Saturday

WEEKEND HUM (09-15-07)

TOP 7 HUMMERS OF THE WEEK

SMART GROWTH? ISN'T THAT A BUTTER SUBSTITUTE?
The Vermont Forum on Sprawl has changed its name to Smart Growth Vermont and we like it.
It sounds so crisp, so bouncy.
On their website, they bemoan the fact that "congestion costs Americans $78 billion a year in wasted fuel and lost time..." a fact culled from a U.S News and World Report article.

Here's a thought. If the Smart Growth folks believe that congestion is bad, bad, bad - are they in favor of revving up the circ to alleviate the Essex Junction Five Corners gridlock? Hmmm.

A REASON TO GO TO PLATTSBURGH
When you think Plattsburgh, whatdayathinkof? No teeth, big stupid mall, chain-smoking 15 year olds with 9 kids?
WELL --- THINK AGAIN!
Allegiant Air is making a big push to send you to sunny Florida. That's right, people. Just 79 bucks will get you a ride from scenic Plattsburgh all the way to saucy Fort Lauderdale!
If you're coming from Burlington, just make sure to have enough cash for the ferry ride, gas, oil, cigars, snacks, transmission fluid and dramamine capsules.

EMISSION IMPOSSIBLE?
As we listened, on the car radio, to the story on Vermont's big win in the U.S. District Court's emissions case (NE Chrysler v. VANR) , a huge, shiny Lincoln SUV with shiny rims lumbered up to the light next to us. The driver proceeded to chuck a cigbutt out the window. We were speechless.

A TOWN RE-NUDE
No, we didn't come up with that one. That's a line from a Bratt Reformer article, telling us that, starting Sunday, it's okay to, once again, discard one's garments, and frolic freely in the balmy breezes of southern Vermont.
As a statement, I'm driving there right now and will parade around city center, wearing just one sock. I'm not sure if it will be the right one or the left one. Stay tuned.

MADONNA MEETS WITH ISRAELI PRESIDENT
That's only because Reese Witherspoon was unavailable.

FLETCHER ALLEN NURSES QUIT; WARDS RUN BY TEMP WORKERS
Every week we run a silly headline and we have such fun doing it.
Seriously though, Vermont Woman mag has a great update on the nurse's sit-yee-ation at Fletch since the big union push in '02.
By the way, they have an abundance of copies circulating in the region, but does anyone know anyone who actually reads Vermont Woman?

BLOG BLATHER
Snarky Boy postless recently. C'mon, Snarkapotumus. Give us something. Even a Montpelier weather report will do.

BurlingtonPol.com waiting on Telecom. Hurry up, man. We need you.

Fells at From the News and Sports Desk also keeping us in suspense. Arise, Fellsy.

What's the Point is really into Obama. The Club Obama thing on their site is hilarious, in a pathetic sort of way. It kind of sounds Amway-ish.
How about Camp Huckabee? Or Team Tommy?

She's Right takes on the nutty My Turn of Rev Deb. Click here or perish.

Monday

WEEKEND HUM (08-09-07)

TOP 5 HUMMERS OF THE WEEK

GET THE BUZZ ON ASTRO-NAUGHTY NOWAK

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin "admires astronaut Lisa Nowak for "traveling across the country at night and not getting out of her car...".
Ok, Buzz. Whatever you say.
If you remember, darling, Nowak is the love-crazed rocket girl who drove a long distance in order to confront her nemisis - another love-crazed rocket girl.
Nowak married a local boy from S.B.
See Time Magazine for the bizarre Buzz-words.

CALEDONIAN-RECORD MAKES NEWS
Funny.
Learned about the break-in at St. Johnsbury's Caledonian-Record's office from... the Free Press!
Went to Caledonian-Record online for additional info (8-10-07 9:30 P.M.) but they didn't have the story! SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DID!
Wait a minute. Do you think they weren't aware it happened? Or maybe they were outscooped on their own break-in? Hmmm.
Also, the CR tends to lean right. Do you think the thieves were... no, they couldn't have been.

CATAMOUNT SIGHTING
Catamount health plan, that is.
Does anyone know who will qualify?
Yep. The Rutland Herald knows.
Here is the best coverage we've seen on the ins and outs of the new plan.

VERMONT TRADITIONALIST
Recently, someone was asking me for a list of conservative Vermont blogs. I said, "Oh, that'll take about 20 seconds."
But as I started searching, I started finding a few I wasn't aware of.
This is a well-written local con blog and I also realized they link to us! Cool!

LANDFILL OKAYED
The Moretown landfill, of course. Read the Valley Reporter to find out what's up with one of the other big landfills in Vermont.

BLOGPILE
  • Burlington Pol
  • Gone but not forgotten
  • Shatter Nicely
  • SNARKY BOY/Broadsides
  • Seven Days Blogs
  • Collectors Item
  • Vermont Tiger
  • Rational Resistance
  • ibrattleboro.com
  • Vermont Buzz
  • Vermont View
  • VermontNewsGuy
  • Vermont Digger
  • Vermont Gardener
  • Blazing Indiscretions
  • Green Mountain Daily
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