Posted by pittgirl on 01 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Awesome Burghers, Ben Roethlisberger, Mike Tomlin, Steelers
I wrote about this before, this wish fulfilled by The Duke of Fug and the Earl of Gross and the Steelers and ESPN, and now, the video is done and available and I keep writing the word and because if I stop writing I’m going to cry a little, damn it.
First, the kid, his story. [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 04 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Awesome Burghers
Cancer is a bitch.
You know what’s great? When someone succeeds at chokin’ that bitch.
Remember Burgher Adam Frey? He of the TWELVE-pound cancerous tumor and then some?
His most recent post says:
That following Monday I began Chemotherapy. Nine weeks and one day after beginning that process, it is July 3, 2008. My tumor marker is zero. It [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 08 May 2008 | Tagged as: Awesome Burghers
It’s been almost three years. You know me by now. You know I love to laugh and you know how very much I hate to cry. You also know what makes me laugh and you know what makes me cry.
Sick kids make me cry. Always. So yeah, last Sunday, I [...]
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 10 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Awesome Burghers, Downtown happenings, Mayor Ravenstahl, Penguins, Sidney Crosby
1. Did you guys watch Dr. Pausch’s interview with Diane Sawyer last night? Don’t hate me, but I didn’t. Well, more like I COULDN’T. I’ve done everything I can to support him and his cause, but I just couldn’t bring myself to watch it because I knew it would tear me [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 08 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Awesome Burghers, Penguins, Wendy Bell
I knew Mario had a foundation. I knew Mario fought Hodgkin’s and won. I knew Mario is one of the most awesome Burghers EVER! But I did not know that you could get a Mario Lemieux license plate for a $66 donation to his foundation!
Not to go all Wendy Bell on you [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 18 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Awesome Burghers
Well, Burghers, you really came through for the Post-Gazette’s Bill Toland, as you helped him raise almost $2,200 for kids with cancer.
And in turn, Bill Toland had his head of thick, lustrous hair shaved down to the stubble over the weekend during the St. Baldrick’s Day celebration.
I emailed Bill yesterday,
Anxiously awaiting the AFTER picture. Is [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 13 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Awesome Burghers
I got a lump in my throat when I saw this picture:
That little boy LOVES his big brother.
If that picture doesn’t also give you a lump in your throat, would you please email me and let me know exactly when it was you died inside? So I can send my condolences on your loss.
Also, [...]