• February 13, 2012

metro

The National Zoo is getting an exciting aerial tram, for sky views of Tian Tian and Mei Xiang and maybe Knut, way in the distance. [DCist] Here’s a list of all the fancy D.C. schools Sasha and Malia might attend, which features Insider Knowledge like mission statements copied and pasted from the schools’ websites and [...]

The most brilliant legal mind of our time is in court for the second time trying to prove that because a dry cleaners hung a sign that said “satisfaction guaranteed,” they were legally obligated to give him $54 million for a lost pair of pants. [Washington Post] The collapse of AIG is affecting your beloved [...]

GWU Medical School is just barely accredited, in fact, it is the only medical school on probation, which sounds serious! Naturally, this is where Dick Cheney was taken. [DCist] Your Orange Metro Line has a wide stance, but the inspector didn’t notice, and next thing you know, derailment. This inspector was given a “refresher course.” [...]

This mom just gave her daughter some vodka, so why was she arrested for giving her child the best 13th birthday party ever? Was it because later that 13 year old went to the ER with alcohol poisoning? Or was it because the jealous police were just a bunch of losers when they were in [...]

DOES THIS MEAN THAT IT HAS TO STOP?: “WASHINGTON – A Metro station manager and a Metro custodian were arrested on prostitution charges after an undercover transit police investigation found they arranged sexual trysts for money from inside the Dupont Circle Metro station.” Oh boy! Apparently the station manager was the contact on a flier [...]

Aside from John McCain, no person or organization cares as much about global warming as the fine folks operating Washington D.C.’s Metro system, which is doing heavy business this time of year shuttling fannypacked tourist families to historical locations that promise to disappoint. That’s on top of the many “Regulars” who take the Metro to [...]