Borderstan’s Missing Links from the Great Big Internet

From Willis Shawver. Follow him on Twitter at @WShawver or email him at Willis[AT]borderstan.com. 

The Internet is a big place and you can’t be expected to see everything. Don’t worry: Borderstan Missing Links are here to help. We’ve collected some highlights from the past week that you might have missed. Enjoy!

The District

• Home prices in DC rose 13.6 percent on average this past year. (UrbanTurf)
• Whatever you do, don’t park in front of David Gregory’s house. (The Washington Post)
• Maryland Live casino in Hanover opened table games this week. (The Baltimore Sun)
• Yo-Yo Ma and former Guns N’ Roses drummer ask congress for more arts funding. (WTOP)
• Need another reason to quit? A pack of cigarettes in DC could climb above $8. (DCist)
• Speaking of bad habits. DC to collect over $42 million in “sin taxes” this fiscal year. (Examiner)
• Metro gives up on trying to repair troubled rail cars. Will buy new ones instead. (The Washington Post)

Food and Drink

• Local celebrity chef Mike Isabella might be distancing himself from Bandolero. (Washington City Paper)
• Sequestration claims another victim. White House assistant chef gets furloughed. (DCist)
• Danish “recovery beers” and other hangover cures from around the world. (FOODBEAST)

Animals

• The next strain of flu might come from horses, bats, or even seals. Really. (Gizmodo)
• Think you could outrun a Tyrannosaurus Rex? Think again. (i09)

Pop Culture

• ‘Vote for Pedro’, ‘I Got Wood’ and other iconic t-shirts in movies. (ShortList)
• You’re never going to guess how they made the dinosaur sounds in Jurassic Park. (Vulture)
• IMBD users vote for the 10 worst movies of all time. (Huffington Post)
• Gavin Rossdale is still getting it done. 90’s band hunks, then and now. (Buzzfeed)

Sports

• The answer to one of life’s greatest mysteries. How Arnold Palmer orders an Arnold Palmer. (Yahoo)
• For those of us who love to over analyze things. The anatomy of a really bad strike call. (FanGraphs)

Random Picks of the Week

• Your random blog of the week … a retrospective look at the movie Batman and Robin … and your Moment of Zen.

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