Archive for April, 2005
Virginia Nixes Stoplight Cameras
The Virginia Legislature has adjourned without extending the authorization of red light cameras, and as a result, their use cannot continue past July 1st, 2005. Sorry Arlington and Fairfax, no more easy fundraising for you! Besides, there’s a VDOT study that shows they’re causing more accidents anyhow. Want to stop red light abuse? Make it [...]
More »Poker Guru Gordon at Fado on Tuesday
For those of you who enjoy a mean or friendly game of cards, Poker Legend Phil Gordon is giving a Poker seminar at Fado on Tuesday night at 7:30. The tournament he’s hosting that night is already full. I offered my first born, Nationals Tickets and some really blurry pictures of Marion Barry in flagrante [...]
More »The Funny Questions You Ask While Commuting
This morning, while riding to work, an odd question came to my mind. We drove up 395 through mostly sparse traffic (hooray for Friday!) and over the 14th St. Bridge, past the Tidal Basin all pink with cherries and took the 12th St. Exit. Passing under the streets of DC, I noticed something odd about [...]
More »Blogorama at Kalorama
Come one, come all to the sporadically-scheduled-but-always-on-a-Thursday Blogorama at Kalorama, organized by the incomparable Julian Sanchez. It’s at the Rendezvous Lounge at 18th and Kalorama tonight at 7. Come on out and meet the people behind some of the DC blogosphere’s most famous faces pseudonyms. This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs [...]
More »Nats get first win, Wilkerson hits for the cycle
The Nats have picked up their first win in franchise history, beating the Phillies 7-3. Better still, Brad Wilkerson, “The Kentucky Masher”, hit for the cycle, garnering a single, a double, a triple and a home run against the Phils tonight. Eischen picks up his first win in relief, taking over for Zach Day, who [...]
More »Penang Factor!
A coworker and I had dinner this evening with someone we placed in a permanent job a while back. He took us to Penang in Bethesda. I’m not going to write a detailed review, seeing as how I don’t remember the name of anything I ate, and I stopped asking what was in it after [...]
More »Yet another post about expensive housing
To continue our occasional series in which we bitch about the outlandish cost of living in DC… The cost of housing is now so ridiculous in and around DC, so completely out of the realm of sanity, that people are now living in RV parks rather than trying to buy or rent traditional housing here. [...]
More »Baseball In Season!
The Orioles begin their season at Camden Yards this afternoon against the Oakland A’s. For those who want to see opening day baseball but don’t want to spend $350 for a pair of seats, there are plenty of tickets available for today’s contest against the Oakland A’s. Didn’t Angelos say there were no true baseball [...]
More »Bomb Proof Cans Not So Bomb Proof?
This morning’s New York Post (alright, yes, I know) has an interesting piece on the trash cans at Grand Central Station in NYC. Apparently, they’re not so bomb-proof after all: Bomb-smothering trash cans in New York rail hubs don’t work and could even make a terror blast more deadly by shredding you with shrapnel, say [...]
More »Salam Pax, Iraqi Blogger, to host DC Film Premiere
Two weeks hence, at Filmfest DC 2005, Iraqi Blogger Salam Pax will be unveiling his collection of 9 shorts shot in Iraq. Shows will be at the E Street Cinema (15 April, 9:30p) and at the Avalon Theatre (16 April 6:30p). Tickets are available through the website. This post appeared in its original form at [...]
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