From my hotel this week, I have an excellent view of all the active runways at National Airport. And the Amtrak line. And the metro. And the G-W Parkway. And some sailboats and stuff on the Potomac. It’d be like big vehicle heaven if I were a five year old boy; it’s still pretty cool […]

Here’s this morning’s playlist from the almost completely refilled 4Gb Sansa; A few familiar faces, but a bunch of new stuff into the mix, which is always welcome: “Close to Me” – The Cure “Our House” – Madness “I Still Pray” – Kasey Chambers w. Paul Kelly “It’s No Good” – Depesche Mode “Cyberpunks are […]

Look, Everybody, Colleen has documented her adventures hanging out outside of JTCC this morning/afternoon trying to catch a glimpse of Senator Obama! Here’s a cell phone photo of the campaign bus as it’s leaving the campus; If you were actually there, you could see the Senator waving from the window:

Senator Obama and Governer Kaine are doing an event this morning at John Tyler Community College; a small campus within a few minutes of my house. I won’t be home, but Colleen and the kids are planning on scoping out the area with some strategic lunch plans about the time said event lets out (which […]

I really don’t have much of anything to share with the world today, though it’s been a couple of days since I posted anything (other than a few tweets), so, here’s something. After last week’s constant “run the kid to camp every day” activities, which, among other things, proved that even a six year old […]

I grew up in small-town America in the 1980s. My parents divorced when I was fairly young. I qualified for the reduced-price lunch for a good chunk of my stint in public school. I worked my tail off in school, got into college, paid for thanks to student loans and part-time jobs. Again, I worked […]

some random thoughts for a Wednesday: ♦ – I discoverd this week that one member of the US House represents approximately 693,000 people. That’s a LOT of people for one congressman to answer to. For purposes of scale, consider the imperfect comparison to the UK House of Commons, were each MP (were they distributed by […]

in no particular order: Now, I’m a reasonably observant Catholic, but when stuff like this happens, I get really annoyed with the Church. Denying someone marriage because of the consequences of a disability feels all kinds of wrong. On the other hand, there’s news that makes me really happy, like the announcement that Barack Obama […]

Remember when I said this back in March? As was completely expected, McCain went there, is using Clinton’s “Commander-in-Chief” line to attack Obama. The McCain camp is going to come up with enough mud to sling on their own; there’s really no need to hand stuff to them. I really wish Clinton’s camp would have […]

It’s cool to sit here and watch Barack Obama acknowledge that he’s the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. This, my friends, is history being made. And my family can say we saw him back before he was such a big shot, stumping for Tim Kaine in Richmond in ’05. Here’s photographic […]