Several people have asked me how they can help DC protect itself from the ravages of the current congress and administration. I have an idea.

DCist has an article about the current abortion law before congress. There's also a link to a "death with dignity" law with which congress is trying to interfere and, though there's no link, mention of a ( Read more... )

I have a snow drift on my balcony. I decided it was time to close the window.

We're getting the nearly 2" an hour that was promised. As of an hour ago, Capitol Hill had 16" of snow. This is getting interesting.

Crikey. People are saying, quoting a remark by David Simon, that "there are now two Americas ( Read more... )

First bit: Please go read ladyofastolat's post titled Of the Rings of PowerPoint and the Third Age. Everyone has been to the type of meeting she describes at the beginning ( Read more... )

So ( Read more... )

I'm fine. My evening commute was bollixed up, but I am absolutely fine.

One person is dead. Two are in critical condition. Another 81 people were affected badly enough to require a trip to the hospital. No one saw any flames, just smoke.

I feel pretty lucky.

And, thanks to eanja's generosity, I'll see many of you at Arisia.

I'm tired, y'all. The District of Columbia has a larger population than Wyoming. Wyoming has two Senators and a Representative in the House. They paid $3,828,379,000 in gross income tax for fiscal year 2012 (per Wikipedia. I know ( Read more... )

Guardian Obituary

New York Times Obituary

Washington Post on the DC Summer Jobs ProgramI met the man. I've shaken his hand. He kept a group of us waiting for over half an hour for a meeting he'd called. Once he was in the room, though, he was laser focused on the issue at hand, and he knew the facts of the matter. He had the knack for ( Read more... )

I voted. I'm still disappointed that "None of the Above" is not an option in some of these races.

I got to meet Dick Gregory! He was handing out literature for one of the At-Large council races ( Read more... )

The NTLive Frankenstein is being reshown on Halloween. I already have tickets for me, a work friend, and her teenaged daughter (Friend says I'm the daughter's real mother, she just carried her, because daughter and I have such similar outlooks.) I'm doing a happy dance in my seat ( Read more... )