Archive for July, 2005
Night of the Undead Bar
Dr. Dremo’s, Arlington’s archetypal dive bar, has seen more drama in its existence than a whole afternoon of cheesy soap operas. It’s condemned! It’s open! The hurricane caved in the roof! It’s re-opened! It’s closing to make way for condos! The county might not approve the condos! It’s moving! It’s not! For the number of [...]
More »Calling all Geeks
Are you a Geek? I mean a real hard-core Geek who dreams Linux and eats kernels for breakfast? And yet do you hack for good, trading fat paychecks for a clean conscience. Then its time for you to find your kind. Tonight, join me at NPower Greater DC Region’s 501 Tech Club – a monthly [...]
More »Lonely Today?
Then I just found the best way to fill your nights with adventure. Remember the Hot or Not site popular back in 2000? Well some bright Geeks just hacked Google Maps and Hot or Not to give you Hot People by Zip Code. There you can put in, say the 20005 zip code and presto! [...]
More »Best of the Web, and Detroit
Some network-wide news today: Metblogs makes Forbes’ Best of the web! Sure the reviewer implies that they’ve chosen our slogan for us, but we all know that’s bunk. Thanks Forbes for watching! Detroit launches today We’re proud of our least sexy younger sibling, even if they only edged us out for the title. Welcome to [...]
More »It’s Official – Turn off your mind
Yep, now I have government permission to stop doing work. I’m gonna turn off my cell phone, my laptop, my lights, and my mind, only keeping on the AC, XM Radio, and my beer cooler due to today’s DC Text Alert: PEPCO has issued a heat alert until further notice. Please turn off all unnecessary [...]
More »Why Can’t DC Politics Be Like This?
I saw this this morning and immediately thought of our bizarro political news-scene, why couldn’t this have happened in DC? A top opposition leader in former Soviet Azerbaijan has defended his track record as a heterosexual after accusing the oil-rich state’s authorities of launching a gay smear campaign against him. “If anyone has doubts about [...]
More »Tropical Jealousy
My brother called me last night from South Florida, where he leads the glamorous life of a private pilot. “Yeah, I’m sitting outside at this little cafe, sipping an espresso with sambuca, watching the girls stroll by.” “You sound like grandpa,” I joke, “hey, I can’t hear you, there’s some crazy noise.” “Just this cool [...]
More »Frank Robinson “I am … illiterate”
Sure enough, he said it: “Look around,” he says, leaning forward and waving his hands in the air. “Do you see a computer in here?” Then he slumps back in his seat. “I am computer illiterate,” Robinson proclaims and beams with nothing so much as pride. To me, this is like admitting you are functionally [...]
More »Cameras, Guns, Bombs, and Freedom
I was just reading over at San Francisco and Los Angeles about the precautions that were taken in London that might have tipped off police, and how ineffective they were in attack prevention. Of course, this is right on top of the GAO report on security. We’re no strangers to public surveillance here in DC, [...]
More »Unfair Ticketing…
Dear Officer Johnson, I appreciate that you have a job to do, and in fact, I respect it. I do not, however, appreciate the tickets, plural, you issued my new car this morning at 10am. I have 60 days, under county regulations, to get a new tax sticker for my car, and my dealership was [...]
More »Down(town) in the Dumps
I’m sick of working downtown. Don’t get me wrong, the current state of DC’s downtown is a vast improvement over its wasteland state when I was a student. But I keep waiting for the promised land of a “living downtown” that always gets touted when someone needs votes. Take my woeful daily lunch ritual. I’m [...]
More »Homeless in DC, a video
The Post has an incredibly moving feature about homeless life in DC, spread out over two solid days of video, thanks to the cameras of Florida grad student Ben de la Cruz. He follows John Harrison for 48 hours as part of an awareness program, a man who lost his home in a fire, and [...]
More »Heat Advisory
Folks, it’s gonna be mighty hot the next few days. If you don’t absolutely have to be outside, try to stay somewhere cool. We’re looking at a few 90° + humidity days. It’s not going to be at all comfortable out there. Currently, it may only be 74, but with 80% humidity on the scale, [...]
More »Cooling my beers
Did anyone, when they got the DC text alert below, think to themselves like I did: “Cooling station? Perfect, my beer was getting warm” There are two cooling centers: Takoma Recreation Center Location:3rd & Van Buren Street NW Opening @ 11:30A.M.-7:00 P.M. Barnard Elementary School Located @ 4th & Decatur St. NW 3:00PM-7:00PM. This post [...]
More »“You’re cutting the line”
I’m late. I’m running down the Metro platform late, hoping I can make the dash up the stairs and out into Union Station before my train leaves late. Sweat staining my shirt from all my running late. And as I zip into the crowd of folks at the bottom of the escalator, the folks self-arranged [...]
More »White Water Sunday!
Got plans for tomorrow? Wanna escape your powerless domicile? How about white water rafting? The plan-o-rama folks at Professionals in the City are getting together a trip to Harper’s Ferry for Sunday. “We’ll travel on two rivers through three states (Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia) on an unforgettable 2 to 4 1/2 hour invigorating trip (the [...]
More »Still in the Dark?
Pepco reports 16,000 residents remain without power, primarily in Northwest and Northeast Washington DC, tree and power crews are in the field repairing lines. Good luck! This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »Noodles in No Man’s Land
“There’s something about the Hong Kong Film Festival that always makes me want noodles afterwards,” my friend Gina sighed, tossing her anime red hair. Indeed, even though last night’s showing of “Dragonblade” was a CGI fantasy, they still managed to work in the obligatory scene of a guy eating noodles… So we headed over to [...]
More »Barry needs a drink
No, really, ex-Mayor for Life, Marion S. Barry needs a drink. A tall cool glass of beer + lime + ice to quench his thirst. Otherwise, he’s gonna be in Greater Southeast all weekend and miss the fun that comes with being a Ward 8 Council member. Ya know what, I might just call him [...]
More »BORF not busted?!
Apparently, BORF wasn’t busted last week. No, he says he’s free and at large & here’s your chance to meet him: Tomorrow, Saturday July 23rdMEET BORF at Dupont Circle Meet at 4pm in Dupont Circle for a celebration and discussion of public art, graffiti and vandalism. There will be sidewalk chalk, stencil cutting materials, free [...]
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