The Wire Monopoly Game

This made my day!

From The Poke

Sadly, it's not real, but it should be. Get with it Hasbro

The Coughing Dog Bait - Lake Trout Article in the NYT

There is possibly no more perfect NYT story for The Coughing Dog to link to than one about Lake Trout in Baltimore.

Popularized in The Wire, Lake Trout is a distinctly local, and apparently real phenomenon. The writers of this blog are mostly in agreement that The Wire is the greatest television drama in history, and so we've been obsessed with Lake Trout for a long time.

"Yo, get me a lake trout sub, and a strawberry soda." Phil says that to me almost every day. Now the next time he's down in Baltimore, he'll know the right spots to find a Lake Trout sandwich himself. You will too.

Explanation of the recent crime wave in Baltimore

Here's what one citizen had to say (from the NYTimes' Freakonomics blog):

An East Baltimore citizen suggests a freaky explanation for recent violence in the city: “Check the date they cut off free cable, and watch the next day the murder rates go crazy. The moment they stopped it the kids were on the street 3 or 4 a.m. in the morning. No stories, no cartoon network, nothing to do. That’s the real problem,” says Eric Brockton, the founder of a group called No More Guns