Well, the cat’s out of the bag: Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified to a federal grand jury that he had been “authorized” by Cheney and other White House “superiors” in the summer of 2003 to disclose classified information to journalists to defend the Bush administration’s use of …
Just a few quick thoughts about the Grammy Awards: I’m not disappointed by U2′s five wins. In all honesty, while How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb was not their best album ever, it was still quite a bit better than a lot of the other nominees. Since NARAS tends to skew on the conservative side …
Two completely unrelated things…. sorta. Y’see, there’s construction going on at my office, three floors up from my basement desk. During this time, there’s been a lot of ruckus (whole walls torn out, for example), as well as a lot of wholesale propping of twin-sets of fire doors. Somehow, during all of this, some mice …
So the DC Council Linda Cropp decided to salvage the stadium lease deal, after all: The dramatic about-face came at 12:40 this morning after the council added its own price cap to the lease, limiting the District’s spending to $611 million for the project along the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington. With the cap in …
I figured I’d lump these two together, just to be tidy. U: UNCUT Presents… (June 2004) – Various Artists V: Live At The Village Vanguard – Chucho Valdés W: Defying Gravity – Cheryl Wheeler An eclectic mix from the UK two nights ago, followed by some intoxicating, Latin-infused jazz piano mastery to start yesterday evening. …
Well, the stadium lease deal for the Nats is dead – for now. Tonight, the DC Council voted 8-5 to reject the latest version of a stadium financing deal. And, of course, people are talking about it. A Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher laments the developments in his blog. I posted a reply, as a …
Thus far: Great: Bud Light’s “Magic Fridge” Disney’s “I’m Going To Disneyland” Good: Dove’s “Self Esteem Fund” Bud Light’s “Office Scavenger Hunt” Ford’s “Bein’ Green” Sprint’s “Crime Deterrent” United’s “A Child’s Dream” Toyota’s “For Your Future” Awful: Cadillac’s “Escalade on the Runway” Seriously, the Cadillac ad is indicative of everything that’s wrong with U.S. automakers: …
Just watched the singing of the national anthem at the Super Bowl, and I had to laugh: Horatio Sanz nailed the delivery of Aaron Neville on last night’s episode of SNL. In fact, I’d almost argue that Sanz did Neville better than Neville did Neville.
Activity: road cycling Location: Washington, DC (Dupont Circle and Hains Point) Distance: 17.2 miles Duration: 1:09 Weather: mostly cloudy and windy, 42 degrees Avg HR: 148 (est.) Type: aerobic A nice afternoon ride, doing laps at Hains Point. The headwind on the backside of each lap was fierce: a steady 10-15 wind coming from the …
A rainy Saturday – not what the weather punks were forecasting last night, that’s for sure. Oh, well – means we get some music listening today. We also finished the first “lap” of CD Playback 2006. S: Still On The Journey – Sweet Honey In The Rock T: Eye To The Telescope – KT Tunstall …
