Oh, LaCrosse... I Get It

My first LaCrosse Outing:  Click here for the album.

When I Said Baltimore Isn't Really Like the Wire.... I Spoke With No Authority... It is Exactly Like That, As it Turns Out

Snoop, from The Wire, was actually arrested today... in a DEA sting.  For real.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/snoop-wire-arrested-drug-raid-166522

Her arrest is part of a large scale drug investigation involving both local, state, and federal law enforcement.

Actress Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, who played a drug dealer and assassin on HBO's The Wire, was arrested along with more than 60 others in a pre-dawn drug raid Thursday in Baltimore. 

Her arrest was part of a large scale, five-month drug investigation -- reportedly involving a large-scale heroin and marijuana operation -- that was conducted by local, state, and federal law enforcement, according to the Balitmore Sun.

 

Local television showed video of Pearson being led by DEA agents from an apartment building downtown to a waiting police van. Police declined to say what charges she faces.

 

In her 2007 memoir, Grace After Midnight, Pearson -- now 30 -- wrote of being born to a drug-addicted mother and then selling drugs herself. At 14, she killed another teenager and served time in Jessup State Penitentiary for murder, according to the memori.

 

After her release from prison, she met an actor from The Wire cast in a club and joined the show until it ended in 2008.

Wow... Montana... We Are So Cultured (Or Proximate to Another Nation)

I guess that my family are not the only people in Montana that get called away to a last-minute Canadian family event, but I had no idea that 40% of us held passports.  In fact, there was a time where I was informed that in a catastrophic family happening, I was the designated traveler, because I was the only person in my immediate family with a passport.  1/6 = 17%, that is significantly sub-par.  Let's get it together family, we may not even meet the bar for Mississippi.

Get Your Face-Off Classic Tickets for Just $17 Today

Click here to get your tickets at half-price (probably one-third priced once you factor in Ticketmaster fees like your "convenience" charge for printing your own tickets.)
 

The world's oldest form of entertainment, competitive butterfly-catching, lost its luster after prehistoric butterflies devolved into the smaller, non-man-eating versions fluttering through today's skies. Come see its replacement with today's lacrosse deal: $17 for a club-level ticket to the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic on Saturday, March 12, at M&T Bank Stadium. Kick off the season with the fifth annual Face-Off, which starts at 11 a.m. and features three exciting games.

Admission for all three games is included in the value of this Groupon. The ball-tossing battle begins with the a Big East battle between Syracuse and Georgetown at 11 a.m. Next, watch as Cornell, led by new coach Ben DeLuca, goes up against nationally ranked Virginia at 1:30 p.m. The day concludes with Johns Hopkins versus UMBC at 4 p.m. Take in all the action from club-level seats.

College sports provide spectators with a nostalgic and socially acceptable outlet to revisit their youthful antics. Typically shunned behaviors (face painting, loud screaming) are not only given the green light, but encouraged. Onlookers get the excitement of hockey's nets without the arctic chill and the furious balls of golf without the whispers and argyle.

Escalators Have A Mind of Their Own on the East Coast

I don't know about you all, but I've never seen an escalator in the West get pissed off and just start throwing people around.  (Not to mention one of the busiest days the DC Metro has seen--the day of The Colbert/Stewart Rally).

Weekend Update: My Falls Were Not This Bad

(Neither were yours)

First Post-Surgery Ride

Great times this weekend in Clear Spring, MD, enjoy my first ride since knee surgery last year.  Only two things could get in the way of having an epic weekend:  1.  No data service.  2.  No beer at the ski area.  Good thing it was made up for.  Click here for the album.