Posts Tagged ‘Pittsburgh’

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 [...]

Tags:
Posted in Current Events | No Comments »

Bridgebot or maybe Burghbot.

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.

Tags: ,
Posted in Photos | No Comments »

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 [...]

Tags: ,
Posted in Current Events | No Comments »

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 [...]

Tags: ,
Posted in Current Events | No Comments »

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 [...]

Tags: , ,
Posted in Current Events | No Comments »