We went to the 24 hour grocery store Saturday night and it was CLOSED — like completely empty and Oh noes! But there was a sign directing us to the new location. We’d forgotten they’d been working on a big fancy Market District store, so I guess my preferred G’iggle was no longer needed. I [...]
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Pittsburgh
Deceitful Donuts
Imagine if you will that you are a homophobic racist of the sort who feels hate is fine as long as you can insist your religion sanctions it. The past election got you all freaked out that Democrats (gay! Black!) were going to spread some homo agenda all over your clan of teenagers or some [...]
Ew.
This is part of an ad campaign for a marriage education program (that received a grant from the federal Healthy Families Initiative) found all over local billboards and in PAT buses. Does it instill confidence in their interpersonal relationship guidance skills?
More at Pittsburgh’s City Paper.
In which I did not steal an elephant.
Saturday we went to the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. It was … disappointing. There are no giant anteaters or fruit bats or ring-tailed lemurs. And the leopard doesn’t have anything to climb on except for a wee hut that is so low to the ground it wouldn’t take much effort to step on. The penguins [...]
Cheers to Mr. Darwin
If you’re a Pittsburgh or near-Pittsburgh reader, you should come to our local Drinking Skeptically this month. It’s on the 20th and I promise there won’t be any arrow wielding flying babies. And the onion rings will knock your socks off. Except I hope not really because I can’t deal with feet.
I’ve been busy [...]
let’s be vague
When someone says something like “Starting Monday after the Superbowl!” it sounds like this to me:
“You are invited to my house for dinner. It starts an hour before sunset three days after my eldest cat’s birthday.”
or
“This report is due the first weekday starting with a T following the full moon.”
I’m just not feeling the joy [...]
Bridgebot or maybe Burghbot.
This guy was hanging out behind a bus stop where I was waiting last night. I have no idea how long it has been there, and bet a lot of people walk by without noticing, thinking it’s just more construction equipment lying around. Very Pittsburgh.
Two acts of intentional destruction
First up we have Timur Serebrykov, a 27 year old security guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art here in Pittsburgh, who was caught on video destroying the painting to the left, Night Sky #2, by Vija Celmins, with his keys.
His response?
“I didn’t like the painting… I’m sorry.”
The Post-Gazette reports:
According to the police affidavit, the [...]
Spring is in the air, the fetuses are out.
Those wackos with the 5′ fetus signs have been showing up at the E. Carson end of the Birmingham Bridge again. The guy in the white suit and a bunch of elderly loons had a row of them leaning up against what used to be St. Elmo’s bookstore with a 4′ photo of a newborn [...]
PA Primary Day
After work I have to dash back to S.Side to vote and then run back downtown to the JazzLive show at Theatre Square. (It’s free, and I would say you should come but I hate crowds.)
The polling place weirds me out a bit. It’s at the old folks’ home and they were so surprised to [...]