Kudos to the six D.C. Council members who introduced the “Big Box Store Amendment of 2005″ (a PDF of the amendment can be found here). In a nutshell, this bill will ban the construction or development of any “big box store” larger than 80,000 square feet. Ostensibly, this is aimed at keeping retail predators (read: …
It’s somewhat bittersweet that Lance Armstrong will hang up his competitive cycling career at the end of July, after the Tour de France. It’s sad that we won’t see him leading the “blue train” (or, now that Discovery Channel has taken the reins, the “blue/white/yellow train”), and that we won’t see what could’ve been had …
For the past few years, I’ve gotten a kick out of the pictures posted at AirlineMeals.net. The pictures and descriptions there are some deadpan and fun, and you always can find something you’ve had on a plane flight over the years. Some of the reviews are priceless, such as this one for a breakfast meal …
