Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s here! We have all the details for Space Party 2008. Before we begin, we would like to thank everyone who is involved. Thanks to X-Lounge for hosting the event and doing “special things.” Thanks to Charlottesville Sports and Social Club and 106.1 The Corner for being our media partners. Thanks to Music Today for managing our ticket sales. Thanks to Belmont Yo for doing an amazing job with the artwork! And, thank you to all of you loyal readers and voters for getting excited about giving all of our proceeds to your charity of choice. Without your support we couldn’t do this.
This time around, the details are sweeter, we have T-Shirts and will have more fun. Details after the break…
Women are so passionate about blogging that large percentages of women said they would give something up to keep the blogs they read and/or write BUT, some things are sacred … only 20% would give up chocolate!
22 to 25 percent of women say they read fewer newspapers, magazines and watch less TV because of blogging.
So, ladies, I ask you… what do blogs mean to you and what do you want to see more of at Spicy Bear? Please let us know! Don’t be afraid!
Today begins Charlottesville 2nd Annual Bike Week. This event is brought to you by The Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation. The idea behind this event is the promotion of physical activity and environmentally friendly transportation.
At noon Charlottesville’s Mayor, Dave Norris, former Mayor and current Council member, David Brown, and ACCT Executive Director, Zachary Shahan, will receive an award from Bill Nesper, the Director of the Bicycle Friendly Community program at City Hall. This will kick-off Bike Week events beginning May 12th through May 18th.
Quick! Go buy some of those “no rate change” stamps! Tonight at midnight the price of a first-class stamp will increase from 41 cents to 42 cents. If you are reading this on Monday you are out of luck–your stamps are now 42 cents. Your government at work, lame.
Imminent Doom…Yes, it’s raining and yes, it will flood.
EXPECT RAIN TO OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST MONDAY. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL ON TOP OF SATURATED SOILS.
THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE STREAMS AND CREEKS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. ALSO…URBAN AREAS PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING. AS THE WATER WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE RIVERS MONDAY…RIVER FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE UPPER POTOMAC AND SHENANDOAH BASINS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
When will it end? I’m building the proverbial ark, i.e. pounding beers and thinking about dancing in the rain.
The IRS sux, but they are giving us money. Almost everyone qualified for the economic stimulus rebate. But when are they coming? Check this schedule to find out.
Stimulus Payment Schedule for Tax Returns
Received and Processed by April 15
Direct Deposit Payments
If the last two digits of your Social Security number are:
Your economic stimulus payment deposit should be sent to your bank account by:
00 – 20
May 2
21 – 75
May 9
76 – 99
May 16
Paper Check
If the last two digits of your Social Security number are:
Good times are here, my friends. And none too soon, I’m starving. I’m gonna buy myself a shirt made of gold that says, “remember what W did for you”. What are you gonna spend your rebate on?
Some of you probably recall our rumor from back in March about an Apple Store coming to Charlottesville. While we don’t have any more concrete evidence, we did hear through the grapevine that two certain Apple store executives were surprised when one of our informants asked them about the gossip.
Their response: “We can’t comment on upcoming stores until a certain date.” When pushed they did seem a little surprised at our knowledge of the “omni meeting.” The informant was convinced that cVillain spilled the beans, and, indeed, there is an Apple store coming to Charlottesville.
Anyway, for the 50% of you that have to drive to Richmond to fix your computers, this should be good news. Anyone have an in with the real estate folks? They have got to be thinking about putting the store on the Downtown Mall, but maybe you know better.
It seems not all farms are treated fairly, and our local sweetheart, Polyface Farm, seems be getting the cold shoulder from the USDA. Joel Salatin mentions he would like to sell custom slaughtered meat, but can’t. The irony here is that the government is OK with us eating his meat in any way shape or form, as long as we don’t give him money for it. It must be processed at a USDA approved facility bla bla bla. Have any of you seen Fast Food Nation? Would you prefer one of our local boys cutting the meat or the heathens in the meat factories? I know regulations are there for a reason, but they don’t always bring out the best.
Exactly. So cVillains, who’s for Joel selling us his meat?
I know all of you must be going into post-lunch food coma mode, but here is just one more morsel to chew on before you stop pretending to actually be working…It seems an article the C-Ville wrote about a local neighborhood pissed off some residents. One of them sent a letter to the editor, and for some strange reason I think the only place anyone will read it is on cVillain, so, without further ado:
Oh my God, you guys, they found it. Remember the hot dog mascot that went missing from Earlysville’s All Good Groceries back in April? I don’t either. But everybody else does! The good news, really, is that it has been recovered. And not a moment too soon, it’s almost lunchtime. Let’s all celebrate by going to Hamdinger’s for my 4th time this week.
Imminent Doom…Yes, it’s raining and yes, it will flood.
Some of you probably recall our rumor from back in March about an 
Oh my God, you guys, they found it. Remember the hot dog mascot that went missing from Earlysville’s All Good Groceries back in April? I don’t either. But everybody else does! The good news, really, is that it has been recovered. And not a moment too soon, it’s almost lunchtime. Let’s all celebrate by going to Hamdinger’s for my 4th time this week.
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