The atomium is not used enough for hilarious photoshops, god work.
Also that is the closest she ever got to foreign parts, I think
― I am not drunk sufficiently constantly (Ed), Friday, 26 September 2008 14:17 (4 years ago) Permalink
WOW.
I have missed the DC thread, frankly. Though not so much the Saturday morning too-many-beers-at-Big-Hunt hangovers.
― quincie, Friday, 26 September 2008 17:45 (4 years ago) Permalink
I miss the photoshopping.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 27 September 2008 04:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
I love everyone.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 27 September 2008 05:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'm gonna edit this thread title tomorrow so it has to do with that new coen flick. nobody panic.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 27 September 2008 05:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
when is beers o clock?
There. Go Skins.
― TOMBOT, Saturday, 27 September 2008 18:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
last night you could follow the debate walking down 18th, even over the downpour. maybe not such a shocker but slightly odd nonetheless, in person.
― W i l l, Sunday, 28 September 2008 02:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
i had to be at work during the debate. and today from 11-7:30. all hands on deck until election day!
i will make some photoshops when i am back in the office.
did this the other day
― regular guy, scranton, pennsylvania (daria-g), Sunday, 28 September 2008 04:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
Wait was that really insane football video from way back (sandbox, maybe?)? Someone flying through the air in a ridiculous manner. I can't remember any other details, sorry. But it was awesome A++ would watch again if someone knows what the hell I am talking about.
― quincie, Sunday, 28 September 2008 15:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
OH WAIT IT'S THAT GUY UP THERE INNIT?
― quincie, Sunday, 28 September 2008 15:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
YEAH HE DID THAT AGAIN! this video is from last week!!
FLYING DAWKINS
― regular guy, scranton, pennsylvania (daria-g), Sunday, 28 September 2008 16:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
― I DIED, Monday, 29 September 2008 20:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
Wow.
― quincie, Monday, 29 September 2008 21:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
The cigarette is an especially nice touch!
^^^^what happens when you meet without preconditions
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 September 2008 23:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/22/AR2008102203346_2.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2008102300047&s_pos=
"She's like one of us, just a normal, hardworking person, not someone from D.C. " said Ivan Capps, a Bureau of Land Management records manager who attended a Palin rally in Grand Junction, Colo.
fuck youuuuuuuu
― I DIED, Thursday, 23 October 2008 13:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
the special prize we get for being #1 Obama supporters is that he's gonna come live here!
― I DIED, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 15:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
not just him: On a chain-link fence erected by inaugural construction crews [near the White House], someone hung the sign: "Welcome Home Malia and Sasha!"
from the Post article on last night's partying. U Street was just, wow
― W i l l, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 22:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
that was my view around 11:30 last night, insane
― I DIED, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 22:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
They call it the White House, but that's a (increasingly) temporary condition.
To each his reach, and if I can't cop, it ain't mine to hang.
― B.L.A.M., Wednesday, 5 November 2008 22:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
hey guys we have to get this thread going again now that DC is the new BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD!
― I DIED, Thursday, 6 November 2008 14:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
I SO want to move back.
Damnit.
― B.L.A.M., Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:03 (4 years ago) Permalink
I am officially retired from breakdancing in the street. Ow.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
http://www.slate.com/id/2204096/
hey Slate: fuck youuuuuuuu for reprinting a 15-year old column about "life in DC" and saying "it's still remarkable how little of the city's character has changed."
― I DIED, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
orange line extending to NY? rendering of new 2nd Ave subway entrance.
― I DIED, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
oh man that would be the best i would buy so many records and work pays the smartrip
― 69, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
that's the part of the upper east side with all the fresh-out-of-college banker types and shitty bars
― gabbneb, Friday, 7 November 2008 15:51 (4 years ago) Permalink
So, I'm coming to join your cool place-to-be city some time around February. Pretty jammy timing. I've visited before but only for 2-3 days. I think I'll be living somewhere near Dupont Circle/19th, if I take over the apartment of the last incumbent in the job...
― ljubljana, Friday, 7 November 2008 21:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
cool
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 November 2008 21:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
our football team is awesome
― T-PALIN (daria-g), Friday, 7 November 2008 21:25 (4 years ago) Permalink
― T-PALIN (daria-g), Friday, 7 November 2008 21:26 (4 years ago) Permalink
I get to learn the football rules!Is that a real TV show embedded in that vid somewhere?
― ljubljana, Friday, 7 November 2008 21:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
nah.. DC go go band Mambo Sauce had this song out for a while and finally made a video for it, so.. that's what they did. chuck brown shows up at the end to tell the police to let them go, I guess is the gist of it
― T-PALIN (daria-g), Friday, 7 November 2008 21:34 (4 years ago) Permalink
Even your cheerleaders go on tour!
― ljubljana, Friday, 7 November 2008 21:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'm still trying to get my head around 15K ppl in DC voting for McCain? TOO MANY I DEMAND RECOUNT.
― quincie, Friday, 7 November 2008 21:41 (4 years ago) Permalink
TOMBOT can you embed the mambo sauce vid at the top of the thread? tks.
― I DIED, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
I'm still trying to get my head around 15K ppl in DC voting for McCain?
http://latenightshots.com/
― T-PALIN (daria-g), Friday, 7 November 2008 22:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
who all had logins to there? I miss the roffles ;_;
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 7 November 2008 22:26 (4 years ago) Permalink
WAU
http://dcist.com/2008/02/06/reality_show_ba.php
― Mr. Que, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:28 (4 years ago) Permalink
oh shit
OH SHIT
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 7 November 2008 22:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
awesome
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:31 (4 years ago) Permalink
I can give LNS invites if anyone wants
― I DIED, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
^_^
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 7 November 2008 22:58 (4 years ago) Permalink
can read such threads as:
- Stolen undergarments on Saturday- Manipulating men into LTRs and marriage- FATTIE, but great in bed. Keeper?- Is it possible to be super smoke and humble at the same time?- whats the website to order generic Viagra- How did you make up for election night depression?- any hill staffers wanna release some tension?
― I DIED, Friday, 7 November 2008 23:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
FATTIE, but great in bed. Keeper?
omg
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Friday, 7 November 2008 23:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
Is it possible to be super smoke and humble at the same time?
username on this question was "bho choom gang" right?
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Saturday, 8 November 2008 00:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
See I always assumed the LNS crew lived in Bethesda/NOVA and thus would not be fucking with DCs polls.
― quincie, Saturday, 8 November 2008 01:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
no much of LNS lives in DC west of rock creek park! Like YOU!
― I DIED, Saturday, 8 November 2008 02:46 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yeah actually I think some of them live directly below me. PICK UP YOUR CIGGY BUTTS DOUCHES.
― quincie, Saturday, 8 November 2008 02:50 (4 years ago) Permalink
the only advice I have is: not Demonlover
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 29 April 2013 17:16 (1 month ago) Permalink
isnt that shit called AUDIDOCS now?
― 69, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:23 (1 month ago) Permalink
Yep the AFI Silver Docs fest is now sadly called that in honor of Audi of course; I was just asking about the AFI's separate fest:
May 2–July 1 Hailed by many as the most important of contemporary French filmmakers, Olivier Assayas has made more than 20 films across a diversity of genres, including features, documentaries and shorts.
He directed Irma Vep and Carlos and others (and includes Sonic Youth, John Cale & Pixies music on the soundtrack in some--says the blurb), and that controversial one Stevie says to skip (soulds like good advice).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:29 (1 month ago) Permalink
sounds
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:30 (1 month ago) Permalink
it's not even controversial it's just boring and poorly made.
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 29 April 2013 17:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
you can skip Boarding Gate too. Summer Hours/Irma Vep/Carlos essential.
― Gukbe, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
Thanks.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:08 (1 month ago) Permalink
I missed the mini-golf at the National Building Museum last summer, but I see now I have a 2nd chance. It's coming back. Yay!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2013/04/30/mini-golf-returns-to-the-national-building-museum-on-may-27/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 15:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
Gotta do it this summer. In other deadline-related stuff, I wanna see that Gordon Parks photo exhibit at the Adamson before it closes May 31
http://adamsongallery.com/exhibitions/2013-03-23_gordon-parks-an-american-lens/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 May 2013 14:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
mini-golf opens near the end of May
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 14:20 (1 month ago) Permalink
oops, duh, says it right there in the link above.
Hoping sequester doesn't end concerts at Carter Barron and Fort Dupont this summer. National Park Service is keeping quiet about the full schedule till the end of the month, although the Washington Post shows at Carter Barron are cancelled, and the 4th of July concert at the Washington Monument is cancelled (but not the fireworks)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 14:23 (1 month ago) Permalink
last year's NBM minigolf course sucked, it reaffirmed every negative stereotype about architects caring more for aesthetics than function.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 01:27 (1 month ago) Permalink
But I'm gonna keep up my hopes for this year, since I never made it to last year's...Maybe they'll choose different folks to design them
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:01 (1 month ago) Permalink
Gordon Parks photos are imressive at the Adamson. For sale in the $10,000 range!
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 14:55 (1 month ago) Permalink
This year's Building Museum mini-golf opening this weekend. Wondering if I would be throwing my money away, based on I Died's take on last year's. I'm gonna try to be optimistic (although maybe I should wait and see what others think). * #Important decisions in life
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 May 2013 17:54 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Is anyone here going to the Cocksucker Blues screening/lecture at the National Gallery tomorrow without going to the preceding Ornette Coleman documentary?
― Word Salad Username (j.lu), Friday, 24 May 2013 22:28 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
didn't know about either of those but now i'm going to try to go to both!
― los blue jeans, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:53 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I might just go to CS Blues, although I saw it years ago here.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 25 May 2013 14:50 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
uuuuhhh, cs blues made me nauseous
― los blue jeans, Saturday, 25 May 2013 22:52 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Yes, once again handheld camera work did a number on my stomach.
I liked best the lecture preceding the film screening. *toddles off to see if Performance is on DVD (legit or otherwise)*
― Word Salad Username (j.lu), Sunday, 26 May 2013 00:00 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
first time I've ever been affected like that, I wonder if it was compounded by something in my lunch.
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 26 May 2013 00:32 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
xp it is
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 26 May 2013 06:46 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
After reading the dcist.com editor tweet about seeking viewpoints from NYers on their new bikeshare system, I almost (just almost) wanna join Post columnist Courtland Milloy and his grumbling about bikepaths and what makes a world-class city, but then I take a deep breath and relax and move on.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 15:45 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/film/2013/06/04/14th-and-youtube/
DC-based fictional dramas that air on Youtube: Orange Juice in Bishops's Garden; Real Housewives of Benning Road, and more
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 19:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
x-post-- What I mean is that the dcist.com editor never requests NY viewpoint on anything else that both cities share: kids struggling in schools; subway and bus transportation; etc.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 19:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
to be fair, a literally insane subway system is probably doing more to keep us from being a world class city than what we do or don't do about bikes
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 21:26 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
That WMATA guy saying that 10 years or something of weekend work will need to be done was something else.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 June 2013 03:04 (1 week ago) Permalink
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/supreme-court-justice-sonia-sotomayor-u-street_n_2612105.html
She lives in the U Street area and The Post writes that Sotomayor likes to pick up food from The Greek Spot, Chix and Tacos El Chilango, whose owner, Juan Antonio Santacruz, seems thoroughly enamored. “We love her,” he told the Post.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 June 2013 03:07 (1 week ago) Permalink
Yes to the Greek Spot and Tacos El Chilango.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 June 2013 11:42 (1 week ago) Permalink
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 14 June 2013 12:43 (6 days ago) Permalink
There have been vague references to 2017 as when Metro may return to normalcy, but most riders haven't heard that, and those who have don't know what it actually means. Thus, the Washington Post today published an editorial calling on WMATA to publish deadlines, so the riding public has a better idea of what to expect.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 14 June 2013 16:17 (6 days ago) Permalink
what's been going on with the metro?
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 June 2013 17:17 (6 days ago) Permalink
major track work/multiple station closings every weekend + weeknights after 10pm, "new" escalators that took months to install instantly breaking, so many elevator outages that the system becomes nigh-inaccessible to people who need elevators, plus a dude got hit by a ceiling tile recently.
"the metro becomes unusable on weekends" has become a pretty common refrain. trips that would take me 30 minutes wind up taking an hour plus.
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 14 June 2013 18:27 (6 days ago) Permalink
i don't understand why they schedule maintenance on the weekends, rather than from 11pm-5am, when no one's actually using it. i mean, i know that's hard on the employees, but when has any entity ever cared about the employees, and isn't that pretty standard practice anywhere else?
― Z S, Friday, 14 June 2013 19:05 (6 days ago) Permalink
i'm sure ridership figures on weekends are like a fraction of what they are on weekdays, but even so
honestly if it weren't for having to commute to arlington when i lived in dc, i probably would have taken the bus like 90% of the time - i'm familiar with the reasons why, but looking at metro's coverage map as a whole you can REALLY tell that it's a city that just had a subway system kind of sloppily grafted onto it ex post facto (ie i still don't think i've ever seen a person get on or off at judiciary square)
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 14 June 2013 19:39 (6 days ago) Permalink
I read the first chapter of this once http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Society-Subway-Washington/dp/080188246X
I forget what its thesis was
― the REAL Dr Morbius (silby), Monday, 17 June 2013 04:58 (3 days ago) Permalink
Great book, no real thesis just a history. It gets into a lot of the larger transportation planning of the region/era without getting crazy unreadable. There's such a huge difference between subway systems developed before widespread car ownership and after.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Monday, 17 June 2013 05:43 (3 days ago) Permalink
#fuckLAmetro
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 17 June 2013 05:47 (3 days ago) Permalink
i'll have to check that out, been meaning to read it
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 17 June 2013 14:35 (3 days ago) Permalink
metro service has gotten amazingly bad over the years but i gotta admit the however many long month upgrades on the south dupont station were worth it, that new escalator is amazing as far as escalators go. high walls. sturdy. good lighting.
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 17:44 (Yesterday) Permalink
Was reading "Dr. Gridlock" (I think that was the columnist) in the Washington Post Express and he was asked why couldn't Metro not have done work a recent weekend where there were 40,000 at that international soccer game at RFK. He responded when else do you think they should do the work, without mentioning weekday overnight. Would they have to pay more overtime rates to do the work on weekday nights after midnight?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 18:35 (Yesterday) Permalink
Probably? I imagine fucking the track worker out of the overtime pay is part and parcel of their "fuck everyone until this shit is over in 10 years" strategy.
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 19:45 (Yesterday) Permalink