Alexandria Woman Killed In Abduction (2:26pm)

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) - Prince William County police say a woman has been abducted from a mall and killed in a car crash. Officials say 61-year-old Barbara Jean Bosworth of Alexandria was kidnapped Saturday afternoon from Springfield Mall by two men. The suspects forced her to use her ATM card at a ( Read more... )

So, Franklin will be doing a Guys with Yarn calendar this year. Order early, order often.,,

Drat. I wish I'd known about the Virginia Scottish Games a wee bit earlier...!

... at Dupont Circle last week, so I walked by this place on the way to Some Other Station. (Can't quite recall where I wound up, other than I was hot and fussy.)

Back in the olden days, when I was actually practicing law in D.C., I got my very first paycheck, and went to this very shoe store somewhere near Pennsylvania & 18th:


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They mowed the C&O Canal on Monday.
( Pics of the Mower, since it fascinates me. )

My ceilings aren't high enough to make my *own* tacky orange plastic cup chandelier. However, I can enjoy the one at the Kingstown Roy Rogers whenever I want. Yay, tacky orange things!

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Cool little site I just discovered: spotcrime.com

Example, Fairfax County.

The radio just played the unplugged version of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors".

I really needed that today.

The new DC parking system has now been implemented in front of my building, which houses a couple of law firms, a management firm, a small newspaper, and various other types who insist on accuracy in print. ( As a result, someone made Full Disclosure on one of the informational placards... )

Well, my alter-ego is now on Twitter. We'll see if it actually works to keep me on track and remembering stuff (and randomly annoying my friends, to boot). It seems to work well for those of you that use it, so I'm being lemminglike and joining in.