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thudfactor on
August 10, 2006
Now this is cool — the Woodrow Wilson project folks are having an essay contest. Write the best essay about how the old Woodrow Wilson Bridge ruined your life, and you win the right to “throw the switch”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/09/AR2006080901881.html and begin its demolition.
Sadly, I don’t have a story myself. But I have friends who do. One spent several [...]
Posted in Diary
| Tagged Maryland, North Central Freeway, official web site, Virginia, Washington DC, Woodrow Wilson bridge
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By
thudfactor on
June 23, 2006
!http://static.flickr.com/27/50689507_7d0920dd06_m.jpg! I neglected this week to wish folks a happy Summer Solstice. This is always something of a bittersweet day for me, since — as the Solstice — it also marks the beginning of the long, slow descent into darkness.
While some pagans celebrate this day by dancing naked in ancient stone circles, Elf and I chose to mark it [...]
Posted in Diary
| Tagged Arlington, Hunt Weblog, Midsummer Day, Summer Solstice, Washington DC
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By
thudfactor on
October 8, 2005
Some time ago I deleted the “about me” page, primarily for technical reasons. For well over a year now I’ve been posting here with no “about me” page, but I think it’s time I had one. Just so you know who you’re talking to.
*Me:* I’m a thirty-something professional web developer. I work primarily with PHP and [...]
Posted in Diary
| Tagged Arlington, Bill Clinton, Blacksburg, Bristol, Capitol Building, Christian Church, Internet Web sites, Oracle, Pentagon, professional web developer, Virginia, Virginia High School, Virginia Tech, Washington DC
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By
thudfactor on
August 5, 2005
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Era of Small Government is over[1]. In the ongoing quest to rename everything in the Washington DC area after Ronald Reagan there’s a “new proposal”:http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=550621. Some Congressman from Texas wants to rename 16th Street Northwest[2] “Ronald Reagan Boulevard.” Of course, Washington DC taxpayers would have to pay for the [...]
Posted in What The...?!?
| Tagged Bill Frist, Evil Voice, GIF, National Airport, Pentagon, Reagan National Water Treatment Facility, Reagan Presidential Urinal Cake, Reagan Washington, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan Building, Ronald Reagan Defense Building, Ronald Reagan Memorial Cat Box, Ronald Reagan Washington Monument, Small government, Texas, Union Station, USD, Washington DC, Washington National Airport, White House
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By
thudfactor on
May 20, 2005
Rain’s coming down pretty hard here in Washington DC. There are few things quite so gloomy as white marble on an overcast day, but it does make the District the perfect place for “greyfaces”:http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/greyface.html.
Time again for the “Friday Random Ten”:http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2005/05/19/friday-random-ten-the-modem-got-shocked-in-the-thunderstorm-edition/:
# Broken Bed, “_James McMurtry_”:http://www.jamesmcmurtry.com/. From _Saint Mary of the Woods_, his most recent (and I think [...]
Posted in Art and Writing
| Tagged God Part II, James McMurtry, Kelly Willis, Mark Knopfler, mp3, Paul Simon, PUSA, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Stan Getz, United States of America, Washington DC
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