The Manhattan Project
Morning Roundup: Second Helpings Edition
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Good morning, Washington. How many of you made it to last night's High Heel Race? The weather must have made it not only unpleasant for onlookers but downright treacherous for participants. But a quick search of the tubes (from my warm, dry couch) makes it sound as though the event went off without any major problems, which is good to hear (and hey, it looks like Mayor Fenty was in attendance). For those who went: which runner did you think was the most creatively-garbed?
Findings Released On Md. Medevac Crash: The Post brings word that NTSB has released the final conclusions of its investigation into the fatal crash of a Maryland State Police helicopter that occurred just over a year ago. The primary factor seems to have been pilot error under foggy conditions, but there's blame to go round: the investigators also criticized what they found to be inadequate air traffic control services and a poorly-performed post-crash search.
The Coast Guard Hopes You Will Accept Its Apology: According to the Examiner, the Coast Guard says it now realizes that the training exercise it conducted on 9/11 was a mistake. Well, duh. The incident was misreported by CNN as involving shots being fired on a vessel on the Potomac — not a great performance by the media, but also not a great time to schedule a simulation of terrorism at a location very near the Pentagon.
Accused Spy Had Fraud Conviction: Today's Post has a fascinating story profiling Stewart Nozette, a high-level NASA geek who was recently indicted for his apparent attempts to sell American secrets to government agents posing as representatives of a foreign power. Nozette got into trouble a few years ago for overbilling the government for consulting services — it appears that that incident may have sent him spiraling into his current trouble.
Briefly Noted: Amtrak, MARC service disrupted at New Carrollton station... D.C. pharmacies could begin doling out the swine flu vaccine as early as next week... Hagerstown to pay vet bills for dog shot by police... High school production of Chicago canceled, then uncanceled... Elderly woman stabbed in Anne Arundel park... Area foreclosures spiking... Obama campaigns for Deeds...
This Day In DCist: One year ago Metro handed out free hand sanitizer and some dope tried to scale the White House fence.
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Wow! REALLY early Morning Roundup! Despite the 8:30 am tag, it was up BEFORE 8:00 am.
Problem is, the second post won't roll in until around 11:43.
+1
I did a double take. Nice Tom.
You realize he accomplishes this amazing feat by writing most, if not all of it the night before, right? I'm all in favor of early Morning Roundups as well, but lets not act like there's anything mysterious about the process . ..
No, there's definitely mystery here, as the other members of Mystery, Inc. (Sommer, Martin, et al) haven't quite figured that out.
So you're saying by the time we get it, it's already aged news? But DCist seems so fresh, hipsterish, and 21st century compared to the Metro section of WaPo. You're telling me it's all the same!?!?
Sweet Jesus this post bends the time space continuum!
Exactly! But what I want to know is, can we figure out some way to get winning lottery numbers out of this temporal flux?? (Tom, I'll give you 10%.)
I've already sent my helper monkey back in time to kill Hitler. He'll either come back with the winning Irish Sweepstakes numbers or prevent my parents from ever meeting. Either way it's win-win.
The show, based on the popular Broadway play and movie set in Chicago during prohibition, was deemed inappropriate for high schoolers for its themes of sex and murder.
Which is exactly why kids shouldn't be reading Shakespeare's tragedies. They're just loaded with murder, rape, infanticide, incest, iambic pentameter. They should really consider removing all his work from the local libraries. And that goes double for the Bible. Why I've heard tell that some sickos get together and actually read this stuff in church basements. WTF?
Mayor Fenty was there. I also saw someone dressed as Chancellor Rhee, and someone who looked a hell of a lot like Austermuhl. You can imagine how those images can wreck havoc with delicate sensibilities like mine. But my all time favorite was the guy who dressed up as the "evil queen" from Snow White. F*ing brilliant.
every time tom posts the morning roundup, the same characters are going to sing mock praise that it was up early, right?
i mean, you know that's what tom does, right? is it really that novel anymore?
Is DCist paying you to whine about people who whine about people?
It is called positive reinforcement
I agree with you most of the time, IMGoph, but you're quitcherbitchin on this. The vast majority of the commentati like their posts early in the morning. We like to bitch when that doesn't happen, and sing praises when it does. Gird your loins - it will continue.
Don't you mean "gird your warm dry crotch?"
dpr: ok, fine. [/goes to pout in the corner for a while] :)
Did anyone else read that as "warm dry crotch"?
I could of used a warm dry crotch last night at the race. MMMmm. Toasty!
I thought that was the marketing slogan for Snuggies®. Or maybe I'm thinking, "Never a bite in a bowl®."
well, sockpuppet, congratulations on officially starting a new commentariat meme. bravo!
race was awesome, even in the rain. of course i was ensconced in the tiny DIK bar patio...crowded but a good way to keep warm and dry!
Who needs 'warm dry crotch' when you can be ensconced in tiny DIK?
I rather have a warm dry crotch than be surrounded by tiny DIK.
Geeeeeeesh ... the Morning Roundup is up so damn early that I'm not quite awake enough to post anything!!
... and why the hell are people talking about my crotch this morning?!?!
Late night, Liz?
Is there another kind?
I liked the guy in the black mini-dress and pumps who was built like a linebacker and kept squatting like he needed to take a pee.
Damn, I couldn't find a parking space and went home in disgust. Found some interesting alleys, though. I thought everyone in DC rode bicycles made of hemp, what's with all the cars taking up parking spaces?
It's because we burned all of our hemp bicycles in an attempt to warm and dry out our crotches last night.
Hey! Coffeecup Ladyjunk is opening for Warm Dry Crotch at the 930. Anyone want tickets? I can't go because I have torah class.
The proud Washington Monument was creative, and in heels too!
It's creative if you consider doing the same thing three years or more in a row creative.