I hear today's Tribune-Review invited Pittsburghers to shit themselves.

linkage, via gawker

Apparently Carnegie Mellon is ranked #9 on the Top 10 List of the most Hipster Campuses (in the US? The article doesn't specify, but all the schools seem to be stateside).

Friday, April 22, 2011
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Today is Good Friday.

The following are closed: City of Pittsburgh offices, Allegheny County courts, the district attorney's office and the sheriff's firearms division. Other county offices are open.

City garbage collections will take place as scheduled. Mail will be delivered and post offices, ( Read more... )

Monday's New York Post declares Pittsburgh "a city with a lot going on in the looks department."

Then again, it is the New York Post ...

Cat Gets Frisky With Sally Wiggin - Video - WTAE Pittsburgh

Because you just can't make this stuff up.

The entire northern half of Africa is basically in open revolt, demanding actual Democracy, and the evening news here doesn't even report on it? "Cats rescued from fire", "trucks speeding on a back road", and ten minutes of Julie Bologna explaining snow ( Read more... )

Wins shouldn't make us forget about Roethlisberger's past actions."In case you've forgotten, or would like to gloss it over lest it dampen your guacamole-and-chips plans, Roethlisberger was accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year old college student ( Read more... )

Seth Miller, 20, is charged with retaliation against a judicial officer, after posting threats in June against Judge David N. Wecht in a Facebook conversation with his brother.

Read more in today's Post-Gazette

Today's lesson is: Do not threaten judges.  Ever.  Not even if you're 8,000 miles away.  They don't take kindly to it.

How is it possible that there hasn't been a post about Jeff Reed yet?

I'll start:

I was riding a subway going across the bridge into Manhattan when I got a text (from the WPXI app, which I hafta admit, I kinda love) which read "The Pittsburgh Steelers have cut Jeff Reed." I gasped audibly and people stared at me.

November 2nd is less than two weeks away and I've been trying to find logistical information on this year's election --- not political points of view or opinions, just the basic, practical information like what races are in play, where to vote, and so on.

Here's what I've come up with, please add more links & resources in comments, but try to ( Read more... )