Monthly Archives: January 2006

Baja Betty’s Burritos
Unfortunately, Betty is about 90 years old and her legs look like Baja California

Chef Chow’s
It’s actually pronounced “CHef SHow”, not “SHef CHow”

Fugakyu Japanese Cuisine
Fugak me? Fugakyu, too, @%#hole!

Jera’s Juice & The Rap
Wasn’t there an 80′s cartoon with the same name?

Longwood Grille & Bar
‘Nuff said.

Pizzapalooza
Gone! You suck!

Rod Dee
“Rowdy” Rod Dee, as the owner is known, often comes around to your table and shows you some of his Thai kickboxing moves. Ask to see the “Fiery Donkey”

Shalom Hunan Restaurant
There is no finer blending of Hebrew and Chinese cultures. Except for when China gets Seinfeld re-runs in 2025.

12 Miners Pronounced Alive, Then Dead At W.Va. Collapse

What’s the one way to make a tragic situation worse? Give false hope and have it quickly backfire. Seems like they’d be able to tell the difference between “alive” and “dead”. At least one of them survived, which is one more than just about anyone but the families expected. Pret. ty. Ridiculous.

Kiteboarder Swept Off Shore, Into Building By Wind Gust

What a “kitemare”, indeed.

Pirate Party targets Swedish elections

While on one hand, I like the idea of downloading pirates getting some political power, I would also like to see real pirates regain control of Swedish parliament.

Teacher doesn’t forfeit pension

On the last day of his 40-year teaching career, this dude fondled and kissed a 17-year-old girl to celebrate his retirement. I, personally, think the filthball should lose it all, seeing as he committed it on a minor in the school that’s paying his pension. Either way, I hope everyone sends a letter to:

Thomas V. Collins, 20 Kinsley Lane, Mendon, MA 01756
to let him know how sketchy he is.

These dudes have been on some sort of drug-fueled, turntable-spun hiatus for well over a year now, which almost certainly means they’re out of money by now again. I decided to get myself a t-shirt and a poster, so hopefully they can eat lunch once or something.

They put on a couple of one-off shows this fall, and continue to DJ around NYC. Matt Safer has put some effort into the redesign of their new site, therapturemusic.com and points out that they are indeed still making music all of the time, but are just taking their sweet time.

Maybe soon, the band will pick up speed, which I’ll track through their messageboard along with very few others.

West Virginia whoops, outlasts Georgia in Atlanta

The Mountaineers came out of the gates and tossed a 28-0 lead on the Dawgs. The Georgia fans’ faces were absolutely priceless. Freshmen QB White and RB Slaton shocked and awed the semi-home team by scrambling, drawing, cutting and blasting past their bewildered defense. Georgia almost came back, but a fake punt for a first down with less than two minutes on the clock sealed the deal. Unreal.
I hope the Rose Bowl is this exciting.

Related: R.I.P, miners. Totally sucks. So, so crappy.

Lobbyist Abramoff pleads guilty to fraud, corruption

The plea is expected to touch off the trials or resignations of every member of Congress since 1792, even the dead ones. Ah, if only.

Carriage horse goes berserk in NYC

I expect this will be happening more and more often as horses become more freaked out by the urban technojungle that they live in. Horse-related tramplings and destruction were up 28% in the ’05, and look for them to soar again the ’06.