Entries from Seattlest tagged with 'idiotarod'
February 4, 2007
Between fake terrorist alerts and scandals big and small, this just might be the Best Best of the -ists ever. We're exhausted just thinking about it. First up, SFist, who saw their little 'ole site be the center of what was a nice little scandal (even getting their editor on TV) only to find their scandal dwarfed by the even bigger scandal caused by their Mayor boffing one of his aides' wife. We're not......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse"March 19, 2006
Gothamist posts on the capture of a NYC perv thanks to Little Brother and a camera phone. They also scour the city for vodka martinis and Shamrock shakes and spot the friend from the Wonder Years at a city law firm. New York police think that Littlejohn is their man. Houstonist is no stranger to megachurches or stripmalls or mega-strip-churchmalls. The children of Houston are under assault by unknown forces as this week a playground......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse"March 17, 2006
In between obsessively checking their progress in various NCAA tournament pools, here's how Seattlest types will spend their weekends. David S. will be watching college basketball. And planning this year's family camping trip. Editor Dan will spend all weekend working on his Enemies List, but he may take a break at dusk on Saturday to drive down to Green Lake and run over rabbits with his car. Matt Silvie may or may not make it......
Continue Reading "Stalk of the Town"March 16, 2006
Seattlest received a tip from our only contact in the bicycle enthusiast hobo underworld (a sub-species also referred to by anthropoligists with the more politically correct term "Urban Primitive") that New York's Idiotarod - an urban parody of the Alaskan dog sled race whereby shopping carts are used as the vehicle of choice - will come to Seattle this weekend in the form of The Seattle Idiotarod. The Village Voice covered the recent New York......
Continue Reading "New York Idiocy Invades Seattle"