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Morning, Washington. After quite a few weeks without rain, we sure had a doozy of a storm yesterday. The heavy thunderstorm knocked out some traffic signals downtown, which remain out for the time being. Flooding, house fires and lightning strikes completed the destruction, including the golfer we mentioned yesterday who's injuries are consistent with a "near-strike." Though even with all that, our D.C. summer has still been "abnormally dry," so we're forced to say, keep it coming!
Painful X2 Line to Continue to be Painful: At least for a little while. The Washington Post reports that Metro has delayed the addition of the long, accordion style buses to the X2 line, which were supposed to arrive in the spring. Road construction on the line, which isn't scheduled to be completed until 2011, make driving the big buses dangerous. The Post lists the many complaints by X2 riders -- the overcrowding, the lack of air conditioning or working windows, etc.; Metro says its looking for ways to alleviate these issues in the meantime.
WTOP Talks to Marion Barry About Apologies: The Ward 8 Councilmember has already told reporters that he apologized to the City Council behind closed doors, yet has no plans to do so publicly. WTOP gets some more detail out of Barry, including this little gem, "People don't believe this, but I wouldn't hire my mother to a job she wasn't qualified to do -- and I love my mother." Watch the five-minuted video here.
D.C. Public Library Purges Active Files: In an attempt to clean-out their records, DCPSL accidentally deleted hundreds of active patrons files by accident. If you find your card no longer working, you'll need to bring an ID to a branch to reactivate your account. Said the DCPSL Director about the mistake, "We learned a lot."
In Brief: Four killed in helicopter crash in western Maryland ... Removal of VA Tech shooter's files called accidental ... WUSA9 pontificates over following cops orders.
This Day in DCist: In 2008 Columbia Heights suffered a string of mid-day robberies; in 2007, Takoma Park voted to impeach President Bush; while in 2006, we discussed the fetishism of Whole Foods.
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Holy crap, that's a cool picture!
"I wouldn't hire my mother to a job she wasn't qualified for." Cue the commentariat in 3, 2, 1....
Uh, oh! "Yo momma" fight!
Yo momma so lazy, Marion Barry wouldn't even hire her!
Well, yo' momma once gave ME a job, and i can say she was very well qualified.
Yo momma so dumb, she moved to U Street and complains about the noise.
That U st. story is nuts!! I love this quote
"One resident, Richard Fishman, who has lived above Busboys and Poets in Langston Lofts for four years, said having too many places serving alcohol will hurt the neighborhood's quality of life"
Quality of life? Before there were bars there there was NO quality of life there!!
Well, to be fair there was a quality of life, just not the quality of life with which Mr. Fishman would want to be associated.
Think narcotics, broken windows, and people who f**k their mothers.
yo' momma...
...is so ugly she makes the AA models look good
...is so ugly she runs with headphones and no one bothers her
...is so fat, DCVote is lobbying for Congressional representation for her.
Is that enough?
Okay, a few more...
Yo momma...
...is so scary, Fenty stays in shape by running away from her.
...is so ugly, Mary Cheh introduced a bill to turn off the streetlights in her neighborhood.
...is so ugly, Tommy Wells will pays HER 5 cents to wear a bag over her head.
Yo mama so guly, she make Harriet Walters look like an American Apperal ad girl!
Yo' mamma is so ugly that not nobody would steal her when she's tied up outside of Whole Foods.
Yo momma so fat, she gets frequent diarrhea miles at Ben's.
Molly ®...
Yo momma so ugly, when she goes below ground, the Morlocks seek shelter above ground.
This is sick, Marion has sex with a woman and then offers her a job. Does this mean he is having sex with his mother?
Yes, it's true!!
"People don't believe this, but I wouldn't hire my mother to a job she wasn't qualified to do -- and I f***ed my mother."
Is "I f**ked my momma" the new "got me like Jesus?" Maybe!
Takoma Park
The Post lists the many complaints by X2 riders -- the overcrowding, the lack of air conditioning or working windows, etc.; Metro says its looking for ways to alleviate these issues in the meantime.
You think that's bad. Wait until they increase the fare, remove the engine, and replace it with oars mounted to the side of the bus. On the bright side, they're hiring bucket drummers to play a fresh, go-go beat while you row. So listen to me, all of you. You are all condemned men. We keep you alive to serve this bus. So row well...and live. Next stop: 14th and U.
RAMMING SPEED!
"I apologized to the Council, because in every situation, in every war, there's unintended consequences."
War?
I forgot to add: Go fuck yourself Marion.
This is WAR, Peacock, casualties are inevitable! You can't make an omellette without breaking a few eggs. Any good cook will tell you that.
Don't blame me. I was f**kin my momma.®
"Not Nearly Enough"?
You want more mosquitoes?
I haven't had to mow my lawn in about two weeks. Let it stay dry, I say!
our D.C. summer has still been "abnormally dry," so we're forced to say, keep it coming!
That's not what my wife tells me!
That flash of light is me once more being forced out of Valhalla.
Comment of the week, right here.
More like comment of the weak.
I was about to agree with you, DreadPirateRoberts, until I read comment #25. Groan.
DCPS is involved with the public libraries?
What does DCPS's wife think about this?
Their efforts to hold the District in their iron claws of repression by controlling access to the libraries is their way of saying "If you don't like it, go read a book on the Mall, just watch out for the dog shit and low line drives."
Mama CHUD Chinatown Sue witnessed my arrival from above and said, "Are You hurt?"
I replied,"No, I'm Thor!"
You're Thor, I'm so Thor I can hardly pthiss.
I'm Thorry I even read that.
Who's thorry now...
Thtop it!
You Thillies.
Yo momma!
Yo Molly!
Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-That's all folks! I'm outta' here.
Marion's Momma!
I'm glad that the library people learned a lot. I hope that includes that they should back up their data once in a while.
Since those records are probably stored centrally by OCTO that is scary as hell. On the other hand, maybe they'll accidentally purge some other stuff in the future and I won't have to pay taxes any more.
That picture needs Gozer the Gozerian in it.
Or anything off Crack the Sky's eponymous first album.