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Archive for May, 2005

deep throat is a sled

randomduck - May 31st, 2005 | Comments Off

Well, the cat’s out of the bag. We all know who Deep Throat is. Woodward confirmed, as did Bradlee. No comment from Redford or Hoffman.
Isn’t it kind of a letdown to know this stuff?
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the sound of meme

randomduck - May 31st, 2005 | Comments (2)

My friend Sam picked me as a baton recipient for the Great Internet Music Meme 2005. Given that music is such a huge part of my being, I relished the chance to run with this challenge.
I used this as a short opportunity to examine my own personal musical anthropology.
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workout log: 29 may 2005

randomduck - May 29th, 2005 | Comments Off

Activity: road cycling
Location: DC to Herndon (Custis, W&OD, 4 Mile Run and Mt. Vernon Trails)
Distance: 55.2 mi. (occasionally hilly)
Duration: 3:30
Weather: sunny and breezy, 78 degrees
Max HR (bursts): 180 (beats in 10 seconds x 6)
Avg HR: 160
Type: aerobic
Nice ride on a beautiful afternoon. The headwind going out to Herndon was sometimes testy, but it was [...]

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keillor at the trap

randomduck - May 29th, 2005 | Comments Off

Went to see A Prairie Home Companion out at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. It was great fun, and brought me back many years.
I used to listen to APHC a lot when I was in junior high and high school - basically until Garrison Keillor took a break from [...]

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my $0.02: dc mayor’s race

randomduck - May 28th, 2005 | Comments Off

Just a quickie: it’s far too soon to commit to supporting any candidate for the 2006 mayoral election here in DC. Of course, there are quite a few Democrats considering a run for this coveted - yet amazingly powerless - office, including current councilmen Adrian Fenty, Vincent Orange, Jack Evans, Councilwoman Linda Cropp, and [...]

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the rfk scoreboard issue

randomduck - May 28th, 2005 | Comments Off

Andrew Clem mentioned the most troubling aspect of RFK Stadium: the lack of truly useful scoreboards, pointing to a poll at District of Baseball that shows a majority of users supporting such an improvement. Andrew suggests that some of the outfield wall be converted for such use.
I can’t argue with that, though there are [...]

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