August 12, 2008
The Indians sent my favorite player, Paul Byrd, to the Boston Red Sox. Sure he wasn’t having a great year (7-10 I believe) but he has been doing well lately. We didn’t even get anyone or anything for him, yet. And the Red Sox?!?! I just keep telling myself “They know more about baseball than ...
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August 8, 2008
So I guess the Olympics started today. I knew they were coming up but I had no idea that they actually started today. I heard there was some grand fireworks display at 8am our time, 8pm China time (did you know China only has one time zone? It’s a big country, doesn’t make much sense ...
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August 1, 2008
And you thought we hated this city The Friday section of the Plain Dealer has an extensive article about all the nationally known Cleveland… stuff. Whether it be attractions, food, or music (they mention Bears for being in Alternative Press magazine, yet somehow happen to miss the fact that Cleveland legends Vietnam Werewolf were featured ...
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July 28, 2008
To: Matt, and I guess Jon too, and maybe Denny, if she’s reading From: Andy Hello friends, I noticed the page has not been updated in 2 months to the day so I figured I would fill the main page with a little bit of content. About a week ago I was going to write ...
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May 28, 2008
Plain Dealer Gets Sexy The PD seems a bit inspired by the opening of the Sex and the City movie this Friday. First, style columnist Kim Crow waxes philosophical on the gals wardrobes, going so far as to state that the clothes themselves were characters. We get breakdowns on what each of the four women’s ...
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May 23, 2008
Watta Y’all Doin to my Bears? This morning in Copley Township authorities removed eight bears from an “exotic animal farm,” which is different from a regular farm because all the animals are topless. Volunteers from the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Conservation Center were using marshmallows and donuts to lure the bears to trailers. Of course this ...
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May 21, 2008
There are Certain Things I’d Rather Not Remember… Beachwood resident Rick Baron is one of only 3 people identified with the rare gift of never forgetting, anything, ever. Well almost. If given a date Rick can recall with startlingly clarity what happened on that day. From school photos, to bad dates, the PD puts Rick ...
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May 14, 2008
The Birds are Trying to Have Sex With the Bees, as is My Understanding It’s springtime and while the weather warms up we watch flowers and libidos bloom. Recently, this has meant a string of stories about prostitution, and well, we’ve got another. This time Channel 5 wants to make sure we know that this ...
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May 7, 2008
Who Likes Bikes? Cleveland Bicycle Week kicks off on Saturday and The Free Times has been kind enough to give us the low down on some of the events, at least after a semi-unrelated shot at Clinton and McCain’s gas policies. The events include a river sweep, bike polo, a race, and an art show ...
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May 2, 2008
Someone at The Plain Dealer Does Not Like Joe Santiago In today’s PD there are TWO articles lambasting the actions of councilman Joe Santiago. The first is a massive piece that details Santiago’s involvement in aiding bars in his ward. After taking power Santiago helped La Copa, a bar managed by a convicted heroin dealer ...
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April 30, 2008
National City Answers Questions, Sort Of Yesterday National City Chairman and Chief Executive Peter Raskind talked to shareholders for the first time since the shit hit the fan. Raskind of course spoke from prepared statements, but in another interesting move, NC only set aside a room that could hold 100 people for the meeting. This ...
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April 25, 2008
The Old Teenage Son Excuse Won’t Work This Time Back in October we passed on a story about Ohio Rep. Matthew Barrett showing a picture of a topless woman during a presentation to a high school government class. At the time Barrett was “shocked” and claimed that he didn’t know how the photo hadn’t gotten on ...
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April 23, 2008
At Least He Didn’t Paddle Them?? In Mount Vernon a public school teacher stands accused of burning crosses into students’ skin with a “science teaching tool.” Before I go any further can I please just thank Channel 3 for their in depth and detailed reporting. a “science teaching tool” could be anything. A television, a pen, ...
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April 18, 2008
Holy Shit, Basketball Season is Still Going On! Alright, so maybe most of you know this, but I’ve been too concerned with baseball as of late. But, in case you forgot, the Cavs are on their way to the playoffs against the Wizards! You know, that team that used to be the Bullets, but that ...
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April 16, 2008
Why Does No One Ever Say “Cleveland,” When Asked the Anywhere in the World Question? Six Alaskan high school seniors have changed that. When the class (yes, six is the whole class) had to decide where to go for their senior trip they picked C-Town. And do you know why? Let’s just say it’s the ...
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