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Happy Bird
This made my day:
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On the Tea Party Protests
I noted the irony at the time that the Tea Partiers used the Metro when they came to DC, but little did I know how deep it ran: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/09/16/tea-party-protesters-protest-dc-metro-service/
My new home city often gets overrun by extremists of one ilk or another, but I noticed one upside. The money they spent here helps ( Read more... ) -
On the healthcare debate
Link to AAG's post on unforeseen disasters.
http://aagblog.com/2009/09/08/deserving/
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You know, I must be just spoiled plum through in D.C.: the average education level of the people around me is pretty high, and people kinda know what to do with the brains they've spent so long cultivating. I mean, to overhear a woman making arguments that, um, completely undermine the spirit of the Declaration of Independence, but also gleaning ( Read more... ) -
Very small post
French is much harder than Japanese. It makes my jaw hurt, trying to get my tongue in the right places for all those strange vowels.
I spilled hot water all over my hand at lunch, but it seems to have come right.
Wow, well, look at that. It's 12:30. Bed for me. -
Yay, traffic circles.
Everyone in Johnson City, TN should read this: Why traffic circles are a good idea.
"...but a larger question here is whether people who cannot manage to merge at low speed into a counter-clockwise circle and, yes, perhaps even change lanes in that circle, before finding the correct exit should actually be holding licenses that enable them to ( Read more... )