My eyeballs read these paragraphs on the Trib’s site and immediately turned around in my head all, “Are you seeing this? I mean, we’re seeing this, but, brain, are you comprehending this?!” This is what made my eyeballs lose their figurative shit this morning: Carla Ferrell of Clarksburg, W.Va., was visiting a friend who is [...]

Category: Eye rolls | August 2, 2010 | 29 Comments »

1.  Are you guys going to the Steel City Derby Demons championship bout on Saturday to see the Bitch Doctors take on the Wrecking Dolls? And have you seen this page of their battle scars? It is disturbing.  That black eye up there is one of the tamer injuries. Note to self, these bitches are [...]

Category: David Conrad, Matt Lamanna, Pirates, Steelers, Troy Polamalu | tags: David Conrad, Pittsburgh Pirates, Steelers, Troy Polamalu | September 17, 2008 | 21 Comments »

1. Lukey will be inaugurated today. I care about that about as much as I care about keeping my car clean. A little bit. It’s a sty right now. I might have a mouse. I don’t know. 2. Lukey is pissed: “UPMC is upset right now, and I don’t blame them,” Mr. Ravenstahl said. UPMC’s [...]

Category: Ben Roethlisberger, Celebrity sightings, David Conrad, Downtown happenings, Famous Burghers, Hot Burghers, Local media, Mayor Ravenstahl, Sonni Abatta, Steelers | tags: Ben Roethlisberger, David Conrad, Luke Ravenstahl, Sonni Abatta | December 20, 2007 | 14 Comments »

Some of you may not have been reading the Burgh Blog that long, so let me first refresh your memory by sending you to this post about school administrator Andrew King who was pissed he wasn’t named superintendent of the schools and then sued saying he was passed over for racial discrimination: Likely the reason [...]

Category: Annoying Burghers, The Damn Pigeons | June 29, 2007 | 16 Comments »

1. No posting yesterday because PittGirl woke up, looked outside and said, “Day. Off!” (h/t me) 2. Jump, Lukey!!! JUMP! Not that it’s a sign of how easily swayed Lukey is if all you have to do is say, “Mr. Mayor? A jump shot for my blog?” and he goes, “How high?” but it’s totally [...]

Category: David Conrad, Mayor Ravenstahl, Pirates, Steelers | May 1, 2007 | 11 Comments »