So I was poking around on the Fairfax County Democrats website and discovered a list of three ballot questions that would attempt to amend the Virginia Constitution. This is news to me, I have been well aware of the hateful Marshall/Newman Amendment that strips away protections for domestic partners who are not married and writes […]
Today was a good day. I went to the Prince William County Democratic Caucus to vote for Sharon Pandak, but arrived to late to get certified to vote, damned traffic along I-66 and PWC Parkway. Sharon Pandak won by a wide margin anyway, all but two districts (Gainesville and Woodbridge went for Gary Friedman). Now […]
Wow – exactly what I suspected, but could not bring myself to believe: The LJ user thisficklemob writes about the timing of the UK liquid bomb scare: http://community.livejournal.com/liberalrage/348778.html Remember folks, toothpaste and bottled water are not the threat here.
The more Jeffrey Feldman I read, the more and more I like what he writes. He has an excellent article about why the Lamont victory is so important for American democracy. It’s not about the war. It’s not about any referendum on President Bush. Please don’t believe the spin that has been accepted by the […]
Less than 5 miles from my house, a horrible hate crime was committed against a gay couple new to the area. It is a shame this has happened, a shame on all Virginians. We are quickly becoming the laughing stock of the nation with our crazy legislature more interested in what happens in your bedroom […]
Last night Erci was finally in the mood for a film, so we sat down to watch Cidade de Deus (aka: City of God) which has been on our to be seen pile from Netflix for months (eeks; not enough time for movies!?). In a word: Wow! Warning: this film is not for minors in […]
I am very excited about the new, fully Aqua enabled, NeoOffice coming soon. This is a Java-free (in other words: it may actually work reliably, use little memory, and be fast) completely open source solution to the ongoing problem of reading proprietary/non-standard file formats (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint) that people insist on sending […]
It’s Wednesday, August 2nd; it’s 97F outside (106 heat index) with 50% humidity. We are in the middle of the heat wave (in the D.C. area). I sure am grateful for the pool in the backyard now, though to be honest is has not been that refreshing lately (water is 86-90F). Please be careful out […]
Does anyone out there have VOIP phone experience? I am looking to talk to someone about how mobile a VOIP setup is. I am wondering how easy and reliable it would be to temporarily set up VOIP phones in our house (which has Comcast cable modems, but no local telephone service) for a conference call […]
Yikes! Local news channels are all predicting that today, tomorrow, and Thursday will have peak temperatures of 99 or 100 F, with heat index of over 110 for the greater Washington DC area. Icky, sticky. This is one of the reasons we moved out to the woods where we could have a pool and be […]
