Pole-Hoggers
Date: 8/3/2005 Location: Orange Line, toward Vienna. Like a lascivious dancer, he hugged the pole. With beady eyes, he glanced at me while reading his Generic Bestseller Book. His whole body was langorously pressed against the length of the shiny metal bar standing next to him. The pole made a visible dent in his massive [...]
GW Parkway Stands For “Go Where?”
As I enter my fifth month of residency in this lovely District, I’ve grown to know and love the most vexing road this side of the Mississippi: the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Never mind that George Washington’s been dead long enough that we don’t need the word “Memorial” there anymore. GW Parkway is a lovely [...]
Watch Out For The Segways
According to this press release from WMATA’s site, the Metro Board of Directors has now approved Segways for use on Metro trains, but not Metrobuses. They will have a similar policy to bicycles – don’t bring them on the train during peak hours. Notice that WMATA has carefully cautioned you to step off them when [...]
The French-Fry Justice
I was scouring the blogosphere when I came across this delicious piece of news regarding our new Supreme Court nominee, John Roberts Jr. DCist reports that he was the justice on the Court of Appeals that upheld the conviction of Ansche Hedgepeth, 12. What did she do? She ate a french fry while riding the [...]
How To Pick A DPHH Location
So, you want to pick a location for the next DPHH? Excellent. You might be curious how I picked Kelley’s Irish Times for August’s DPHH. No, it wasn’t done by lot, darts, or the Electoral College. When the time comes to pick the next DPHH location, I must consider a few important factors. The first, [...]
Them Aisle Campers
Date: 5/15/2005 Location: Orange Line, toward Vienna. This will be my last entry for two weeks. I am going vacationing out West to visit family. For the curious I will be going to Washington State. That brings me to today’s topic. Them Aisle Campers. Have you ever noticed when you are on the metro the [...]
Tellyvision
Date: 5/11/2005 Location: Blue Line, toward Largo. I’m getting DirecTV installed today. So, tell me — cable TV or DirecTV? Do a HOT or NOT for me. Or throw me a random bone. It can even be something gross or funny. Hey, it can even be something mac related. Heck, you could even do a [...]
Upward Mobility
Date: 5/7/2005 Location: Orange Line, toward Vienna. An interesting topic came up at work some time ago. I keep my two co-workers (that I work closely with) in the loop about the AppleScripts that I do for various projects. Yesterday, I told one of them about a script I worked on at home, and she [...]
The Jerker
Date: 5/7/2005 Location: Orange Line, toward New Carollton. Today, I encountered a class of person on the Metro that I will henceforth call the “Jerker.” This is the type of person that sits there on the Metro seat next to you and moves their body in ways that you are not supposed to move. He [...]