Welcome to Pittsburgh

31 July 2006 at 3.27 pm | In Steelers, current events, sports | 4 Comments

Check out the Post-Gazette homepage. No fewer than six stories/multimedia presentations about the Steelers and training camp are linked towards the top of the page. The headline about Israel resuming jet attacks on southern Lebanon sort of blends into the the header, huh? No wonder I laughed so hard when I saw this satiric post on Carbolic Smoke Ball… It’s the truth, damnit. Now that training camp has officially started I honestly don’t think most Burghers would know, or really care, if World War III broke out. We have something much more important upon which to concentrate- the 2006-2007 Steelers football season.

The only time all season we’ll see such unguarded emotion on Bill ‘The Chin’ Cowher’s face.

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Benny, looking quite fit despite his motorcycle accident earlier this summer.

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Look how skinny these boys look without all their gear. Crazy!

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Oh, and this girl is clearly mistaken. I’m Ben’s future wife.

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I didn’t know what to laugh at…

29 July 2006 at 11.29 am | In current events, weather, wtf? | Leave a Comment

An article in the Telegraph recounted the details of a young woman who performed an impromptu striptease at an agricultural show in Wales. At first I thought the striptease itself was the funny part, being that these agricultural shows are probably not exactly a hotbed of attractive folks, but then I read this line from the article and just completely lost it. Like snorting and crying as I’m laughing so hard that I can barely breathe properly.

“The show in Builth Wells, mid Wales, is a high point of the agricultural calendar, this year attracting a record 240,140 visitors over four days.”

Couple of things:

1) Can there actually be ‘a high point of the agricultural calendar’?

2) 240,140 people?! WTF?! What are these people doing at an agricultural show in Wales when the weather has been gorgeous for the past 2 weeks? Clearly that number is made up, or at least counts repeat patrons. No way 240,140 different people showed up to this thing. Perhaps some of them heard rumors of the impending striptease and hoped to sneak a peak…

Also, you should know that the woman, who was hosed down with water usually used to wash the cattle in an attempt to restrain her (I know. I’m laughing as I type. Seriously?!), threw her thong into the crowd at the end, but it was kindly returned to her on the end of a pitchfork.

That’s it, for now. But, really, wasn’t that more than enough?

There’s been an escape!

26 July 2006 at 9.36 pm | In wtf? | Leave a Comment

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But not of prisoners from a jail, of a kangaroo from a circus. In Kinsale, Ireland, right before the show was about to begin, Sydney decided to take a little walk. Circus staff searched for the 2 year old kangaroo for four hours, but Hoppy (as he’s been renamed by the locals in the area) managed to avoid capture and is still roaming free.

I don’t know about you, but I might freak out a little bit if I looked out my window and saw a kangaroo hopping happily (ha! alliteration!) through my garden. Particularly since- the last I heard- kangaroos aren’t indigenous to Ireland. But that’s just me. Wouldn’t stop me from trying to pet him, though… And probably getting bitten in the process. But hey- it’s a kangaroo. In Ireland. Roaming free. How often do you see that?!

Also, on a more personal note: I was brutally attacked by yet another winged devil (read: pigeon) this evening. As I was walking around LSE, a pigeon took off near me and his wing clipped my head. At first I thought I was probably just imagining that it touched me, but then two girls walked up and shrieked, “Oh my God! That pigeon just hit you in the head! Gross!” (Sidenote: Yes, they were American) I personally wanted to reply, “Yes, thank you, I know,” in a really snarky voice. However, I refrained, smiled and kept walking… Otherwise I might have a) been rude a la the above comment, b) smacked them for being so annoying, or c) both a and b.

You go, Arlen!

25 July 2006 at 12.05 pm | In current events, politics | Leave a Comment

I’ve always had a soft-spot for Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) because he’s one of those rare politicians who tends to stop and think before voting. He doesn’t kowtow to either the Republicans or the Democrats- he does what he thinks will be best for his constituents, even if it goes against the prevailing ideas inside his own party. His decision to prepare legislation allowing Congress to sue President Bush over the use of signing statements is both bold and necessary, proving once again that he makes a great Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

If only PA’s junior senator would behave more like Specter… But that will probably never happen since he’s an unethical, misogynistic, “Moral Majority”-supporting crazy.

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