{"id":12562,"date":"2009-07-14T08:05:39","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T13:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=12562"},"modified":"2009-07-14T08:22:30","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T13:22:30","slug":"wapo-express-news-everything-you-need-to-know-in-pictures-and-pithy-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=12562","title":{"rendered":"WaPo Express News:  Everything you need to know in Pictures and Pithy Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My best friend <a href=\"http:\/\/3-116thsniper.blogspot.com\/\">Brown Neck Gaitor <\/a>does his Friday Round-ups, and they&#8217;re always my favorite feature over at the House of Snipers.\u00a0 (Soon to move to a new website, stay tuned.)\u00a0 Anyway, each morning on the metro a rather nice fella, perhaps lacking in cognitive skills, stands in front of the station offering the paper.\u00a0 I always take it, since the poor chap honestly looks downtrodden if you don&#8217;t take it.\u00a0 (If you go through Huntington, you know who I am talking about.)\u00a0 Today as I listened to my book on Audio Tape (The Glorious Cause) I read this thing.\u00a0 And the news today is&#8230;.kinda lame.\u00a0 Yet, let me condensce it further for you, and include pictures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(Disclaimer: I do not represent the average reader of short papers distributed at Metro Stops in the DC Metro Area.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12564\" title=\"q2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q2.jpg\" alt=\"q2\" width=\"383\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q2.jpg 383w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q2-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apparently Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson broke up.\u00a0 He seems like a Dummy to me since Texas girls are HOT!\u00a0 I&#8217;m guessing that\u00a0&#8220;because she spent too much time at MENSA meetings&#8221; will not be teh root cause.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12567\" title=\"q31\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q31.bmp\" alt=\"q31\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tonight my MLB man-crush, 42 year old knuckleballer Tim Wakefield may be pitching in the All-Star game.\u00a0 If he does, I will have to turn the game off, despite my total man-love for him.\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve never seen someone catch a knuckleballer who doesn&#8217;t usually catch a knuckleballer, just imagine a blind man with hooks for hands trying to juggle jello cubes.\u00a0 It&#8217;s kinda like that.<\/p>\n<p>To answer your question: no, Eric Gagne (pbuh) will not be making an appearance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12565\" title=\"q11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q11.jpg\" alt=\"q11\" width=\"450\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q11.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q11-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I would sooner admit to a\u00a0sultry rendezvous with Senator Craig in a Minnesota Airport Bathroom Stall than tell anyone I played Quidditch.\u00a0 But there are apparently a bunch of people running around with brooms between their legs chasing some other jackass with a tennis ball in a tube sock.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carson_Kressley\">Carson Kressley <\/a>reportedly said, &#8220;wow is that gay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12571\" title=\"q5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q5.bmp\" alt=\"q5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Men&#8217;s Health had an article about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/cda\/article.do?site=MensHealth&amp;channel=health&amp;category=other.diseases.ailments&amp;conitem=3f4a99edbbbd201099edbbbd2010cfe793cd____\">11 hangover remedies <\/a>reprinted in the Express Today.\u00a0 TSO generally takes Aspirin, drinks some V8, and lays in bed crying like Nancy Kerrigan all day.\u00a0 Like my TAC said at the A-stan Trainup:\u00a0&#8220;That&#8217;s one technique.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12572\" title=\"spongebob-squarepants\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/spongebob-squarepants.png\" alt=\"spongebob-squarepants\" width=\"250\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/spongebob-squarepants.png 250w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/spongebob-squarepants-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HAPPY BIRTHDAY!\u00a0 Bikini Bottom&#8217;s most favored porifera\/deity turns 13 today.\u00a0 TSO loves him some Spongebob.\u00a0 I will be enjoying a nice Crabby Patty at Five Guys today to honor this day.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dobson no doubt\u00a0believes that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/television\/2005-01-22-kids-video_x.htm\">Spongebob will celebrate his birthday <\/a>by getting freaky with Patrick.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12568\" title=\"q4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q4.gif\" alt=\"q4\" width=\"300\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q4.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/q4-240x300.gif 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think, therefore I blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My best friend Brown Neck Gaitor does his Friday Round-ups, and they&#8217;re always my favorite feature &hellip; 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