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Hell Week at restaurant just like Hell Week in college, less eggings though

While you might be thinking that this time of year is holiday related, at the East Coast Grill in Cambridge, it’s been Hell Week. Because that seems logical. Anyways, during Hell Week, the cooks create the spiciest dish possible. This year, the star dish by owner Chris Schlesinger is the Pasta Plate from Hell. It requires a signed waiver before consumption.

Those who think the waiver is some kind of a publicity stunt only need to look at an incident Tuesday night. The spicy food forced one man to get medical assistance. An ambulance showed up after witnesses say the man passed out.

When looking for dinner, perhaps a body shouldn’t go for something called the Pasta Plate from Hell. A title such as that doesn’t tend to lend itself to underselling.

Where is the racism?

Given the chance, Obama could be one of his multi-racial best friends.If you’ve been following the Henry Louis Gates, Jr. situation, you might be a little disappointed. Sgt. James Crowley turned out not to be as much of a cross-and/or-book-burning Cambridge gestapo than we hoped.

Worse yet, they’re settling this problem with a beer, so Gates might not be as much of a latte-sipping, vagina-painting snob than we thought.

Honestly, all we ask for–as a news-reading public–is a little over-the-top racism. Black-on-white, white-on-black … who cares? Didn’t you see the box office numbers for Gran Turino?

And that’s where Boston police officer Justin Barrett saves the day. Let’s go to the quote box:

“In Barrett’s e-mail, which was posted on a Boston television station’s Web site, he declared that if he had ‘been the officer he verbally assaulted like a banana-eating jungle monkey, I would have sprayed him in the face with OC (oleoresin capsicum, or pepper spray) deserving of his belligerent non-compliance.’

“Barrett used the ‘jungle monkey’ phrase four times, three times referring to Gates and once referring to [Boston Globe columnist, Yvonne] Abraham’s writing as ‘jungle monkey gibberish.'”

Mm, delicious. But that’s not all! What did Barrett follow it up with after he got in trouble?

“‘I have so many friends of every type of culture and race you can name. I am not a racist.'”

Gonna need a cigarette after that. Nothing beats old-timey “some of my best friends” crackery.

It’s a proportional blow out!

And for god's sake, keep a hand on your wallet!This week in America, it’s a sanity sale! All things must be blown out of proportion! That’s right: no credibility checks and no personal accountability for the entire first year of blustering!

This deal, of course, only applies to our Henry Louis Gates, Jr. arrest in Cambridge, Mass. But, the options are entirely up to you! Packages include:

  • Black Rage: The arrest of Dr. Gates is an indictment of all black men everywhere!
  • White Rage: It’s like white men can’t even arrest a black man on a trumped-up charge, only to release him hours later because it would never stick!

And new for today:

  • Authority Rage: Criticizing Sgt. James Crowley is an indictment of all police officers everywhere!
  • Anti-intellectual Rage: These arugula-eating, latte-sipping effete Ivy Leaguers refuse to fear our police (though the anonymous author claims to be one as well)!

Act now, and we’ll throw in our self-satisfaction undercoat and a handjob from the AM radio host of your choice!