Political Ads: Compare, Contrast Obama’s appealing to the family folk, making sure to mention he’s a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” story—which is arguably what parents [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More
The Jersey Shore Take a gander at this piece in the Washington Post about a group of fellas who proudly describe themselves as Guidos. From what [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More I very much envy his hairline
Hot Polling Action #11 Do You Support The Erection Of A Downtown Event Center And Arena? In this week’s Council Watch, Laura Sanchez evaluates a proposed 11,000-seat event center and arena. The development is intended for Broadway and Central, [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More “Does Dukes want a basketball team? Does he? Does he? Yes he does! Dukesy wooksy wants a basketball team!”
Martini Grille’s Toast? An employee says that Martini Grille is officially kaput now. MG isn’t picking up it’s phone to confirm, so we’ll just treat it [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More He’s dead, Jim?
Two Hiccups And Call Me In The Morning I love beer, which seems like a great way to start this off. The only thing I love more than beer is drinking [...] Jenny Gamble \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More
This Week In Sports Baseball Hits the Midway Mark We’re about halfway through the Major League Baseball season, and I can discern one noteworthy trend. In a [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More The Cubs are still on top, despite outfielder Alfonso Soriano’s injury-plagued season
New Administration While sitting at the dinner table, our hands covered in shrimp heads and cocktail sauce, a family friend commented that three- to five-year-olds [...] Aeriel Emig Fearless Intern \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More
Nacho Cheezier But Not Really I am in no way qualified to review real food. I do, however, consider myself and junk-food connoisseur. The stranger the better. I [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More Not spicy. Not sweet. Not even pink, really.
Webgame Wednesday Let the Flash-tastic games begin! Seek—Eyezmaze brings another cute game to the table (a teaser for a new Grow game, so I hear). [...] Amy Dalness \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More Seek
“War Tactic” I can’t believe it wasn’t already classified this way, but the U.N. just declared rape a weapon of war. This BBC article states:“UN [...] Christie Chisholm \ Jun 26, 2008 Read More Yes, Ban Ki-Moon, you did good.
