If any of you have waited until the last minute to do your taxes, you can probably relate to the wave panic that overcomes you when you realize that, not only do you not get a refund – you owe – but also that you don’t have your electronic filing pin from the IRS. You [...]
Posts Tagged ‘seriousface’
5 Jan
The New Starbucks Logo and the So-Called Death of RSS
The new logo? No. Thumbs down, Starbucks. And now for something completely unrelated: the so-called death of RSS. The argument that RSS is dead has been going on for a while now, but seems to really have popped back up again recently. Really, the argument should be aggregation vs. speed of sharing. But the [...]
16 Dec
Metro to do random bag searches (for real this time)
Remember a while back when WMATA said that everyone’s bags and whatever they were bringing into metro stations was subject to search? Well, they’re doing it again…or perhaps, actually doing it for the first time – or so they say. Two years ago, Metro announced that it was going to start random bag searches, but [...]
10 Dec
64 Bus Hits Car
About 45 minutes ago, the 64 bus, headed towards Federal Triangle, hit a small car in the bus lane off 11th St. The driver has yet to get out of the car, and it doesn’t look like a really high speed impact (I didn’t actually see it while it was occurring) but with something as [...]
8 Oct
Murder and the Dharma Initiative’s Arrival
While driving home last night, I saw some work being done on a power line by Dominion Power. However, driving past this on the parkway, I got a closer look and was able to see that it wasn’t work being done on the power lines – it was a news truck and it was broadcasting [...]
28 Jul
Light the Night Walk
To any of you who want like walking, fundraising and/or supporting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: “Join family, friends, coworkers and neighbors of all ages for Light the Night The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s annual walk and fundraising event to pay tribute and bring hope to those battling cancer. Walkers gather at twilight holding illuminated [...]
21 Jul
Top Secret America
If you live in or near DC and haven’t heard about this, you live under a rock. All political opinions from other blogs writing about this and their commentary regarding surveillance aside, the maps and the breakdown of the work is really fascinating.
5 Mar
Pentagon Shooting
UPDATE: Lower level bus bay at Pentagon is back up. Regional transit (anything that’s not Metro bus, basically) will still be at Pentagon City. Pentagon Metrorail station, Pentagon Transit Center reopen Metrobuses servicing lower level bus bays at Pentagon, other bus providers still at Pentagon City The Pentagon Metrorail station and the lower level of [...]
4 Feb
Attention All DC Metro Area Residents
* PANIC * PANIC * PANIC * SNOWPACOLPYSE 2 IS COMING THERE WILL BE NO MILK, BREAD, EGGS OR TOILET PAPER AT ANY GROCERY STORE ALSO NO SHOVELS OR KITTY LITTER. THAT IS ALL.
19 Jan
Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue in Haiti
The Military Times’ blog, Line of Sight, had a very interesting/relevant post today, particularly to residents of Fairfax County. The photo in the post, which shows part of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team, specifically shows the team performing a rescue operation in the Hotel Montana in Port au Prince. Charities that you [...]
