community Events, Congress, Erie, Erie Daily News, Phil English, Washington DC, upcoming events As local residents gear up for the boating season this year, U.S. Rep. Phil English (R-Pa.) is…
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Wizards Win Game But Lose Agent Zero
Filed under: Cavaliers, Wizards, Eastern, NBA Playoffs, NBA Last Night, Cleveland, Washington, DC If you’re a Wizards fan, there’s good news and bad news, or at least good news and not-so-good, maybe-bad, too-early-to-say news. First, the good news: after talking the talk, DeShawn…
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Homosexuals Abandoning Hillary? [Rowr]
Aside from old ladies and Bitters, Hillary's strongest constituency this election has been The Gays, who ironically are just the estranged children of old ladies and Bitters. But now Washington's own gay Blade newspaper — which had already endorsed Hillary and is home to such famous local…
Today's Most Popular Stories
Washington Post: McGovern, former Clinton backer, endorses Obama Washington Times: Inside Politics Washington Examiner: Blogs - Yeas and Nays N.Y. Times: Unboxed: Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? L.A. Times: 96 arrested in San Diego State drug bust USA Today: Obama expands…
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Local Music Festivals Struggle to Continue
In the past, we've written a lot about two start-up music festivals, the Six Points Music Festival and DAM! Fest, which were both organized locally, held in venues around town and highlighted both local musicians as well as acts from elsewhere. We realized that too many press-release-free…
Hooker Ads: The Week In Review
(An explanation of "Hooker Ads") It was a noticeably down week for Hooker Ads, starting with nine on Monday and finishing with ten on Friday. Thursday also posted a near-record low of one ad. With its single ad, Thursday now has the fewest ads of any day of the week. Tuesday…
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WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? WHAT? WHAT?: ... [Secret Meetings]
WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? WHAT? WHAT?: Suck it, Drudge! Apparently Hillary is meeting with superdelegates in a magical secret meeting at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in our Washington D.C. right now. [Marc Ambinder]
papa johns 23 cent pizza
Tipping Article, Papa Johns 23-cent Deal It doesn't mention pizza drivers specifically, but I can promise you we are feeling the hit. Last week during the NBA playoffs, Papa Johns sponsored a t-shirt giveaway in Washington that featured Lebron James number 23 and the word … Pizza Delivery…
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Meet The New Lying Hillary Clinton! [Liars]
This saucy minx is Becky Miller, the mayor of Carrollton, Texas, a Dallas suburb with 116,000 wonderful inhabitants. According to herself, she has dated and sung with all sorts of popular musicians from the 1970s, and her brother once died in Vietnam. But perhaps her crowning achievement is that…
About Tonight
MUSIC: Finnish cello-based metal band Apocalyptica are famous for playing Metallica covers, which is cool, but somehow not quite as cool as Harptallica, the two harp Metallica cover band. But Apocalyptica branched out from just Metallica long ago, and they'll perform their cello rock tonight…
Revolution March: July 12, 2008
I’m ready. I’m going. Are you? www.RevolutionMarch.com
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Take A (Coffee) Break
Take A (Coffee) Break May 7, 2008 — dionysianprincess Aha! A new favorite holiday! World Fair Trade Day - the largest coffee break ever! What a beautiful idea - let’s bring all the over caffeinated souls together, get hopped up on caffeine and try to change the world! Actually, the event…
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Mysterious Earthquake Fails To Destroy D.C. [Earthquakes]
Our last, best hope for Washington — that it would be destroyed by the horrible emergence of subterranean monstrosities — came tantalizingly close to reality on Tuesday, when a magnitude 2.0 earthquake shook the D.C. area. What was it, and why is the government claiming and then…
Tucker's Quirks
From The Hill: Carlson comes with quirks. For one thing, he never locks his car even though a woman once stalked him and another accused him of rape. The stalker wrote a letter to his daughter, then 6, that said, "Your father has to kill me or I'm going to kill you." But the unlocked car? He…
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Fun Filled Holiday Destinations of Modern World
After a busy work schedule people get bored and following same routine everyday makes life dull. To remove this boredom and make life pleasant and full of more energy people need some change? The change in terms of refreshment or touring. Every person wants to rest or visit such a place where he…
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