Twitter is preparing for war. Are yinz ready? For the past couple of weeks, Twitter users have been adding colors or flags to their avatars, claiming membership in various teams. The build-up, initially proposed by zefrank, will eventually lead to summer camp-like competitions and the selection of a winner of some kind. The folks in… Read More the home team.
* This space was to have been occupied by an excited post about the prospect of seeing Over The Rhine on Saturday night. * It would have explained how frustrated I’ve been with Pittsburgh’s music scene recently, not because there haven’t been any shows to see but because the concerts I’ve wanted to see have… Read More so. any plans?
Signs that the good day you thought you were having might not have been so good after all: 1. A Porta-Potty blows over and lands on your car. When I returned to my car after the completion of a school board meeting I was covering tonight, this is what I found. Yes. That’s my car.… Read More not so good.
I haven’t yet discussed how I’m doing in the various other basketball pools I’m wasting time on this year. And I should. Because I’m doing pretty well. 1) This is the first year I’ve participated the annual Pittsburgh Bloggers March Madness Challenge, organized by Sportsocracy.org. It attracts bloggers and local celebs alike, and I wasn’t… Read More not bad.
Everybody recovered? Bandaged wounds? Bought a replacement television for the one you broke when ____ (fill in the blank: UConn, Duke, Pitt, Georgetown, other) gagged themselves out of the tournament? I’m right there with you. But despite all the carnage of the first four days of March Madness, the contestants in the Third Annual Uncle… Read More ugly.
1) We saw an interesting house in Brighton Heights today. It’s a completely different style, and I’m not sure whether I can see myself living there or not. 2) I picked West Virginia to beat Duke on nearly all of my sheets. 3) Several of us in the Third Annual Uncle Crappy NCAA Final Four… Read More briefly.
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