Craig has started an interesting discussion about the legality and ethics of those campaign signs that popup every year (sometimes twice a year for primary elections) and always seem to take too long after an election to disappear. He cited the portions of the state legal code (33.1-369) that apply here in Virginia, we think… […]
I just got back from a fundraiser for Sharon Pandak hosted by Beth and Bruce Roemmelt. Food was very good, the people were awesome, Sam (the Airedale Terrier) was his usual curious self, and Sharon spoke eloquently about the issues she expects the board of county supervisors will face. The Washington Post got it right; […]
Subject says it! Today was gorgeous. Cool, clear air, lots of sunshine, clean smell to the air. Perfect day to meet neighbors and do a little more bicycle canvassing for the Commonwealth Coalition’s Vote NO campaign on my recumbent. I went out early this afternoon and came in only when it got a bit dusk […]
Erci and I love aquariums. We have several of aquariums in our home, we visit aquarium stores wherever we travel, and we make semi-regular trips just to visit big public aquariums to learn more about marine life and enjoy the beauty of coral reefs. We just learned about a new (well, relatively new) big public […]
I have not been following this race very closely because I have not lived in New York since I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1984. I voted absentee for several elections while I was overseas, but gradually lost touch with what was happening there despite my mom’s best efforts to keep me informed. […]
I have always been a Squirrel Nut Zippers fan, they make some great swing and quickstep music. I just discovered they are good at adapting their music to meet the needs of the day with “Have You Had Enough?” It takes a minute to get to the words of the song, but you’ll like it. […]
The Monarch Butterfly Migration this year is supposed to be one of the most dramatic in living memory. I am not sure what factors go into making more Monarchs, but it is lovely to behold. I can’t get out to Cape May, NJ this weekend, but if you can you should try to. The sight […]
Please read this very thought provoking posting on Live Journal by someone called Brithistorian. Thanks to winterbadger for pointing it out. There is this swirl of a perfect storm of ideas coming into my head right now as I simultaneously read “Lies My Teacher Told Me” (particularly about the 50 year rise of racism in […]
The weather was so nice that I had to get out on my recumbent to canvass the neighborhood for the Commonwealth Coalition some more. It was a bittersweet day of canvassing. Friday, before heading to York, PA for a wedding I placed “popsicle” yard signs on my own property: one for Judy Feder, and one […]
Friday night Erci and I got into a caravan with Stacey, ‘Gelca, Mike, and Joan to head up to York, Pennsylvania for the weekend. We started out with a great Italian dinner at Domani in Ashburn; distributed FRS radios and headed for York via US 15, I-70, the Baltimore Betlway, then I-83. Some of us […]
