Posted by pittgirl on 30 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: The Damn Pigeons
Some sick bastard and by sick bastard I mean “my hero” is shooting Seattle’s pigeons in the head with darts.
Someone is impaling pigeons in downtown Seattle with metal darts, and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is putting up $2,000 to help find out who. “This is just a horrifying case,” she [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 30 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Awesome Burghers, Downtown happenings, Mayor Ravenstahl, Penguins, The Damn Pigeons, Weird Burghers
1. Yellow wedge sandals in the window of Macy’s on the Fifth Avenue corner. Must own. Will own.
2. To the attractive blond lady, late 30s, in the long lime green coat, downtown. Yesterday afternoon, I saw you hunch down to put out your cigarette on the sidewalk and then run over to the trashcan to [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 30 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Steelers, Weird Burghers
There are certain things you shouldn’t have to see before 9:00 a.m.
An empty cup of coffee.
A pigeon.
An email from your boss.
Your boss.
A clearly wasted, partying hard in Vegas Jeff Skippy Skeeve Foul Dwarf Reed wearing any of the following: A tiara, a slut, a taffeta sash, or a bib that says, “I [heart] dick.”
I bet [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 29 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Local media, Weather, Weird Burghers
1. A conversation between PittGirl and Sister of PittGirl:
[picking up a copy of James Frey's A Million Little Pieces that is lying on Sister of PittGirl's table] What’s this, Sister of PittGirl?
Oh, PittGirl, that is a great book about –
It’s lies, you know? All lies.
I know, but some of it is based in fact and–
Lies, [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Random
I love Back to You. There. I said it. Whatever.
I love looking out for those Burgh references and in the episode two weeks ago in which the sportscaster Marsh (the incomparable Fred Willard) threw a surprise birthday party for the Kelsey Grammer/Ken Rice [snicker] character (a party that was sponsored by Schwatz Beer, no [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Eye rolls, Pirates, The Damn Pigeons, Weird Burghers
My nephew is six, is funny, is adorable, is blond, is smart and has a habit of pointing with his middle finger. He does it when he shows me his homework and says, “Look how I can write!” He does it when we’re at the park and he says, “Hey, look at that bird!” And [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Weird Burghers
Whoa.
Dr. David Wielechowski and his bride, Christa, exchanged vows at a ceremony on Saturday. According to Ross Township police, the Wielechowskis had just checked into the Holiday Inn in Ross Township on their wedding night when they began to argue.
KDKA’s Ross Guidotti reports that authorities say David Wielechowski allegedly used a karate-style kick [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 28 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Penguins, Pirates, The Damn Pigeons, Weird Burghers
1. Know what’s weird? Watching the Pens game in Hi-Def in the living room while in the kitchen, a group watches the game on a TV that is apparently like 3 seconds ahead, and hearing them freak out three seconds before you actually get to see the goal happen.
Kind of takes the suspense out of [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 25 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Pirates
I got my May/June issue of my favorite magazine Radar in the mail yesterday and saw this listed in the Sindex, a monthly index of who or what has committed each of the seven deadly sins:
That’s right. Forget that the Pirates have committed the sin of suck, they’re making us all gluttons as well.
As [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 25 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: David Conrad, Downtown happenings, Penguins, Wendy Bell
1. I hereby RESPECTFULLY (’cause he’s like way smart and stuff) challenge Teacher. Wordsmith. Madman. to Twitter for two weeks and then tell me how he feels about this post. Twitter is addictive crack. USEFUL addictive crack.
2. As I tweeted, twittered?, whatever, (Chad, if you twittered you would already know this. PBTH!) [...]