May 19, 2008
Go Home Already: Wheels on the Bus
>> Marilyn Yoon, a friend of accused Office of Tax and Revenue embezzlement mastermind Harriet Walters, has pleaded guilty to possession of more than $526,000 in stolen money. Yoon faces up to 10 years in prison and must repay the money she received from Walters. [AP via WTOP]
>> "The new Museum of Crime and Punishment, which opens Friday across the street from the Abe Pollin Arena and the National Portrait Gallery, is another in Washington's growing supply of museums that aspire to be a blend of theme park and TV show." [Raw Fisher]
>> The District Department of Transportation will begin traffic safety improvements at the intersection of Georgia Ave and New Hampshire Ave on or about May 19, 2008. [Petworth News]
>> The man who was shot in the 2000 block of Kalorama Road last night was a 22-year-old male foreign exchange student. The victim is expected to survive. [NBC4]
>> If you're heading through Dupont Circle on your way home, stick around until 7p.m. when the first Lyrical Ambush kicks off, a reading and music event featuring poets from the D.C. Guerrilla Poetry Insurgency.
Photo by The Skipping Hippy
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fyi, commentariat: walking to work in the pouring rain at 5:30 in the morning because the buses just aren't running on a schedule that works for you sucks. but hey, at least the breakfast buffet was decent...
Yoon prison? Well you will be!
So.....Jim Graham's original p.r. that this was all a playful prank among schoolchums turned out to be a bit off, eh?
True Justice:
I propose a couple of sets of stocks be set up in front of the new Crime & Punishment museum, and their first occupants can be Yoon and Walters.
A "bottomless basket" of rotten fruit will be provided and refilled as needed for passers-by to step up and try their skill at pitching.
The prisoners will be hosed off occasionally, but not on 90 degree days.