pure science with a splash of black cat

FUCK. THAT. NOISE.

Out front.

Out back, so you can see the volume.

And it's not pretty, either. It's brown.

Those of you who want snow so much CAN FUCKING HAVE OURS.

(Attitude brought to you by Having to Drive in This Shit & Co., compounded by I Am Already Late for School and Parking Is Going to Suck Inc.)

Man's tale about abandoned dog unravels | turnto10.com

Aw. I feel a little bad for this guy (not that “filing a false police report” is exactly a major felony). He just wanted to do the right thing for the dog. But, hey, that’s the cost of doing business, and the dog is doing fine.

WJAR’s website is usually full of stories that piss me off, so I’m glad this is there, too.

Marine from RI charged with painting racial slur | turnto10.com

BARRINGTON, R.I.—A 21-year-old Marine has pleaded no contest to charges he painted a racial slur at the entrance to an affordable housing development under construction in Barrington.

A police report says Christopher Gaito told an officer the development was lowering property values in the town.

Okay.

1. Barrington is an “affluent” town, which means it’s populated with snobs. That place is trying to be Newport and failing at it. How terrible that people want to afford to live there.
2. You know what else lowers property values? Marines passed out drunk on the lawn.
3. Apparently, a mere half can of beer got him to pass out drunk. His fellow servicemen are going to love that.

This state is just awesome.

27-year-old RI legal battle resolved | turnto10.com

The Providence Journal reports that the court, which said it was “dismayed” by the age of the suit, dismissed the appeal because Inge had its corporate charter revoked by the state in 1986 and has not legally been in existence for 23 years.

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So Inge was not “legally … in existence” four years after filing the suit, AND THEN THE SUIT SAT AROUND FOR ANOTHER 23 YEARS?

This is my state, people.

R.I. newcaster Art Lake dead at 85 | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal

Awww, Art. :\ I’m too young to really know anything about his great career. To me, he’s the guy who flubbed just about every single name during First Birthdays on the Sunrise show, and that’s a shame (but also kinda funny).

“Art Lake was a part of the fabric of this state for decades,” Rhode Island General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio said. “With Chris Clark and Doug White also having passed, I am confident heaven now has the best anchor team anywhere.”

It’s going away now, finally, but I had to drive in it, and walk in it, and I came thisclose to just turning around and walking back to my car once I got halfway across the parking lot. I’ll bet anything my pants and shoes will still be wet when I leave campus at 4:00 this afternoon.

I just had to leave late, didn’t I?

…HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE…

AT 7 AM A BAND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS THE WORCESTER HILLS SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN CONNECTICUT AND LONG ISLAND. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH 8 AM. EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH…WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS YIELDING UP TO A QUICK INCH OF RAINFALL IN JUST ONE HOUR. THIS WILL RESULT IN MINOR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PROVIDENCE TO BOSTON I95 CORRIDOR.

RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BETWEEN 9 AM AND 10 AM FROM WEST TO EAST WITH DRY WEATHER TO FOLLOW FOR THE LATE DAY COMMUTE.

uuuuuuuuuuuugggggghhhhhhhhhhh

Strictly speaking, a clam shack is a building of doubtful permanence built around a fry-o-later and a fridge, with windows where customers order and collect. But clam-shack cuisine is also served in shoreline restaurants several cuts above the classic shack. The fare at all of these eateries only begins with New England seacoast standards, such as scallops and schrod. Thanks to waves of immigration that began when Samuel Slater brought the Industrial Revolution from England to Pawtucket more than 200 years ago, menus also include the likes of English/Irish fish and chips, Portuguese chourico sausage and Italian clams zuppa. Add natural chowder, stuffies, doughboys, Del’s Frozen Lemonade and Gray’s ice cream — and you’ve got the Ocean State’s unique summer cuisine.

Healthy? Who said anything about healthy? Anyway, you don’t eat this stuff every day, only on the days you’ll remember when winter comes.

Washington Post, 2006. You guys. I’m so hungry right now. The only good thing about summer in Rhode Island is the freakin’ food and I WANT CLAMCAKES LIKE RIGHT NOW. Curse you, October! [shakes fist] Would anyone like to accompany me to Iggy’s? :P

FOX25: Push to make Fluffernutter the official sandwich of Massachusetts

dreamincolorx:

BOSTON - Local legislators want the Fluffernutter to be the official sandwich of Massachusetts, Necco Wafers as the official wafer and the Charleston Chew as the Bay State’s official state candy.

The Legislature’s State Administration and Regulatory Oversight committee will hold a hearing Thursday to discuss the proposals.

State Rep. Kathi Ann Reinstein will pitch the Fluffernutter as the official state sandwich and Necco Wafers as the official candy.

“Sure, there may be more important stuff going on,” Reinstein told Lynn’s Daily Item. “But when kids want to learn about state government, this is a way in to teach them.”
Yeah, “more important stuff” like a FAILING ECONOMY. But no, instead of addressing that, they’d rather name an official sandwich. I just. I don’t even know.
This state is so ridiculous. It honestly is. No wonder we’re in horrible debt.

In 1993, Rhode Island legislators took the time to argue about the Rhode Island state drink. The Del’s contingent lost to coffee milk. You can even look it up.