1. I don’t want to point out anything about how the Buccos are playing to start the season. I don’t want to add links to statistics or analyses. I just want to knock on wood and cross my fingers, toes, arms, legs, and eyes.
2. Is anyone else puzzled by the constant profiles of the guy [...]
Archive for the ‘Post-Gazette’ Category
Pittcetera
Posted in Pittcetera, Post-Gazette, Steelers, WTF on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Charming Pittsburgh-oriented media #8: Viva la revolution!
Posted in Photos, Pittsburgh Media, Post-Gazette on February 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The whole point of CPOM is to evoke a sense of place. That’s why pictures and stories of Pittsburgh are so vital for expatriates, because of their ability to transport us back to familiar places and emotions. And that’s why Post-Gazette photographer Steve Mellon’s Pittsburgh Revolution Series is among the very best at doing that. [...]
The Pittsburgh of the Mind
Posted in Post-Gazette, Steelers on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Pittsburgh in my living room
Posted in Libations, Post-Gazette, Steelers, tagged AFC Championship on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Unlike these lucky sons-of-guns, we couldn’t travel home to see the game in person. So we draped the living room in Terrible Towels, acquired beer and hot wings, and settled in on the couch. And by “settled in,” I mean jumped up and down, paced, galloped around, clutched each others’ arms, and swung our towels [...]
Pittsburgh Media Superhero
Posted in Pittsburgh Media, Post-Gazette, tagged Michael Chabon on January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are two kinds of people: those who love Michael Chabon, and those who haven’t read him yet. He is not just the King of CPOM – though he is definitely that, his first two novels being The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wonder Boys - he is this generation’s ambassador from Pittsburgh to the wider literary and [...]
Look, I started a new trend…
Posted in Homesick, Moving, Post-Gazette, tagged Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pittsburgh Diaspora on December 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
…moving back to Pittsburgh. The Post-Gazette today reports a bit half-heartedly on an apparent initiative to publicize PGH’s reputed ability to weather the economic storm. I can’t tell if the author is trying to get us to take the Allegheny Conference on Community Development seriously or if he’s calling it out as a pointless charade. [...]
Rubber penises and other internet fun
Posted in Cat's Call, Pittsburgh Media, Post-Gazette, tagged Cat's Call, Mike Seate, PittGirl, Whizzinator on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1. Front-page news at the Post-Gazette today includes this riveting story about two guys in California who sold a “device” to try to fool drug tests – they have been brought down by a federal court in Pittsburgh. I wasn’t clear on how these dudes ended up on the radar of the Western Pennsylvania Federal [...]
Nerd’s Paradise
Posted in Post-Gazette, tagged key indicators, bus strike, nerd on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever since I spotted this article about the Pittsburgh Regional Indicators Project, I’ve been nerdily perusing the project website, PittsburghToday.org. The Post-Gazette article is kinda rough in their handling of the data, proclaiming PGH unhealthy and lacking in diversity, but if you actually look at the nicely color-coded bar graphs for the fantastic array of key indicators, [...]
Reasons you’re glad you live in Pittsburgh #2: Cat kicks Abby’s butt
Posted in Cat's Call, Post-Gazette, tagged Advice columns on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love Tuesday. I love Tuesday because that’s the day the new Cat’s Call appears in the PG. Why do I eagerly await her advice every week? Because she kicks ass. She picks questions that make the questioner look like a jerk, then calls them on being a jerk. Other advice columns are full of [...]
