Celebrity Death Watch: Jayne Meadows was an actress, most famous for having been married to Steve Allen. Suzanne Crough played the youngest member of The Partridge Family. Jack Ely mumble-sang "Louie Louie" with The Kingsmen. Ben E. King sang "Stand By Me." Jean Nidetch founded Weight Watchers, inflicting untold damage on American women.

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Eastern Cities Compared: In my comparison of NY and DC, I forgot to mention that ads in the NY subway system are for financial counseling or drug treatment, while ads in the DC metro tend to be for fighter jets.

Rationalization for Levitation: I had promised myself that if I finished in the top half in the crossword tournament, I would give myself ( Read more... )

I'm not quite taking the "what I said I'd write about" in order. But here are some quick observations about New York vs. Washington ( Read more... )

I love lists. I make my own lists all the time, from the grand (e.g. My Life List to the mundane (my daily to-do list in my planner, lists of books to read, lists of restaurants to try ( Read more... )

Since the weather was nice out, I walked to the Georgetown University Hospital from the Rosslyn metro, instead of taking the shuttle bus this morning. It's a pleasant walk with just one very steep block (on 35th between M and Prospect). I do admit to a preference for modern smoothly paved sidewalks over the Georgetown bricks, but the architecture ( Read more... )

Last night when I left the office, I noticed a couple of sculptures of airplanes had suddenly appeared on my way to the metro. There was one at the corner of 18th and Bell Street and another right outside the Crystal City metro station ( Read more... )

There was an article in the Washington Post yesterday that had to do with several towns in Montgomery County (Maryland suburbs of D.C.) putting in sidewalks. Apparently, residents are not entirely happy about this. It amazed me that there were people who said they bought places in their neighborhoods specifically because they didn't have ( Read more... )