Some friends and I are concerned about some element of this being insensitive, perhaps the day-laborer stereotype; but I think that helps convey the point, and it adds irony in a sadistic way that the only person secure in their job is willing to work as a driver, and that says something about our Walmart […]
Bob and Liz took us to Silk Road Afghan Cuisine for dinner tonight, and it was excellent. Finally a place that fills the culinary gap left open when Bamyan in Herndon closed. Very good sit-down restaurant with a variety of excellent dishes. Highly recommended, it is located at Lansdowne Town Center, near Virginia route 7 […]
Herndon is getting really huge (~1.5″ each) flakes of light, fluffy, perfect for snowmen and snowballs, snow. It is coming down thick enough that I cannot see the other side of the toll road from my employer’s 7th floor plate glass windows that over look the toll road directly. A lunch time drive to one […]
It was a bad year for a re-match. My favorite local candidates: Roemmelt, Rishell, and Pandak all lost to incumbents in effectively re-matched elections from one and two years ago. I am still trying to figure out why, because in all three cases the losing candidate is clearly and demonstrably more able, more likeable, and […]
If you live and vote in Loudon county tomorrow – please consider writing in “John Flannery” for the office of Commonwealth Attorney for Loudon County. Earlier it looked like no one could challenge incumbent Jim Plowman, but CA Plowman has done a very unethical thing that has brought to light that he may be corrupt […]
I woke up to Newschannel 8 this morning with a start when I heard the words “Bull Run Mountain” in the same story with some sort of crime. I was too foggy headed at first, but that work me up because I live on Bull Run Mountain, so this story is very local. Once I […]
Waldo has been encouraging us to eat locally for some time, for both health and reduced carbon footprint, and liberalrage has shared an incredibly useful link for making that easier, no matter where you live. http://www.localharvest.org We’ve found that many local foods taste better, because rather than being selected for ease of transportation, they can […]
Since so many great people were canned in AOL’s irrational corporate action on Tuesday, we’ve been in a bit of shock at work, and remaining management is scrambling to figure out how to do the job with far less man-power (unlike previous layoffs, this one was random and hit many of the prime workers). I […]
Please Vote NO today I am a Prince William County resident, tax-payer, and voter. I am extremely concerned about today’s vote at the BOCS meeting. I am concerned about my taxes. I am concerned about unfunded obligations. I am concerned about racial profiling. I am concerned that we are cutting off our county’s opportunities for […]
Well – this evening sucks. I am hearing from people who are getting the “mandatory meeting at 9:30 tomorrow” emails and our assumption is that they are getting cut tomorrow. The scary thing is that many people in that list are absolutely critical and very much needed to get the job done. A second group […]
