A new sketch of the bus-stop rapist ... Stan Stovall!?Dante Parrish is still out there"Md. Inmates Wash 6,000 Donated Bras ... It's something of an experience for men who have been locked up for years. Some told WJZ they...
Time Magazine
Freeman Hrabowski has a problem. The president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), has been so successful at cultivating his school’s reputation for steering African-American students toward science and engineering — fields in which they have been...
This can't be too good for the local economy. I just saw a Baltimore Business Journal post on Twitter announcing that Forest Hill based Gemcraft Homes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Baltimore on Monday....
ChesapeakeMommies.com, the local non-profit group which brings moms together both online and off, is holding a fundraiser for its organization at the Bel Air Chili's from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nov. 18. For more information, check out the flyer...
I have a pretty cushy life, and if you are reading this blog, you probably have one, too.   I have the luxury of baking things, and scouting out sweet stuff to put in my mouth, and I write about it,...
Last week I met Political Scientist and Johns Hopkins Professor, Lester Spence, a very energetic and enthusiastic individual who introduced me to a photography project he has been working on for the past 122 days. He says he is not...
I looove 30 Rock! My cousin Jodi met Judah Friedlander at a work event the other night! Does not look like too much work is going on, hummm!Follow Judah on Twitter!...
YAY! New Book!, originally uploaded by extraheavymarcellus.
I just picked up a copy of Warren Ellis’ new collection of essays, stories and columns from Lulu.com.
I am a long-time fan of Mr. Ellis’ stuff all the way back to old copies of...
Hinchliffe Stadium -- Paterson, NJ -- is possibly the last surviving stadium that hosted the Negro Baseball League. Preservation, the magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has just published an extraordinary story of the stadium, its background, and......
Everybody: Cut, cut, cut, cut. Rachel: [cuts a card] You know what? I think we can leave it at that. It was kind of a symbolic gesture...Monica: Rachel, that was a library card.[Everybody cheers her on, and she reluctantly cuts...
From the Office of Del. Donna Stifler:
The Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington (AOBA) has announced that Harford County State Delegate Donna Stifler (R, Distict 35A) will be honored on November 13 with an Outstanding Leadership Award for...
61. Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance(Beat Club/Interscope Records, 2003)Alright, so he spends like half this record whining about how his first album didn't sell as much as he expected, even though it almost went platinum and is still the commercial peak...
November 12, 2009
TO: THE CITIZENS OF LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 32
MAKING GANG LAW TOUGHER SHOULD BE PRIORITY IN 2010
During the 2007 session, I was a co-sponsor of the Maryland Gang Protection Act of 2007. The measure, which became law with...
Apartment 3-G, 11/12/09
Dr. Pappagoras is cheerfully pressing on with his campaign to win the Most Unethical Therapist statuette at this years Psychie Awards! Most head-shrinkers I know (and I was raised by several) do not consider it a...
You can call them differently weighted, gravitationally challenged, horizontally challenged, horizontally gifted, people of mass or people of substance but whichever way you slice the lard I call them obese.United Airlines was a voice of reason in the wilderness when...
The deputy mayor's letter to the McCanns"Drug prosecutions suffer after detective is accused of embezzlement"Mark Hughes' readers: Baltimore violence is "a tragedy and a failure. False equivalence, and talk about crab cakes and neighbourhood restaurants, can't mask it."Will the Dixon...
I think I linked to this a few years ago. Still funny. Just don't up and blame the cat. Happy two weeks before Thanksgiving!.....
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Post taken directly from the Baltimore Snacker website. If you're not reading this...
The Howard County WPUG will meet tonight at 7 at 2nd Chance Saloon. Mike Dougherty is the speaker.
Related posts:HoCo WPUG Meeting This ThursdayHoCo Board of Education to Hold Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Pre-Development Work Session on Proposed FY 2011...
Thank you, to all great designers, for again making and thinking “big” design.
Tim’s presentation is well worth 15+ minutes of your time....
Regina "Reggie" Kostas: [after typical argument with Becker, and he leaves] What I wouldn't give to hear a screech and a thump right now! [screech, but no thump]Dr. John Becker:  You missed me, ya bastard! --Becker, "Physician, Heal Thyself" (1/11/99)--------------------------------I...
Skarr Akbar - The Street Album B4 The Album (Akbar Enterprize)One area of Baltimore rap that hasn't really been doing much for me lately is kinda aggressive hardcore street rap, which is a shame because I think that's one of...
– Went to see The White Buffalo last night. Longtime co-conspirator Jorge and I made an old-school run of it, up to Philly and back. Worth every second, worth every penny. If you’re not listening to this guy you’re missing...
Independent
Just 15 minutes after stepping off the train at Baltimore’s Penn station I found myself standing behind the yellow crime-scene tape after a shooting. We had been alerted to the attack on N Milton Avenue, in the east of the...
Jamie at the Real Estate Wonk writes about how local economist Anirban Basu thinks that Baltimore property taxes need to be lowered right now. This is something that most people with an ounce of mathematical knowledge can agree on....
Some words I wrote in comment on an Inside Ed comment (in italics below) got me thinking:"Remove the politics from education" - you're kidding, right? What in the world is more political than education? We've got public education which is...
Lifehacker has the link to the Google Maps Flu Shot Finder. The map for the Baltimore area is here. It includes locations for both the seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccine.
Related posts:Free flu shots this Sunday at CCBC-Essex7th Maryland Swine Flu...
For sex assault and murder of 15-year-old Jason Madison Jr.The news alert was deactivated at around 5:30 p.m., possibly indicating he's been apprehendedUPDATE: as of 10 a.m. 11/12, he is still out there, and was convicted of murder in 2000....
Thursday, November 19th at 7:30pm -- Join WYPR’s SkyWatch hosts Jim O’Leary and Dr. Carol Christian as they reveal and discuss images from the latest Hubble Space Telescope Mission. Their lecture, Gifts from the Sky—Hubble’s Latest Images is free with......
Continuing on with this idea of "spectacle" and superfluous unnecessary details, below are excerpts from the Baltimore Sun's coverage of the Muhammad execution."Asked for last words, Muhammad, wearing a blue shirt and denim jeans, declined to speak [...] The execution...
Baltimore’s Chef Jerry Edwards of Chef’s Expressions Catering was the winner at the National Pork Council’s Taste of Elegance competition this past week. Edwards was the runaway winner with four awards including two for Wine and Food Pairings, the...
WJZ
The odd couple of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Rev. Al Sharpton will bring their quest for education reform to Baltimore on Friday.
Gingrich and Sharpton are on a three-city “listening and learning” tour to find out which school...
I was at the registers and it was kind of hopping. A woman came over to the counter to pick up a hold — a set of Star Wars DVDs. I found it on the shelf and began...
Tomorrow, Friday, November 13th, Dear Everybody (the short film that I made with Luca Dipierro) is going to be part of an evening of short films at Creative Alliance MovieMakers (CAmm), which also includes Travis Mays' adaption of Poe’s Tell...
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