I am coming down with a cold. *cough, cough* This is the second year in a row that I have come down with something similar in early December, making me wonder if it is not sinus or allergy based specific to this area. Last week might have served as the unofficially beginning of Winter here, and it's about to get to the point that pea coats or ( Read more... )

Parts of my life are turning out rather well. Friends Meeting of Washington incorporated my suggestions/criticisms (written in an apparently well-distributed blog post) into a Query for the month of December. My vocal ministries are taken well. A personal desire to lead reform on behalf of unity and common purpose has found a home, finally. I ( Read more... )

Tomorrow evening Elisabeth's parents are coming to pick us up, whereby we will be driven to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where they live. I have never been to Pennsylvania before, so I'm looking forward to taking in a new state where I have never visited. The trip will last approximately four hours. I'm a bit nervous because the last time I met her ( Read more... )

How to Obtain Food Stamps in the District of Columbia1. Sit in line at the Food Stamp office nearest you and, while waiting, fill out a 12 page form ( Read more... )

I finally, finally got through to someone regarding food stamps yesterday on the phone. Apparently they have a significant backlog of cases to consider due to the awful state of the economy and the unemployment rate, so though my information was received the 29th of last month, the packet of information has barely been opened. What will happen ( Read more... )

Here is a summary of the past couple days.

1. I was hired as an intern for 21st Century Democrats, a PAC on the liberal Progressive end of the spectrum. As evidenced by the e-mail correspondence prior to the meeting, the interview was merely a formality. At first I will work two to three days a week (length of shift as yet unknown). The ( Read more... )

Today's meeting went much better. I sang the first verse and chorus of "Perfection" by Badfinger, which seemed appropriate. Before I stood up to sing I was literally praying for the strength to do it and that my voice would be strong and resonant. As it turned out, everything turned out the best way it possible could have. My voice projected ( Read more... )

The remnants of Hurricane Ida have given us what will be in total four whole days of winds and rain. My late morning walk to the gym is roughly a mile and a half, but the weather was so intolerable that I decided to take a bus instead. That is, of course, if the timing was better. As I stepped out onto the sidewalks of Wisconsin Avenue two ( Read more... )

Meeting was on the harrowing side today, I'm afraid.  In short, east coast unprogrammed Quakers believe that constructive criticism has no part in worship.  But I know now what not to do again, even if my intentions were noble.  I really don't feel like going through all of it again, but those who are curious to know the blow-by-blow can read the ( Read more... )

It took approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes to get to what turned out to be a five minute interview.  Every interview in the area aside from one has taken place somewhere in Northern Virginia, where the bus system is at times severely limited and the region itself clearly geared for those with automobiles.  It's possible to get back and forth, but ( Read more... )