City Paper reports horrible, awful, catastrophic news: Leroy, the Mayor of Fells Point, has been arrested for assault and subsequently sent to Spring Grove Hospital. The suit lovin’, woman huggin’, smilin’ bastion of Fells Point allegedly punched a cop in the face on May 2nd and was charged with 2nd degree assault and deemed mentally […]
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Orioles manager Dave Trembley replaced, Cal Ripken bobbleheads to assume position
Faced with the worst record in the major leagues last Friday (15-39), president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail made the landmark decision to replace manager Dave Trembley with something just as effective; a trio of collectible Cal Ripken Jr. bobbleheads. “Really this one’s a no brainer. The symbolic presence of Cal will provide every Oriole […]
Pertinent Baltimore Blog Crusade: fighting annoying advertising circulars
You know them, you hate them. Advertising circulars cluttering up your stairways, mailboxes, windshields, only to end up laying the gutter and adding to the city’s litter problem. Fortunately, our good curmudgeonly blogger in arms JJT has started his very own crusade against these papery menaces, the battle lines being drawn in SoBo’s Pigtown. Flyering […]
Revisiting Swann Park
While noting Baltimore’s long history of environmental disasters, it’s good every once in a while to see a spot in the city that has actually seen vast improvements in quality – not by the direct result of luxury condos, mind you – and will actually turn out to be a huge benefit to the community […]
A swimmable, fishable harbor: Or, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yesterday was Earth Day, and like most of you I found myself reading 123456789 articles about the Earth itself, mostly about how it’s actively trying to kill us all currently in the form of volcanoes, historically significant earthquakes and the impending emergence of the Mole People who want to eradicate humanity (probably). One string of […]
Baltimore Historyquest – a great grandfather’s office chair
Fortunately (and unfortunately) for me, I was raised in a household full of near-antiques, and as a result have a general need to study …furniture. Alright well not actually study furniture per se, but get a sense of where an old ass bed frame or, case in point, my great grandfather’s office chair came from. […]