Archive for December, 2005

2006 St Paddy’s Day 10K

Heads-up DC Runners!
Rgistration is now open for the St. Patrick’s Day 10K 2006 race, scheduled for Sunday, March 12. And, as incentive to enter, they’re are offering a special discount to runners who register by midnight: the registration fee is $20 now (just $18 for ChampionChip owners!), and will go to $25 January 1 [...]

Red Rover, Red Rover

Since my job is half sales and half recruiting, I spend a lot of time out of the office, trying to visit people, build relationships, get to know clients and prospects, etc. One of the things the company encourages us to do if we can’t get someone to set up an appointment with us [...]

F-ing DC signage

I freely admit that I have no sense of direction. None. My ability to get lost is the subject of epic poems. In a former life, I was an Israelite wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, or a member of Odysseus’ crew. Whatever primal part of the human brain most [...]

Waiting for the 36% off sale

While the latest Housing Market Analysis conducted by National City Corp says Naples, Florida is the most overvalued of all housing markets in the United States, don’t think DC is far behind.
Using thier analysis, Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV is 36.2% overvalued. That means those $300,000 condos going like hotcakes should be selling for $200K. Sound [...]

Get your pods cheap!

That’s right, and we’re not talking iPods here, we’re talking the AquaPod Nano-Aquarium System which is on sale at Wally’s Aquarium. Like I’ve said before I like Wally’s for their great service, and now they have the Pod on sale for $175.
Get it now & get it quick. For fish, or even better, [...]

Escargot

Last month I spent a hypnotic afternoon at the Hirshhorn and was struck by palimpsest’s ravenous snails. Alas, in just four days those cabbages they are mindlessly devouring will be their last supper. Under the deal the museum struck with the USDA in order to display the exhibit, the snails will not survive their brush [...]

Auld Lang… Whatever

New Year’s Eve is fast approaching. I think it
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Edmund and Leo – DC Guineas

Hello everyone, our names are Edmund and Leo, and we’re 9-month-old guinea pigs. We’re currently living in a foster home in NW DC, but need to find a permanent home, and we’re writing to ask if anyone in Adams Morgan would like to adopt us. Our feet don’t work well on computer keyboards, but [...]

Cougars in the house

Now this is a Merry Christmas – I come back from two weeks in Lebanon to find a cougar in my inbox. Yep, a Mom 47 years young, is hunting for boy toys. Her profile might say she’s looking for 35-52, but I’m not (yet) 35 and she’s scratching around my profile, [...]

And the sordid license plate wars continue…

I didn’t think it could get worse, but it has. Live journal writer Kalephunk has gotten a new vanity plate, though calling it that seems very very wrong. The ‘bukakke’ plate was apparently pulled – will this get yanked as well, I wonder, or is it okay to merely make reference to the infamous gross-out [...]

Escape from the Sunshine State

Well, I’m back.
I don’t really have much else to say, I suppose, except that after a week in Florida I’m so relieved to be back in DC. Now don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed hanging out with my parents and all the accompanying perks of reverting to childhood like eating all the chocolate and cheese [...]

drinkin’ the hatorade…

James of why.i.hate.dc is moving to Seattle!
Goodbye James. We’ll miss your entertaining bitchiness, but hope you decide to unleash on Seattle after all. And hey, if you love Seattle, maybe you’ll need another outlet?
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Battle Royale at 2B

We have two second basemen who are quality players: Jose Vidro (3 time All-Star). Alfonso Soriano (4 time All-Star, 1 time All-Star MVP). The problem is, only one of them can start on any given day. Now, both of them have objected to moving from second. Ever wise David Pinto [...]

Curtains for Independence?

Flyer Talk thinks that DC-based Independence Air may be on their way out:
Furlough Notices Have Been Received at Independence Air
Final disposition is pending the outcome of the auction next week of course, but it sure looks like they’re going to sell just a few pieces of the airline and shut down.
A thread at ACA-LOUNGE.COM, a [...]

Courts Strike Down DC Prescription Drugs Pricing Policy

The Federal Judiciary struck down a DC Law enacted this year designed to help limit the cost of prescription drugs to a percentage above foreign wholesale costs. This, of course, is against that whole federal patent law thing, not to mention the very important interstate commerce clause of that pesky US Constitution. There’s [...]

Metrobus and You

I can’t tell you how many nights I’ve spent standing at Pentagon’s Bus Metrobus Depot waiting for the 7E, only to get on a crowded bus with seat pitches so shallow you’d think they were meant for midgets. The routes for the District apparently still follow the same routes that the old DC Streetcar [...]

Happy HanaChristmaKwanzakhah!

Tannenbaum

Originally uploaded by tjbax.

Merry Christmas, Christmas-celebrating DC-ites! And Happy Hannukhah, Hannukhah-celebrating DC-ites!
We’ll see you when we wake up from our holiday food comas, and when I tear myself away from Tom’s gift to me- A PS2 and Katamari Damacy. I am mesmerized.
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The Official DC Metblogs “Oh Crap It’s Christmas Eve I Need A Cool Gift” Guide

Well, that’s right, it’s coming up on 1pm on Christmas Eve and you still need to get working on your gifts. We’re here to help. The following suggestions are just a few places you might be able to score a sweet, unique, cool and local gift before the morning.
Cathedral Gift Shop
One [...]

Thankfully they move slower than a whirlwind

Dad being a hobbyist pilot, it’s rare I visit home in Miami and don’t get an on-high view of the city and this trip is no different. Rather than the red-barrel ceramic tile that’s so common in South Florida, however, I saw many swaths of blue – a fairly uncommon roof color under normal circumstances. [...]

The most wonderful time of the year…

Llori Stein of Falls Church is featured in the Post today for having, um, garish Christmas lights up on her balcony. The photo is pretty impressive, but I’m sure some of you can do better.
Who’s got the ugly* Christmas lights in your neighborhood?
*“Ugly” should not be construed to mean that I’m against massive displays [...]