Who IS this guy??

So, obviously, I haven’t been in on this Pittsburgh new media thing long enough, because R2P only just brought to my attention the rantings of disgruntled boomerang journalist Bill Steigerwald. This guy has about three things to say about his-hometown-and-mine, all nasty, and repeated again and again with only minimal change in syntax such that [...]

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The Pittsburgh of the Mind

Brian O’Neill of the Post-Gazette took on an impressive duty today – to be Pittsburgh’s ambassador to the Arizona reading public, to explain what it is to be us, and therefore what it is to be a Steeler fan. He did a lovely job. His Arizona Republic counterpart, E.J. Montini, wrote a similar epistle from [...]

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An Arn-free Super Bowl

We tried.
We tried so hard.
Iron City gave up all distribution in Texas shortly after we moved here, so for over two years we’ve only had what we could smuggle back on the plane from trips home. We’ve long since finished the last bottle from our most recent visit, and have been on a long dry [...]

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The Storm of the Century

As seen from my BlackBerry: 

Go ahead, chuckle. I did.

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Careful what I wish for

As my one and a half year-old nephew would say, uh… oh.
That winter weather I’ve been dreaming of? The steaming cocoa, the crackling fire, the cozy handknit blanket drawn up around my shoulders? Let’s get real. Actual winter in Texas turns Texans into helpless incompetents, sliding all over the road, calling in to workplaces two [...]

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Don’t read this

Read this! (Woy is hosting surprise guest blogger PittGirl – aka Jane Pitt – this week) (Why are you still reading this?) (Though it’s hard to escape noticing that for someone who wanted to disappear from public view, PittGirl has had a lot of surprise reappearances…) (She should just come back permanently. Stop taunting us, [...]

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Your Eatnpark.com Order Has Shipped

First of all, it has recently come to my attention that Professor Madison has included me under his heading entitled “Pittsburgh Arts and Culture,” a huge honor which I am trying mightily to live up to. I think that means I should probably quit blithering about football all the time. And I will. After the [...]

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Charming Pittsburgh-oriented media #7: No game? No problem.

Want to see goofy black-and-white footage of the “Pirates” in their leather helmets? Or Jack Lambert in a sweater vest? Want to see Three Rivers Stadium, and Coach Cowher’s spittle raining down upon its turf? Want to see again why we cherish The Chief and The Cope, and why the Raiders held a monopoly on [...]

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Sweeter than usual

I was playing on YouTube today, looking at Steeler rally videos, when I found this:

 
Yeah, I cried. You know, just a little.

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I should let this go…

…but I just can’t. There’s so much potential for funny.
I present to you [fanfare] The Four Stooges.

Thank you, PhotoShop.

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