Are You Freaking Out Yet?
One Shepherd Park resident just reported on the listserv that they have lost power. And long lines have been reported in grocery stores across the city. The Harris Teeter on the Hill is experiencing possibly hour-long lines! WTOP is reporting that 25 percent of the District's plows are busted and the city is now rationing its salt supply!
Shovel Patrol: Adrian Fenty
Washington City Paper embarked Sunday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended?
Adrian M. Fenty
Position: mayor of the District of Columbia
Address: 4712 17th St. NW (Crestwood)
District Limerick: Silver Lining
To snow, we're all bored and resigned
But are those white flakes silver-lined?
Just take a look here
Compared to last year
The crime rate has really declined
What's missed in the way they keep track:
A sneakier form of attack
The car that appeared
In the spot that you cleared
No charges, but totally wack
Shovel Patrol: Jack Evans
Washington City Paper embarked Sunday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended?
Jack Evans
Position: Ward 2 councilmember
Address: 3141 P St. NW (Georgetown)
Fenty Breaks from Storm Planning for ‘Athletic Release’
Not even the aftermath of an historic blizzard and today's scary forecast could keep Mayor Adrian M. Fenty from getting his "athletic release." WTOP's Mark Segraves reports via Twitter that Mayor Adrian Fenty still managed to get in a few reps today. Segraves writes:
"As region prepares for more snow, DC Mayor Fenty is taking time to hit the gym. AF seen @ cycle life in Georgetown."
Questions about "AF"'s Georgetown exertions threw CycleLife's staff into a tizzy. A staffer who answered the phone clammed up when asked to confirm the executive visit. City Desk insisted on speaking to a manager. Citing corporate policy, the manager refused to either confirm or deny that Fenty had done some exercise at CycleLife's K Street NW location. Is CycleLife bound by FOIA regulations?
*file photo by Darrow Montgomery.
Shovel Patrol: Clark Ray
Washington City Paper embarked Sunday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended?
Clark Ray
Position: at-large council candidate
Address: 1613 Webster St. NW (Crestwood)
Metro Provides Scary Morning Train Service
The awesome Unsuck DC Metro blog has posted a first-person account of a very scary Metro ride this morning:
"I boarded at Potomac Avenue to begin my journey to Dupont Circle. I sat down at my usual spot--second car, on the right side of the middle of the train, next to the window, and started reading my Express.
When we left L'Enfant, and as we started getting up to speed, there was a loud pop, the train shook violently, and sparks as big and bright as fireworks started spewing across the right side window. I gasped, the girl next to me stood up, and we all ran for the door that connected us to the car in front.
The train stopped.
The car began filling with smoke, with popping noises still going on, and sparks still flying outside the train."
Passengers started crying. There were shouts of "Fire!" Metro provided little info to passengers. Scary stuff. You should read the full narrative. WUSA says the train was evacuated.
Shovel Patrol: Rahm Emanuel Rosa DeLauro
Washington City Paper embarked yesterday afternoon upon an SUV-assisted inspection of various notable persons' sidewalks. Did they comply with their civic duty to clear walkways for pedestrians within eight daylight hours after the snowfall ended?
Rahm Emanuel/Rosa DeLauro
Position: White House chief of staff/Democratic congresswoman
Address: 816 East Capitol St. NE (Capitol Hill)
A.U. Finds Irony in Snowstorm
I just got this song out of my head after joking about it last week to a coworker, but this is funny. Also Alanis Morissette-ironic: That was a nasty storm, but it was not a blizzard.
Call for Snowy Found Art
So Found Art, this thing we run in the paper each week. People send in their artwork and we run it. Often it's fairly bizarre, and way too often it's a picture of the roof of a Metro station, but whatever, people seem to like this Found Art feature we run in the paper each week. The staffer who usually coordinates Found Art wasn't able to make it in today, and the one I have is not sufficiently wintry. SO: E-mail me a HIGH-RESOLUTION (not Web size!) photo of your snow dayz in the next hour and you can be in Found Art this week. Include your name, a title of the work if you like, and any other pertinent information. In the event more than one person answers this I'll choose the one I like better. Don't dally!
Cheap Seats Daily: Could a Life Coach Unmarinate LaVar/Clinton Beef?
LaVar Arrington and Clinton Portis are Playing the Feud!
And Cheap Seats Daily has just the mediator for these warriors -- Johnny Parker, the "Redskins Life Coach."
But more on Parker life-coaching them down later. First, back to the roots of the entertaining-out-the-wazoo squabble. Portis got things rolling on the NFL Network during Super Bowl Week when he said that LaVar wasn't a leader because he was too cooncerned with how much money he and everybody else was making. From the Great Dan Steinberg's Steinography:
"LaVar Arrington was the man in D.C. when I arrived, and all of the sudden LaVar felt like it was competition, and he left D.C. He didn't want to be in D.C. any more. He gave back $15, 20 million to leave D.C., because he felt like he wasn't the main money guy, because everybody was getting [paid]. Laveranues, myself, Deion was still getting paid, so he even had input. So I think it was just the wrong attitude, and I think for some of the beliefs that was funneled through, it was like whoever gets the money was the captain."
Ouchie wouchie! We had to wait over the weekend for LaVar to strike back. But yesterday at WJFK, when the red light went on, LaVar went off. He went after Clinton's wallet -- "[After Portis came to Washington] I was still the highest paid Redskin on this team," he said.
And then he went after Clinton's manhood.
Here's LaVar, courtesy of more Steinography:
For the same injury that a man stayed out four weeks for, how short our memories are, I had the same injury. Knocked unconscious in a game. Went in the locker room, got myself together, and oh yeah, I came back out and intercepted a ball against the Carolina Panthers and got a touchdown that some would say helped turn that season around, where we won eight games straight. A concussion. That's what I was diagnosed with, a concussion. "I came out and I strapped up and I played. I played.
Well, you only won five games straight after your Carolina comeback, LaVar. So maybe our memories are short because of that concussion.
(AFTER THE JUMP: Concussions are for pussies? Is there a cure for LaVar's long-term memory loss? For LaVar's wallet-envy? Ted Leonsis reacts to GW bar's Caps' apathy? More about Dan Steinberg? Really?)
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