Email of the Week
Toby’s oldest daughter (Evie, age 6) sent a mass email to all her friends yesterday. It made my day. Check it out:
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The Ways Cities Talk
A city speaks to you mostly by accident—in things you see through windows, in conversations you overhear. It’s not something you have to seek out, but something you can’t turn off. I just moved to a new city and i couldn’t agree more with this statement. Over the past 10 years, I’ve lived in Palo [...]
DC is dangerous!!
I’m thinking of a move to the West coast because DC is a just a bit too dangerous. There was an earthquake today at 1:30pm in NoVa that measured 1.8 on the ritcher scale. Article is here. Seriously i’ve got to get to LA to avoid these natural disasters
My new favorite radio station
I was always hearing from my friend Gum that there is this kickass radio station in Minneapolis called The Current. Living in DC, i never got into a station as they were all basically Clear Channel crap. Seriously all the channels in DC play a limited playlist of Top 40 or mainstream music. This is [...]
Newspapers, The Wire, Star Tribune, and the T-Wolves
Newspapers are on the way out. My friend Jules has been telling me this for years. I saw two more big pieces of evidence this week. First, i read the fantastic article in Esquire called “A Newspaper Can’t Love You Back” by David Simon, the creator of The Wire. The article is a tribute to [...]
So long Santana
About 7 years ago, there was a “Free Johan Santana” movement in Minnesota that wanted the Twins to move the young left-handed phenom into the starting rotation. After Santana spent the majority of four years in the bullpen and another half-season at Triple-A, the Twins finally gave him a permanent spot in the rotation to [...]
Patriots Perfect? Don't Talk to Me About iIT.
I am pretty sick of hearing about the Patriots, their quest to perfection and all that. I am forever destined to curse the entire Boston area for stealing all of the good Minnesotans. First is was David Ortiz and Doug Mientkiewicz going to the Red Sox, then it was Moroney going to the Pats and Kevin [...]
Cities of 2007
I was just reading these two blog (here and here) posts about where people have been this year. I thougtht i’d take a moment at look at my travels in ’07. Here’s what i did (below). Not too shabby. I hope to put some new cities on the list in ’08. Minneapolis, MN Chicago, IL [...]
D.C. Driver's License and MetroCard to merge
I just read this article which mentions that a new DMV program that would install SmarTrip chips into every new D.C. driver’s license and identification card beginning in October, 2008. This is sweet. Another card i won’t need to carry around in my wallet and hopefully it’ll get more people riding the metro.
drag racing on 17th street
Went to watch the queen’s last night. I’ve always heard about it but never made the trip. It’s quite a scene. Check out the good footage i got: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfKfReJukyo] PS: Why can’t you rotate video? Seems like it should be possible
