Monthly Archive for August, 2007

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No Dumping in the Pool

I’m assuming that the “act of vandalism” at Washington Park pool “that compromised the pool’s sanitation” wasn’t a Baby Ruth.  #

STAB Student Dies of Brain Hemorrhage

In today’s Progress, Rob Seal writes about the strange, sudden death of STAB student Douglas Wardle last week. The rising senior and class president to be was in Nicaragua, building houses for the poor, when he suffered a brain hemorrhage, out of the blue, and died. The school reports that dozens of kids have expressed interest in honoring Wardle by participating in the house-building program next summer.

CBS Publicizes Anonymous Gang Letter

CBS-19 got an anonymous, unauthenticatable comment on their website from somebody claiming to be in on these random attacks around downtown, with the pseuodnym “Chaos.” A useless lead from a random kook? No, a useless lead from a famous random kook: CBS-19 did a story about it. They even showed the missive to police, who had no comment…but still they ran the story.

If I comment on their site with a goofy nickname, claiming that I kidnapped the Lindbergh baby, maybe they’ll do a story about that, too.

Wii Bowling Tournament

Tired: Bowling tournament. Wired: Wii bowling tournament.  #

C’ville Loves the Red Sox

It’s easy to spot Charlottesville on this U.S. map of baseball fandom — we’re the spot of BoSox fans surrounded by Nats and Braves fans. (Via CogentPassion)  #