I normally don’t copy/paste PR like this but LOOK AT THIS DOLPHIN IT IS SMALL AND GAAAAAAAAH (PR after the jump)

With all this talk about Google possibly coming to town and laying down a fiber optic network the likes of which the world hath never seen, I would make it a point to note that in doing so, Google would be making an enormous humanitarian leap in releasing the city of Baltimore from the grips of Comcast, one of the only area providers of high speed internet. It is with this thought in mind that I anxiously present to you Angry Mike, a displeased (former) Comcast customer and former housemate of mine. Feel his pain, point and laugh. Take it away, Angry Mike!

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Saint Patrick’s Day weekend is upon us. Quake with fear. Do some stuff while you’re at it.

	4TH ANNUAL MUSTACHE & MINISKIRT PARTY When: Friday, March 12th 9pm Where: Joe Squared (133 West North Avenue, Charles North) More What: (Facebook) Grow out your mustache and dust off that miniskirt for the 4th annual mustache & miniskirt party, this friday! Featuring live music by Claire Hux and a drunken spelling bee! Free!
	SOME SORT OF GETTING DRUNK EVENT When: All weekend 24/7 Where: Baltimore, MD More What: Seriously try walking out of your front door this weekend without tripping over a bar crawl, bar special, kegger, beer bash, stein hoist, green party, blippity bloppity blorp. Oh and the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday, March 14th at the Inner Harbor, 2pm.

CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE EATING CONTEST When: Sunday, March 14th 5pm-6pm Where: Burke’s Restaurant (36 Light Street, Downtown) More What: (Facebook) Eat your way through plate after plate of Saval Deli Corned Beef and Cabbage to win! 1st Place- $300 plus 4 passes to The Comedy Factory 2nd Place- $150 plus 2 passes to The Comedy Factory 3rd Place- $50 plus 2 passes to The Comedy Factory

In what simply must be the greatest news ever to hit my cerebral cortex in no less than twelve lifetimes, disgraced former mayor Sheila Dixon’s Xbox 360 – purchased using absconded gift cards for the poor – is now available for bid on eBay, according to The Baltimore Sun (“Dixon’s Xbox up for sale on eBay” 2010/03/08). This Xbox was submitted as evidence at the trial of former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon. This item has been surrendered to the Maryland State Prosecutors Office pursuant to the plea agreement. All proceeds from this sale will go to Youthworks of Baltimore. This item was originally taken from the residence of the former mayor in June 2008.

Robert A. Rohrbaugh, you rule. With providence, this monument to governmental corruption and family entertainment will sit proudly on my mantle, forever preserved in a vacuum-sealed, laser grid protected vault. And by that I mean a sign that says “DIXON’S XBOX NO TOUCH!”

A++++++ WOULD BUY AGAIN!!

25 minutes later update: way way outbid

Well kiss my grits and break out the fine plastic china. As reported by the Sun’s B’More Green blog, Tim Wheeler tells us this morning that Jim Kraft, long time advocate of the proposed ban on plastic bags in grocery stores has somewhat reversed his opinion and opted for a program of mutual cooperation between businesses and city community groups in an effort to educate the public (wha????) concerning the virtues of reusable grocery bags and litter reduction.

HIGH FIVE, JIM KRAFT. Meanwhile, unfortunately, councilman Bill Henry is still opining for a fee on the plastic menace, while Mary Pat Clarke would like to see an “automatic trigger” put into effect in which a ban or fee would be implemented if certain reduction goals are not met. …and we all know how often that type of strategy works, especially when it comes to public education – right Mary Pat?

So hurray for common sense today, let’s all do our rain dance for some more in the future!

(literally everything else to be said on this issue lives here)