http://theburghblog.com Pittsburgh. Only cooler. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:20:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you guys ever check out the "Out and About" section on the tail end of the New Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh's Black Newspaper? It's a section where Brotha Ash, as he's called, goes out and about (!) and takes pictures of the social happenings in Black Pittsburgh. This week, there was a ... http://theburghblog.com/2008/07/03/pew/ 1.  Did anyone see the lady on America's Got Talent who crushed stuff with her ginormous boobs?  Can you tell me, please.  Were those real?  Seriously.  I want to know. 2.  This might be the fastest I have ever fallen in love with a new Burgh site.  Stuff Yinzers Like. When ... http://theburghblog.com/2008/07/03/random-nat-43/ Sitting in my living room watching the Buccos of Suckitude game last night with my BIL who had just come from the hospital where Pens Fan Sister is currently laid up with Texas Death (and you all thought I was exaggerating how awful Texas Death is. She was hospitalized ... http://theburghblog.com/2008/07/03/my-wish-for-you/ When I think of righting wrongs, fixing injustices ... When I think of "caring lawyers" ... When I think of truth, honor, integrity, and all of those other things/words/ideas that make a person want to stand up and salute something ... I always think of bikini-clad boxing ring card girls. God bless the "caring ... http://theburghblog.com/2008/07/02/caring-enough-to-put-a-hot-chick-on-the-sign/ Here's some facts that we know: Don Barden is delaying plans for construction of an outdoor amphitheater and boat dock at his North Shore casino and is altering the look of a riverfront promenade, all in a bid to save money. The proposed changes drew a rebuke from the Riverlife Task ... http://theburghblog.com/2008/07/02/im-not-liking-these-odds/ 1. People, friends, Burghers, my loves, I have lots of emails to respond to (I'm looking at you, Goob, Tracy, Kathleen, DW, and maybe 400 more), and I'm going to get to them. Watch your email boxes. 2. OMG. Srsly. Matt Capps. Inventing new ways ... http://theburghblog.com/2008/07/02/random-nat-42/ 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 ... http://theburghblog.com/2008/07/01/eeek-call-kdka/ 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 ... http://theburghblog.com/2008/07/01/and/ 1.  Doing my duty as the next carrier monkey, I obediently spread Texas Death (which may or may not be strep throat.  I refuse to have a throat culture done because I tend to violently shove people that intentionally gag me) right on to Pens Fan Sister whose husband called ... http://theburghblog.com/2008/07/01/random-nat-41/ Dear WeatherPeople of the Burgh: I'll believe this forecast when the sun actually shows up for more than two hours without running away screaming from the giant blackish purple clouds of doom and hail and HAHA!  Let's go mess with PittGirl's new Dish TV/HD set-up and show that tripod-mounted sissy satellite ... http://theburghblog.com/2008/06/30/rumble-grumble/