Tim Russert, moderator of Meet the Press and NBC’s Washington Bureau Chief, died earlier today of a heart attack while recording voiceovers for Sunday’s program.
Tom Brokaw, looking a bit like he wanted to barf, delivered the news for NBC. He would later join a bleary-eyed Keith Olbermann on MSNBC to parse out, as best [...]
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Tim Russert Dies, Falls Short of US Avg by 17 Years
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America's love-affair with heart disease, average life expectancy, campaign casualties, campbell brown, celebrity deathwatch, chris matthews, chris matthews spits when he talks, clumsy eulogies, coronary artery disease, heart attack, Meet the Press, MSNBC, navel gazing, obituaries-in-waiting, saint pete at the pearly gates, self-congratulatory talking heads, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, tim russert, tim russert dead at 58, tom brokaw on 13 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hot + Balls = Hot As Balls
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 105 degrees, dc humidity, foggy bottom, heat index, heat index hall of fame, heat wave 2008, hour by hour forecast, munk phones it in, summer in dc, summer in the district on 10 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Found on Craigslist #3:
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 420 friendliness, creative outlets, cute fun moms, found on craigslist, fun with drugs and plants, novel euphemisms, send the kid to camp, when the cat's away on 7 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
guitar — easy gig
Reply to: gigs-710600218@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-06-06, 9:12PM
Cute, fun mom looking for laid back guitar teacher for in-home lessons while kid’s away at camp. 420 friendly. Price negiotiable.
Location: DC
it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Compensation: no pay
Original URL: http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/710600218.html
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Draft Email #78: This week
Posted in Sometimes I Write Myself Letters on 2 June 2008 | 1 Comment »
Note: I was working at Mugshots in Manayunk, PA, while still living in my parent’s house in Jersey. I had only gotten back from Hawaii the month before and EVERYTHING was in flux. It took something like 90 minutes each way to get to work, and the money was awful. My manager [...]