Jun 25, 2007
Go Home Already: Courting Disaster
>> All you area students who planned on holding up provocative signs at your next high school event: think again. The Supreme Court ruled “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” was out of line, and that high schools are free to punish students in order to regulate their speech. Do you think “The Vice-President is in the Legislative Branch” would fly? It’s no less ridiculous. [WaPo] >> Foxhall Road will be a mess of construction for…
May 02, 2007
Go Home Already: Scripting the City
>> While half the DCict staff was still buzzing from this weekend’s Dismemberment Plan shows, stereogum chatted with front-man Travis Morrison about his day job as “lead JavaScript programmer for advertisements for the Washington Post website.” All of a sudden the Post seems so much cooler. Any other semi-retired rock gods looking for jobs at a D.C. Web site? We can offer you cookies and a handful of DCist temporary tatoos! >> Cops in…
Dec 14, 2006
Go Home Already: Touchy Subjects
>> Now fellas, we know circumcision is a serious issue, and everyone is pleased to learn that the procedure could protect millions from contracting HIV, but our inner ten-year-old also delighted in the Post’s coverage today. Speaking about the foreskin research on behalf of the World Health Organization was none other than Kevin De Cock. Seriously. We’re happy to see he has taken the problem firmly in hand and cut through social issues surrounding the…
Jun 29, 2006
The Ty-D-Bol™ Memorial
Local blogger and Condoleezza Rice devotee Princess Sparkle Pony is wondering: Why on earth has the water at the U.S. Navy Memorial turned blue? Indeed, her majesty has turned up photographic evidence of the unnatural hue of the water in the Memorial’s fountains. As always, the Pink Pony asks the tough questions: Is it intentional? A prank? One thing is for sure, it now resembles the Ty-D-Bol™ Memorial more than anything. Honey, listen, next time…