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Pizza Boomerang: how is this not a viral sensation yet?

Pizza Boomerang: how is this not a viral sensation yet?

@npvajda tipped me off to this magically awesome video for Pizza Boomerang, a creation put together by Barcelona-based Sofa Experience Communications who apparently do a bunch of commercials for Burger King in Spain. Beside the point. On the point, this video RULES. It has literally everything you could possibly want in a video about pizza boomerangs: A pizza boomerang Tears of blood Suicidal men in Christmas sweaters Castration Grilled Octopus! I’m just going to shut up now, you should watch this video. Right … Read entire article »

Filed under: Entertainment

City Leadership passes lifetime appointment bill for all local political offices

City Leadership passes lifetime appointment bill for all local political offices

Mayor praises decision, citing need to eliminate ‘problematic factors like voters’ City Hall - In response to declining populations, repeated incumbent victories and historically low voter turnout, the Baltimore City Council has unanimously passed a bill eliminating elections for all local leadership. Effective January 1st, all Baltimore officials serving in political offices as well as the General Assembly will serve lifetime appointments in their current positions. At a groundbreaking for the mostly-public-but-sort-of-private Super Harbor Industrial Tower – … Read entire article »

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Ring of Honor wrestling comes to Baltimore, is entertaining

Ring of Honor wrestling comes to Baltimore, is entertaining

A short while ago I received a phone call from my ol’ buddy Tom explaining that he’d be coming up to town for a Ring of Honor show at Duburns Arena, a wrestling group I had never heard of but apparently is gaining a lot of traction in recent history due to it getting picked up by Sinclair broadcasting (You can currently see it air on Saturdays at 1pm on Fox 45, 10pm on the … Read entire article »

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“Hipster President” – the movie

“Hipster President” – the movie

Mashable broke the news today that our president Barack Obama has gone and gotten himself an Instagram account, a web tool commonly used by folks who love to make their camera phone photos look like they’re over 40 years old, for some reason, also a commonly used web tool by nature’s favorite joke, Hipsters. Twitter was quick to make the obvious joke “Eheheheherheheheher Obama’s a Hipster,” but I see the forest, the *bigger* possibilities – blockbuster … Read entire article »

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Top 4 tips for rescuing the Baltimore Grand Prix

Top 4 tips for rescuing the Baltimore Grand Prix

As the year 2011 came to a close, everybody’s favorite critical darling the Baltimore Grand Prix suddenly and very very unexpectedly had its 5 year contract with the city of Baltimore terminated as organizers failed to pay over $27 million in taxes, fees, blood sacrifices, back door campaign contributions and $100 Best Buy gift cards to the city’s elected officials who unflinchingly supported the event in spite of the fact that it never even landed … Read entire article »

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