DSP: West End Farmer’s Market
Republished from Downtown Short Pump: The wait for a local Farmer’s Market in Short Pump is over. This Saturday, April 25, marks the opening of the West End Farmer’s Market at Gayton Road and Ridgefield Parkway. During market season, farmers will deliver “truckloads of locally grown fruits and vegetables, flower bunches, bedding plants, hanging baskets, [...]
Amid the grieving, a rare act of sportsmanship
Saw this in the R-TD this morning: The coach never considered any other option. It didn’t matter that his DeKalb, Ill., High School basketball team had ridden a bus two and a half hours to get to Milwaukee, then waited another hour past game time to play. Didn’t matter that the game was close, or [...]
My Inaugeration Speech
Yes, I know “inauguration” is spelled without an “e,” but I decided to pay tribute to our local unnamed CBS affiliate who decided last night that it needed an “e.” This morning, on the day after the Inauguration, I would like to present my Inaugural Address, courtesy of Atom.com: My fellow Americans, today is a [...]
Thanks, Nebraska.
I don’t think I could pick just one adjective to describe this story. Scary. Sad. Travesty. Sick. Thankfully, Nebraska lawmakers are trying to rescind the law that makes it legal for parents to drop [read: desert] their teenagers at any local hospital. A father flew in his kid from Florida. In all, 34 kids have [...]
kicking yourself.
Here’s the kicker for No. 8 Texas Tech. [CNNSI] Texas Tech’s kicking situation has gone from troubling to downright hilarious. [MSNBC] “Give that fan a contract!” [UWire] I honestly didn’t believe the story when I heard it. But all of these leads are from the latest in Texas Tech football. Last month, a halftime promotion [...]
referee tackle.
This video is laugh-out-loud funny. Watch this NCAA referee drop his shoulder and knock USC’s QB to the ground: Thanks for the video, ESPN!