Barber Pole Stolen from Laurelhurst Barber Shop: The owners of Epic Barbershop are offering “free haircuts for a year (12 a year, one a month) for any information on the recovery of the pole or leading to the arrest of the vandal, or thief(s).”
Three Grill-Related Fires in Four Days on Capitol Hill: Firefighters put out a rooftop fire caused by a grill on Tuesday, and two balcony fires Monday and Saturday.
Sock Slogan Contest in Wallingford: The sock retailer Sock Monster is hosting a contest for the next word to print on their socks, which are “all the rage among sock fashionistas.” Entries include “queer bait,” “cupcake,” “Nancy boy,” and “OMG/WTF.” You can vote in the store for your favorite.

I’ve been on a tear over bar-b-ques in apartment buildings lately…I went so far as to write something on the Kent Police Department’s Facebook wall (and they responded…telling me they would send a Neighborhood Intervention Unit if my insane neighbors would not desist).
The people nearby just don’t grill — they refine food…really, it smells like I-95 between Wilmington and Philadelphia on a humid night…the fresh smell of hydrocarbons wafting over the landscape.
I have a gas grill…a Mini-Char Broil. This is appropriate sized grill and appropriate use fuel for balcony BBQs.
Learn to live in density, rubes.
@1 wow …. um … no. What we need to do is thin out the herd so we don’t have to live in such density. ๐
The plural of “thief” is “thieves,” not, thief(s), you stupid and ignorant retard.
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