Archive for April, 2007
District of Columbia-Maryland Disunion
Okay, what the hell is this “District of Columbia-Maryland Reunion Act“? Some crazy way to give us Congressional voting representation through congressional authority by returning us back to Maryland? And why is Wade Henderson, Executive Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights saying this to the House of Representatives: As the committee is aware, [...]
More »Comcast = Pwned
When latency began to spike at Murky this afternoon, I chalked it up to someone bit torrenting the latest episode of Drive, or something along those lines. When DNS stopped working, I figured it was the modem in need of a restart and since it was just after 5, I packed up for home. Imagine [...]
More »Video Clip of the Day
Eleanor Holmes Norton Putting Her Foot Squarely Down: This is a woman who firmly believes in the rights of the District. This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs Be the first to like. Like Unlike
More »Eleanor Holmes Norton Channelling Gandalf
Gandalf the Grey Originally uploaded by Dunechaser. Dreier: Will the gentlewoman yield? Holmes Norton: I will not yield, sir. The District of Columbia has spent 206 years yielding to people who would deny them the vote. I yield you no ground. Not during my time. You have had your say, and your say has been [...]
More »Encore Screening of “The Legend of Merv Conn”
From the Scottish Rite Web Site I saw this on the Scottish Rite homepage: “The Legend of Merv Conn,” a 50-minute documentary tribute to Conn’s remarkable life and work, debuted on February 18, 2007 at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring to a sold-out audience. Conn, a Silver Spring, Maryland resident and Scottish Rite [...]
More »U-Haul Washington DC Website Referral Rip Off
Are you moving? Do you want to use U-Haul, “your moving and storage resource” for a DC zip code change? Before you type in http://www.uhaul.com to make a moving truck reservation, go local. Go Google Maps for UHaul. Why? Because if you go to the main UHaul site, they will charge you a $5 service [...]
More »Circa du Soso
I’m a relative newcomer to DC, but never have I heard anyone say, “Boy, that Wrap Works was amazing! I’m sure going to miss it.” It was usually along the lines of, “Thank God Wrap Works is finally gone!” And lucky for us, it wasn’t replaced by some chain restaurant or coffee shop. Instead a [...]
More »Shooter Recorded Statement
There’s been a major development in the investigation down in Blacksburg. Apparently, Cho Seung-Hui recorded a statement and sent it to NBC in the intervening two hours between the first pair of shootings and the rampage in Norris Hall. The statement has been turned over to the FBI by NBC, and I’m really, really hopeful [...]
More »Ronnie Mervis hits the Blogosphere.
If you’ve ever spent any time listening to the radio in DC, you know of Ronnie Mervis, his brothers Zed and Kenny, and the diamond mines of South Africa. His commercials are hysterical and absolutely ubiquitous. And now, of course, he’s entered the blogosphere, featuring some incredible content on his blog about his time in [...]
More »Blacksburg Medical Examiner Not Giving Families Access
We’ve just been sent a few emails coming from one of the families of the victims in the Blacksburg Tragedy, apparently the medical examiner is refusing families access to the bodies of their children pending a full confirmation of the identities of the victims: John Doe (name changed to protect the innocent) has been calling [...]
More »Online memorials
photo originally by Alex Balan,modified by me The Washington Post today wrote about all the online outpourings of sorrow, however they haven’t really provided links to the postings of which they speak. College Candy has aggregated the (primarily Facebook) tribute pages and groups they know about and promised to keep adding to the list as [...]
More »Bus incident #236389
photo courtesy of Mick Why should the regular buses have all the fun? I don’t know if the driver was ‘altered’ in some way or if the bus lost brake power, but on its way to hitting this Georgetown U satellite building the Circ supposedly took out a parking meter and hit a parked van. [...]
More »USPS Address Change “Convenience Fee”
Are you, like me, moving across town this spring? Did you want to submit a change of address form to the Post Office, online? Yes, I too want to avoid the hassle of a post office visit to forward my mail, but guess what happens if you aim for convenience for both the post office [...]
More »A Nation Full of Rage
As I drove into town this morning to start my workday, I had the “pleasure” of listening to Tony Kornheiser froth at the mouth over gun control and how we needed a lot more of it. His anger was a palpable thing, you could feel it streaming out of the speakers, a hate-filled haze that [...]
More »Blackberry Stew….
Making Blackberry Jam Originally uploaded by purplespace. Some folks say I’m a blackberry addict. They might well be right, actually, as the damn thing has saved my ass a few times when I really needed to answer and send email in places I couldn’t normally do that. Anyhow, imagine my surprise to see that the [...]
More »Classy Move by Nationals
The Nationals tonight are sporting Virginia Tech maroon and burnt orange hats with the VT logo. Seriously, seriously classy tribute on behalf of the Nationals. Nicely done, guys. They’re interviewing the guy from the Sports Authority who brought the hats, they nearly didn’t get there, as the traffic today was apparently horrendous. This post appeared [...]
More »Virginia Tech finger pointing
photo courtesy of Chris Owens I started hearing the grumblings yesterday, but today the Monday morning quarterbacking is in full force, and covered here in this WaPo article. Putting aside the question of how we can expect to thoroughly examine a response this close to it, I’m not sure how I see I would have [...]
More »All We Need Are Fans
All We Need Are Fans Originally uploaded by tbridge. Hold your horses folks. Take a deep breath and have a seat. This news is just amazing. The Nats won last night. No really. They did. They beat the Braves 5-1 and rookie Matt Chico picked up his first victory. The really shocking part? It’s two [...]
More »Visible Panty Lines
Photo by DC Metroblogger Hello there crumpled panties, stripes of sexiness tossed aside. I see you here, discarded from the night before, and I wonder: How did you find your way to a sidewalk downtown? 17th, just of K Street. Was the night that good? That fun? That fast? And why are you still here, [...]
More »DC Marches on Washington…
Yesterday, while many of us were observing the aftermath of an atrocity, thousands of supporters of the DC vote marched on the Capitol despite lousy weather. It won’t be an easy fight, though. While the current bill is likely to pass the House with a significant majority, the Senate is a wholly separate matter. There’s [...]
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