Archive for August, 2007
Why I Like Where I Live #6: My Walk Score
Walk Score – How walkable is your house? Where I Live Now: 69 (out of 100) Where I was living a year ago, in Raleigh: 14 Where I was living for several years in SW Durham near RTP: 17 Suburban Friends: J in N. Raleigh: 25 H in Apex: 6 D in N. Raleigh: 3 [Read More]
“So do you hear gunshots all the time?”
I’ve been asked that a few times. No, I haven’t. Nor have I donned a bulletproof vest to watch a movie at the Northgate movie theater. But just in the last week: Shots fired at Durham police a few blocks away from where I live Body found about eight blocks away [Read More]
Uniquely American
Authorities puzzled about mother in deaths of children left in hot car I’m usually quick to denigrate any parent who leaves a child in a hot car to die from heatstroke. But when I read this story, I don’t see a mother who was indifferent, callous, or selfish. I [Read More]
DISH Network caves in to Better Business Bureau
Second follow-up to DISH Network Sucks… I received a call yesterday from DISH Network. In response to a complaint I had filed with the Better Business Bureau, DISH Network is issuing a refund for the non-service service call for which they had charged me $49.95. This [Read More]
30 Rock
I’ve been without conventional TV for a month, and I’m surviving. I keep meaning to stop by the Time Warner Cable kiosk at the mall to see what kind of deal I can get, but whenever I consider it, I remind myself that I am surviving without it. I have, however, [Read More]
Minneapolis Tragedy: Let the blame game begin
I’ll start. TwinCities.com – A glass of tea and a sip of compromise – written July 31, 2007, the day before the I-35 bridge tragedy The two sides also agreed the state’s transportation network desperately needed help, but Pawlenty vetoed [Read More]
No sh*t, Sherlock
My favorite quote from Tuesday’s Larry King interview with Dick Cheney: I think the insurgency turned out to be more robust. [Read More]
Ads by Ego Log
Since I added this most-lucrative feature to Toastiest, I’ve had ads for Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign, churches, dentists and all sorts of fascinating products. Disclaimer: The ads that appear on Toastiest do not imply endorsements by Toastie. Toastie [Read More]
Happy August!
Herman happy to lay in a pile of dirt Originally uploaded by toastiest So much doom and death and negativity in this blog…I’ll start the month on a happy note, with a doggie pic… [Read More]
The Great Pruning Massacre of ’07
Butchered Green Street Tree Originally uploaded by toastiest I’ve posted some low-quality (mobile phone) pictures of local oak trees that Duke Energy so mercilessly butchered earlier this summer. These freakish trees now detract mightily from what used to be a [Read More]
