Posted by pittgirl on 26 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Mayor Ravenstahl, The Damn Pigeons
Tuesday, June 19:
Mr. Ravenstahl approved the pick.
“There are good times in careers and bad times in careers, and I think Cmdr. Trosky would be the first to acknowledge that,” the mayor said. “But this decision was made based on a 30-year portfolio, not based on one or two incidents … He’s had letters of [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 25 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Annoying Burghers, David Conrad, Eye rolls
1. Reader Heavy T pointed me to this hilarious post about alli, Burgh-based GlaxoSmithKline’s new over-the-counter miracle diet pill with a side effect of YOU WILL DEFINITELY SHIT OIL IN YOUR PANTS WHILE YOU ARE AT WORK.
Then there are the side effects, which can include oily discharge, diarrhea and uncontrollable bowel movements significant enough [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 25 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Famous Burghers, The Damn Pigeons
Reader Sean, a county employee who NEVER reads the Burgh Blog on county time, emailed me to let me know that you can bid on autographed celebrity ties over at the County’s website all to benefit the Kane Centers.
In addition to ties by Jay Leno, Rod Stewart, Ted Kennedy, and Jimmy Kimmel, some that [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 22 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Annoying Burghers
Cohen & Grigsby, a local law-firm, is in some serious trouble.
“Our goal is clearly NOT TO FIND a qualified and interested U.S. worker.”
It’s on video, believe it or not, and even presented as a selling point to peddle their services by Cohen & Grigsby Law Firm. That’s right, this group of attorneys put an [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 22 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Eye rolls, Pirates, Weird Burghers
1. T&A are throwing a parade, and I swear it on my purse-mounted robotic falcon that if these boys do this, I am SO THERE!
2. Best name ever?
Best name. Ever!
3. A new ending to the Pirate Parrot parody video.
4. I have no idea what this guy just said, but I bet he lives in [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 22 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings, Eye rolls, The Damn Pigeons
I finally found some time to clean out the photos I take with my camera phone as I go about my days here in the Burgh.
1. Hey look! They got the Downtown [dum-dum-dum-DAHHHHHH!] Safe-tee Am-BASS-adorrrrrrrs! (that’s their official name) some bikes.
As you recall, their purpose is:
PDP’s Safety Ambassadors help make Downtown Pittsburgh [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 21 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Pirates, Weird Burghers
1. Like seriously, I have no idea why, but last night while I slept my cutie pie little toy terrier dog pounced on my uncovered foot and proceeded to claw maniacally at it like it was a HoHo trying to escape a hungry Burgher. I bled. My foot is completely scratched up [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 20 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Random
Pitt students former and present are all showing their claws over the new logo recently unveiled:
It used to look like this:
Reader Puma, who should know, called it a “rabid golden retriever.”
Over here at Pitt Blather, Rex called it a “mean looking chipmunk.”
Over at Panther Rants, it is the “hyena-dog” or the “sneezing slant-eyed pig” [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 20 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Annoying Burghers, Pirates
Social networking service Gather.com announced on Tuesday that Kevin McClatchy, CEO of the Pittsburgh Pirates major league baseball team and a director at The McClatchy Co., the third largest newspaper company in the U.S., has acquired a minority stake in the company.
Boston-based Gather.com said that the new investment funds by McClatchy will be used to [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 20 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: Hot Burghers
Meet Jacob James Right of Pittsburgh Adventure BootCamp for Women.
Never ever in my life have I ever ever wanted so badly for a man to throw me to the ground and make me do push-ups.
Smokin’ Hot Burgher?
Sir, yes, sir!
More info here.
Also, I really need to locate some Smokin’ Hot female Burghers lest the boys [...]