writes: Visit http://www.bookcrossing.com/. This is a “catch and release” site for books – its similar to the Yellow Bike Program. It’s a global sociology experiment that is the brainchild of a group of KC-based computer consultants. bookcrossing.com tries to encourage people to experience “The Karma of Literature”. The idea is that you find a book you like, go to their web site and register it, slap the recommended label inside the book’s cover, and then leave it somewhere! The label says, “Please read me, I’m not lost. I’m travling around trying to make friends.” You can even leave hints to others about where you placed it. I just checked their website and so far there have been 25 releases right here in C’ville.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
Monthly Archive for June, 2002
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writes: To: The bastard who stole my VCR
It was my VCR, you knew it! But you took it anyway! You bastard! You knew it was mine, but you did it anyway! Your VCR was broken, so you just took mine. You could get your own VCR ya know. Or steal one from someone else. but you NOOOOO! You had to steal mine instead.
Whats wrong with you? What if someone stole your VCR? What would you do without your pornographic videos? Huh? Didnt think of that did you? Someone, somewhere, watching x-files reruns on YOUR VCR while you sob pornlessly in the dark! You make me sick!
Its an evil addiction! You had to steal to get your next fix, you’re no better than a crack addict stealing to get his next rock! You’re just a porn addicted 34 year old bum welfare ghetto white trash honkey bastard.
Fuck you guy who stole my VCR. This is the weirdest thing ever submitted to cvillenews.com, so I figured I’d run with it. It pretty much continues along this vein.
Belle writes: The current issue of C-Ville Weekly names and describes the 20 local persons whom it deems to most “shape life in our community.” Would perhaps some cvillenews.com folks like to take a crack at debunking the importance of some of the names on the list and suggesting alternatives?
Belle writes: Bob Gibson’s column in this weekend’s Progress describes the brakes former Governor Gilmore put on UVa’s plans for the Blue Ridge Hospital property. Gibson describes these restrictions as wise, given the University’s increasingly grandiose plans for expansion – on that property, and elsewhere in the City and Albemarle Co. – all to be done up in a architectural style one critic describes as “Jefferson on steroids”.
Phred writes: Charlottesville-Dining.com, an online dining guide with over 250 local eatery listings, is now live. Featuring user ratings and comments, over 20 categories of restaurants, restaurant reviews, and an online forum, Charlottesville-Dining.com is the premier online interactive dining guide for the Charlottesville area. Check it out and start adding your own ratings and comments!
I normally don’t post press releasey kind of things (we get ’em all the time), but I’ve got a soft spot for not-for-profit websites of local interest.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
four six and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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