Arriving Somewhere

Back on Memorial Day I visited the Washington, DC World War Memorial. This memorial is rather unique in DC as it is the only one on The Mall that is dedicated to local interests. The memorial is dedicated to Washingtonians who served in the Great War. The memorial itself can only be [...]

So, I’m sitting at College Perk - my favorite coffee house in the DC area - doing some homework, and a girl walks by with Stratego tucked under her arm. Awesome. On the wall opposite me is a framed print that says NOSTALGIA and has pictures of various 1980’s pop culture items [...]

I started riding the bus to work again. Yeah for public transportation! Boo to the guy sitting behind me on the way home who’s Nextel phone makes the bus sound like an arcade. And within days of beginning my twice-daily bus ride I caught a nasty cold. When I think about [...]

DC Council member Marion Barry provides an endless source of entertainment. Here’s a picture of a poster I saw on U Street back in February - when he was in trouble for not paying his taxes AND testing positive for marijuana and cocaine.
Free DC! *** Free Barry!

Don’t worry, he didn’t go to jail.
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At 8:39am, while I was driving to work this morning I received a text message from Alert DC that read:
The threat level on all domestic flights has risen to code orange in the United States, due to arrest made in th
In the what? I never received the rest of the message. A few [...]

Sure, he owes one quarter of a million dollars in taxes and tested positive for marijauna and cocaine but he’s Marion Barry… so, he can get away with anything!
Barry Sentenced to Three Years of Probation
Barry was supposed to be sentenced last month, but that hearing was postponed because he had not filed paperwork with the [...]

This is awesome. It is fairly common knowledge that residents of the District of Columbia have only one non-voting senator and no representation in congress. Hence the “No taxation without representation” motto you will find on DC licence plates.
What you may not know is that three other U.S. territories have the same amount [...]

Today I discovered a service that everyone who lives in the DC area should know about. Roam Secure is a company that provides a means for local emergency alerts to be distributed to subscribers via text messages and email. This is a way to receive real-time information concerning emergencies, weather, transportation, utilities and [...]

Tonight I will see Porcupine Tree play at the 9:30 Club! I am so stoked, these guys are definitely one of my favorite bands. Its a shame they don’t enjoy more exposure, but I suppose my rock-snob sensibilities appreciate that… no, just kidding. I wish nothing but success for them!
If you haven’t [...]

Last Thursday Africa Action held a demonstration at the White House to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Bush Administration declaring that genocide was ongoing in Darfur, Sudan - and to call on them to do something about it. I myself was unable to attend since I couldn’t miss work, but I was there [...]