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Went to see Land Of The Dead with Elitist John tonight - nothing like a zombie horror flick on a hot, sticky summer day. The film was classic George A. Romero - formulaic, yes, but well-crafted and entertaining. While I’m no afficionado of the horror genre, it was pretty good.
The one thing that [...]

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Short thoughts:

Rumsfeld is on Meet The Press, continuing his lies and distortions about Iraq and the “war on terra.”
At the same time, Gen. Abazaid is on Face The Nation, giving a much more “straight dope” and sobering assessment of the real situation on the ground in Iraq.
There is a lot of chatter these days about [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle to Glen Echo, MD
Distance: 15.6 miles
Duration: 0:49
Weather: far too humid, 73 degrees
Avg HR: 160 (est.)
Type: aerobic
An early morning ride to try and beat the heat and humidity. The weather in DC right now is ugly - one of few things that I dislike about the area. I loathe [...]

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The parks & rec league softball team I’ve joined has yet to play a game this year. Our first problem was people complaining of a pre-Memorial Day start date. Then the fields we were assigned (in West Potomac Park) were flooded out.
Now our opponent had to forfeit this week’s game (which [...]

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Kirstin Breitweiser is one of the most resilient people I’ve ever met. A widow of the World Trade Center disaster, she voted for Bush in 2000. However, after seeing BushCo completely misfire in the war on terror and the war in Iraq, she has developed into one of the Democrats’ biggest advocates. [...]

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A tip of the hat to Chad Cordero, who racked up his 24th save of the season tonight in the Nats’ 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
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