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Category Archives: Baltimorons
Marty Bass Recounts The Loss Of His Toupee
(Stoop Storytelling Series, 2/9/2006) WJZ-TV morning host Marty Bass recounts his story of failure: the loss of his toupee. Listen to “Legends of the Fall” at Baltimore’s Stoop Storytelling Series.
Snow Day in Baltimore
This photo made the Baltimore Facebook rounds during Snowpocalypse 2010. That’s a Maryland license plate on the van.
Posted in 2010s, Baltimorons, Weather
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Babe Ruth Injected Sheep’s Testicles and Shilled for Tobacco
Excerpt from “Welcome to the Terrordome” by Dave Zirin “Scientists have attempted to use testosterone to build muscle going back more than 1,000 years, but the modern era of steroids starts in 1889 when prominent French scientist Charles Edouard Brown-Sequard … Continue reading
Posted in Advertisements, Baltimorons, Orioles, Smoking, Sports, Vices
Tagged babe ruth, testicles
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David Simon: ‘The Wire’ Has Nothing To Apologize For
Show was not a ‘smear’ but a realistic depiction, its creator says By David Simon (The Baltimore Sun, 1/24/2011) (“The Wire” creator David Simon was invited by The Sun to respond to comments made recently by Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick … Continue reading
Posted in 2000s, 2010s, Baltimorons, Crime
Tagged baltimore sun, david simon, martin o'malley, peter hermann, television, the wire
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