With my severe A.D.D. I like to think of myself as a disabled journalists, but there is a truly inspirational group of journalists out there with mental down syndrome and cerebral palsy who travel across the country in a program called “How’s Your News” conducting interviews. This week they’re in Washington, and from what I understand they’ll be [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
May 20, 2008
Well, I just saw the new Indiana Jones movie this past Sunday, which was a special advance screening.
Although not as good as the previous 3, I still think it is worth seeing. I also think that this movie will bring in around $150m over the 5 day period counting Memorial Day.
Not to give anything away, but [...]
Spam Baiting
May 20, 2008
Next time you see one of those messages in your in-box from someone in Africa who’s asking for your credit card information so you can help them with their crippling disease or project in Africa, why not get creative with them rather than deleting it? There are some people who have done just that with [...]
Polvo At The Black Cat, May 9, 2008
May 16, 2008
I must apologize for an unforgivable omission from my concert picks column that was a disservice to all of my loyal readers (i.e.: Mom). Somehow, I let the Polvo show slip through the cracks, and it was probably the best concert I’ve seen this year. In my master list of upcoming shows, a Word document [...]
Washington D.C. Dragon Boat Festival Date Change Announcement
May 16, 2008
The 7th Annual Washington DC Dragon Boat Festival and Races, originally scheduled for this weekend, May 17th and 18th, has been postponed due to strong and unsafe water currents at the race site.
We apologize to participants & spectators for this unexpected schedule change.
A tentative schedule of May 31st & June 1st is planned for the [...]
DC Cabs & Meters
May 16, 2008
Well, finally I’m starting to see more and more cabs in D.C. using meters. They have until June 1 to make the switch from zones to meters but a few of the drivers are still using zones.
Last weekend, I noticed a big difference in the fare. Going from Georgetown to Ballston, it was $14 for [...]
Urge Overkill At The Black Cat, April 27, 2008
May 15, 2008
Part of the draw of this show was the probability that this band was still a mess, that I’d get to see them fall apart on stage and I could have a good laugh. But really, the hope was that they’d play the kind of punky-yet-arena-worthy-and-still-trashy power pop they mastered in the late ’80s and [...]
A little bit early to declare this a $100 million dollar weekend?
May 12, 2008
If you check the news on most internet outlets or listen to the radio right now (I’m writing this late Sunday night/early Monday morning, 12:27 AM to be exact), you’ll see news about the film Iron Man having had a $100 million plus weekend. Specifically, boxofficemojo has the number at about $750 thousand over the 100 million [...]
