Posted by pittgirl on 01 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Eye rolls, Local media, Weird Burghers
A family in Mercer County says they found a spider in a bag of grapes.
Vikki Spencer and her daughter Amanda Masotto, from Sharpsville, believe it was a black widow spider. The arachnid appeared to have the distinctive red hour glass shape on it.
They bought the grapes from a Giant Eagle in Hermitage.
Amanda was washing the grapes [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 30 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings, Eye rolls, Weird Burghers
A comment posted to the previous Furries are Frickin’ Weird post:
I don’t attend Anthrocon because it’s on the wrong goddamned end of the country, but surfing Technorati for these kind of overblown reactions to it a lot of fun.
Here in California nerd society is what drives the economy, and nobody even blinks at these kind [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 27 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Celebrity sightings, David Conrad, Downtown happenings, Weird Burghers
Since they adopted Pittsburgh as their hometown, we knew they would be back. They are. It’s still weird.
Before you Furries/animal lovers/weirdos email me to scold me that Anthrocon and its participants are not weird, please note this quote:
“It’s very weird. I don’t even know how to explain how weird it is.”
Cliff Floyd on Anthrocon, a [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 19 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Weird Burghers
Presenting the latest crop of What The Effies to come out of Craigslist:
Do you suppose that perhaps he used Photoshop on his teeth? I bet those glow in the dark.
Speaking of teeth, he’s got “great teeth and excellent balance.” But does he also have “no ear hair and legible penmanship”? These are important traits.
This is [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 09 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Eye rolls, Local media, Weird Burghers
When I saw this image on the front of the PG’s website:
I immediately had two thoughts:
Oh, LaMont. WTF are you trying to make us wear now?
Why is that lady wearing a baby stroller on her head?
And those two questions running through my head are a certified guarantee that I’m clicking on that there link.
So [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 06 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings, Weird Burghers
1. Can I just tell you how much I love this weather. HOT! Love it!
I can’t handle people complaining, “OMG. It’s sooooo hot. It is going to ninety!!!!” Except the “tee” in ninety sounds more like “wahhhhh!” when they say it.
Please. It’s summer. Before we know it we’ll [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 02 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Evgeni Malkin, Penguins, Random, Weird Burghers
1. When your boss calls a meeting just so he can hear himself talk, and as you’re sitting there looking right at him, does it takes all of your strength not to deliberately mime shooting yourself in the head? Just me?
2. The Pens. Oh, that was so so hard to watch.
The [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 29 May 2008 | Tagged as: Annoying Burghers, Weird Burghers
Reader DW turned me on to this little letter-writing war going on over whether or not it is offensive to call a group of people “you guys” even when there are women in the mix.
You know PittGirl’s feelings on that, right, you guys? Because don’t I always call you guys, you guys?
I do, you guys.
So [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 23 May 2008 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings, Eye rolls, Weird Burghers
1. Last night I finally found time to watch the season finale of CSI: Miami to see whether or not the writers were going to have the guts to really put a bullet through the Sunglasses of Justice.
It is the first time ever that I watched a show and as the credits rolled, I [...]
Posted by pittgirl on 20 May 2008 | Tagged as: Eye rolls, Weird Burghers
An airline pilot was found hiding behind a shed wearing only flip-flops and a wristwatch as a nighttime romp in the woods with a flight attendant ended with both under arrest.
Jeffrey Paul Bradford, 24, of Pittsburgh and Adrianna Grace Connor, 24, both employees of Pinnacle Airlines Inc., were at a diner on the outskirts of [...]