Ok, so maybe PC Mag's list of 100 best blogs by itself won't make you fat, but it might inspire you to spend an extra hour or two in front of your computer, perusing these great blogs. And that's time that you could (should?) spend on a treadmill, digging spandex out of your crack and [...]
It finally happened.
I'm not a violent person. But my temper usually hovers somewhere between Frank Grimes-frustration and Incredible Hulk-fury when I go to a public screening and people won't shut up. It distracts me, it affects my mood, and therefore it can't help but affect my reviews.
And if I'm actually paying to see something off-duty? [...]
On Christmas Eve, 54 passengers and five crew members aboard American Airlines Flight 1544 bound for D.C. from Chicago's O'Hare Airport skidded off the runway as it was about to take off. Scary, but not life-threatening.
But get this: Last Memorial Day (note: also a holiday), Continental Flight 1544 taking off from George Bush Airport in [...]
A just-released annual study to name America's Most Literate Cities puts D.C. at No. 3, right behind Minneapolis and Seattle, which tied for first. The study by a prof at Central Connectictut State University finds, however, that when it comes to buying books over the Internet and subscribing to newspapers, D.C. completely kicks ass. Read [...]
Like so many of you, I thought the Festivus Pole at 18th and Columbia was whimsical, delightful. Fun, even. But the longer this thing stays up and the more people continue to air their grievances, the more I am inclined to go humbug on Festivus. Right now is the Magic Time in our fair city, [...]
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HOBART, IND.—A happy Boxing Day morning to all. LLD will be back in its usual unabridged splendor on Monday.
BAD COPS—Four 6D cops accused of stealing "Toys for Tots," WTOP's [...]
Good morning, City Desk readers. I hope you all had a happy [insert holiday here]. My household celebrated the day by lounging around in tall tees, eating ice cream out of the carton, and watching the entire fourth season of Weeds (OMG! The ending so totally threw me off. Deets later–don't want to spoil the show [...]
I've still got rum balls to roll, people. So let's make this run-down of the week's openings quick, using an easy-to-understand grading system that's both familiar and festive:
The Wrestler: NICE
Gran Torino: NICE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: NOT AS NICE AS IT THINKS IT IS
Marley & Me: NAUGHTY
Bedtime Stories: REALLY NAUGHTY
The Reader: BORDERLINE, BUT I'M [...]
Disney and Walden Media announced yesterday that they're ditching plans to produce a third The Chronic[what?]les of Narnia installment, subtitled The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the studios cited "budgetary and logistical reasons," even though the first two films grossed enough megabillions to clear a profit.
Prince Caspian, however, took in approximately [...]
It is currently Christmas Eve in Washington! Savor the moment by listening to this song, "Christmas Eve In Washington," by Maura Sullivan.
Sullivan wrote this diddy right around when I was born, and I've never missed a Christmas Eve in Washington...but I'd never heard the tune before this year!
WTF
This is an excellent song.
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—"Council Committee Assignments Are Out"
A happy Christmas Eve to all! Yesterday evening, Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray released his committee alignments for Council Term 18, [...]
OK, so that quote is actually from Extras' Kate Winslet, when her character is giving a Tropic Thunder-esque speech on a surefire way to win an Academy Award. The full clip of her appearance on Ricky Gervais' show is here, with the Holocaust talk around the three-minute mark:
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It's an early Christmas present for LL!
This evening, Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray announced his committee assignments for Council Term 18, which will commence Jan. 2. Gray, as is his style, kept his deliberations very close and announced them in a low-key manner. LL will weigh in with a full list of winners and losers [...]
It's not too cold for some pretty rad skating. And it's not too cold for a confrontation with a lawman. At least one WCP employee is feeling pretty proud right now.
way too cold from cole montgomery on Vimeo.
Nice to see Cole rocking the Target hoodie.
The Lerners, not resting after their big win in City Paper's Unsportsman of the Year balloting, are in the lead pack as another ridiculous contest winds down: The battle to see who will give Mark Teixeira the silliest contract of the offseason.
Sure, it'd be nice to have Teixeira around here: He’s from Anne Arundel County [...]
