Posted by pittgirl on 27 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings, Eye rolls, The Damn Pigeons, Weird Burghers
It is a slow news day here in the Burgh; it is raining (no, really! It is totally raining in Pittsburgh of all places! Can you believe it!?), and a general feeling of blah seems to have settled itself quite nicely over the downtown area.
In fact, the pigeon that approached me this morning [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 26 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Random
PittGirl is one of those people that is VERY easy to make laugh. Not because I’m ditzy … but because I don’t take life very seriously.
Therefore, I have to tell you that this video is just the funniest shit ever … to me, and I seriously hope that it brings a smile to your [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 26 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings, Random
Maybe it’s time we come up with a new name for the Mexican War Streets?
Isn’t there some saying about perception being reality or something? Isn’t calling it the War Streets basically saying, “Need a place to do battle? Here ya go!”
I’d like to vote for “The Streets of Peace” or “The Streets of [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 26 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Annoying Burghers, Eye rolls
Oh my God, you sucky sucky people named Ms. Fox and Voices for Animals, would you give the old, poor, having a shitty year and just wants to go home, man his dog back?!
“We are attempting settlement negotiations and I think there’s a good chance we will settle this amicably,” she said.
She declined to say [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 26 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Pirates
Checking in with our hometown Pirates … yep, they still suck.
Word, ball!
And while we’re checking in with the Buccos, wonder what Kevin McClatchy is doing these days, other than telling the media how disappointed he is in his team:
Yeah, that’s about right.
So we’ve got Kevin blaming the management and the players, the players blaming the [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 23 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Eye rolls
Nope I’m not talking about Benny. That’s actually starting to die down a bit, thank God.
I’m talking about that damn list.
Today, one of the parents of a girl named in the list filed a lawsuit against the boy that wrote the list, seeking a jury trial and more than $25,000 in damages. The [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 23 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Eye rolls, Local media
Sally Wiggin! What in the name of Myron Cope are you wearing lately?!
Did your clothes washer break, forcing you to dig out your fashions from the late 80’s/early 90’s?
Would even Britney Spears be caught dead in a powder blue/gray animal print or pink pleather paired with a red shirt?
Are you wearing leg warmers under [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 23 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Annoying Burghers
In a weird and unusual move, the commanders of the Pittsburgh Police have filed paperwork to become full-fledged union members, apparently due to the management style of Dom Costa.
Interesting tidbits of info:
Chief Costa has rankled members of his command staff in numerous ways, leading some to say they feel as if they are being treated [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 23 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Eye rolls, Pirates
Yesterday, our Pirates were swept by the shittiest team in baseball … the Kansas City Royals, by a score of 15-7.
Yes, your powerful deduction skills are right. That makes the Pirates … the shittiest team in baseball.
And how much does PG writer Dejan Kovacevic rock for this line:
It was not so much that the [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 22 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings, Famous Burghers
Shut up, Oprah.
“In Pittsburgh!?”
– Oprah Winfrey responding to Carl Kurlander’s claim that after two decades as a Hollywood screenwriter, he found happiness in his hometown.
Some of us like Pittsburgh. Including this dude, Carl Kurlander who wrote St. Elmo’s Fire and who is finishing up a movie about Pittsburgh called “Tale of Two Cities.”
And [...]