Archive for December, 2007

Post-Christmas Sale to beat all other Post-Christmas Sales

Did you really screw up with the gift you got your wife/husband/sister/brother/boss/secretary/mistress/masseur/milkman/gym buddy and now you need to make it right? Need a New Year’s gift for that special someone? Look no further.
From Craigslist:
GIANT HUGE 12 1/2 foot CHILE PEPPER “you never seen this” trade
This pepper is 12 1/2 foot long and 46in wide, sits [...]

MBDC Grinch of 2007: Roy Pearson

He lost his pants, and then he lost his composure, but neither of those things got Roy Pearson $67 million. What it did get him was a sizable chunk legal fees, and, of course, the coveted spot as Metroblogging DC’s Grinch of the Year. Pearson, if you were living under a rock this [...]

Lazy-Ass Christmas Pandas

We don’t ask for much from these guys. All we want is for them to be cute, eat excess bamboo and maybe salute when we walk by, or at least look alive. Sleeping on the job is one thing, but it looks like somebody spiked this guy’s eggnog. I suppose if there’s ever a day [...]

Can poop get you laid?

Well, it may not be as good as oysters for hitting it with that special someone, but some people apparently think dog poop is as good as an aphrodisiac. Check out this Craigslist ad, in which a woman wants to ask out the guy who fell in her dog’s freshly made crap pile. If that’s [...]

Vote for DC’s Grinch of the Year!

Thanks everyone for the great nominations for the 2007 Grinch of the Year! Here’s the promised poll, I’m sorry it’s late, but we’ll keep the voting up until Wednesday next. One vote per IP address, but if you get shut out or the poll doesn’t work, please put something in the Comments and [...]

Pogues to Add Second DC Show

With tickets for the first show gone almost before they went on sale, the 9:30 Club has said there will be a second show with the Pogues. This from their Concert Schedule: “3/9 Pogues tickets are sold out. Tickets for a second Pogues show will go on sale soon. Please email list_serve@930.com to receive [...]

Fire at the Old Executive Office Building

A fire broke out in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building beside the White House this morning, apparently from bad wiring in a closet near the VP’s ceremonial office. The structure remains intact, firefighters have been on the scene, the fire is under control, and all building occupants have been evacuated. The EEOB has been undergoing [...]

Abstract DC

I’m always impressed when a local photographer finds a way to show one of our beloved monuments in a new way or with a new light. Flickr user jtnhogs does just that with this photo taken behind the Lincoln Memorial. Captured at dusk, the sky is still blue, setting up a great rule [...]

You Can Have Our Freedom, But You’ll Never Take Away Our POSTMARK!

Back of Registered Cover From the U. S. Navy

Originally uploaded by Bob On Maui.

After all the foofaraw about the Postmark last week, it’s nice to see some action about the problem. Delegate Holmes-Norton and Postmaster Moore figured out that this really was pretty stupid to have [...]

In recognition of your initiatiative here’s your suspension

image courtesy of Epc

Today’s Washington Post reports (on page 4??) that Lt. Gerald Burton, a DC firefighter, has been dealt a two day suspension without pay for putting out a fire.
I’m trying to keep an open mind about this and consider the possible reasons this could be a valid disciplinary action. [...]

DC’s Best Wine Bar

I believe that you like a restaurant or bar based partially on the quality of its food and/or drink, but also based on the experience you had there. Did you propose to your fiancée at The Inn at Little Washington? No doubt you’ll always have a fond place in your heart for that [...]

Emergency Stop

After a windy Sunday spent shopping for giftable DC novelties at the Smithsonian museum stores and around Gallery Place/Chinatown, my wife and I headed into the Metro station to head home and rest our feet. As we descended towards the Red Line level, I noticed two teenage girls walking around the mezzanine escalators. Then, with [...]

Hurry, Dammit!

As the wind whips my neighborhood’s remaining foliage into a gusty frenzy, sullying the just-cleaned grass, it seems that everything is rushing toward the holidays. My clients are calling with last-minute jobs that I enjoy, trying to sprint their way to week-long lull that exists between Christmas and New Year’s. Friday seems to [...]

Cold Rain

Sorry to those of you who were holding out hope that the upcoming winter weather warning would bring snow; the weatherfolk are quite clear that it will be just rain, perhaps starting as freezing rain tonight. I was just out at Cleveland Park and there was a light misty sprinkle, but that was it. [...]

Random

As I sat in my car, top down, enjoying being only slightly cool in a t-shirt, the person on the radio talked about a winter storm watch for tomorrow morning.
I love our crazy weather.
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
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New National Wrote Thank You to HGH Dealer on Stadium Stationery

Ah, Paul Lo Duca. Welcome to Washington. Please, please, don’t make the same mistake you made in LA:

Yeah, you thanked your HGH dealer on Dodger Stadium Stationery. That was great. I know, my mom always told me to send thank you notes to folks who helped me out, and I certainly [...]

WMATA Bumps Fares Come January

The governing body has approved a fare hike that will raise Metro fares by up to $0.60 per trip, parking by $0.75 per day and bus fares by $0.10. The fare hike is designed to prevent a $110M shortfall predicted in next year’s budget. Here’s how the fare problems break out:
The new [...]

The juicer list is out and about

With the Mitchell report out today everyone’s looking to see which of their (least) favorite players are showing up on it and who of their local teams are there, past or present. The Nationals have gotten off light, with only former players Jose Guillen and Mike Stanton listed. The team owned by our favorite [...]

OLPC Learning Club Meetup on December 18

Time to local mesh XO’s
Are you stalking UPS drivers with geek-lust for your G1G1 laptop? Do you want to mesh network with other First Day Donors right here in Washington DC? Then be sure to join a group I am starting: OLPC Learning Club – DC.
It is a local group of XO laptop [...]

Smells Like Tuna, But No Fish on the Menu

Normally if I wrote that type of headline it would be some sort of metaphor. Not this time, my friends.
Yesterday I visited the Manna Market Juice Bar on Fairmont Ave. in Bethesda to try a different coffee source. Sometimes a guy just needs an afternoon cup of coffee, you know? When I went in, I [...]