I'm still busy with settling in and trying to unpack so here's an artist I heard in this area a few months ago. I'm planning on going to keep an eye out for future concerts of hers. She is definitely worth supporting.
HO HO HO
It’s that special time of year again, for the Manassas Christmas Parade.
In fact, the parade will be 64 years old tomorrow. Santa arrived via VRE and the Manassas Christmas tree has been lit. Time to roll!
It begins at 10 o’clock am and travels the [...]
A game to make you think.
[...]I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, but this is an honest to god Washington Post correction:
A Nov. 26 article in the District edition of Local Living incorrectly said a Public Enemy song declared 9/11 a joke. The song refers to 911, the emergency phone number.
Really.
Update: I think [...]
Hey, do you beat the shit out your girlfriend, and then drag her through the lobby of your apartment building? Cool. Then you, too, can vote to protect the sanctity of marriage in NY.
(And also, you pathetic Democrats? You better not lift a finger to reelect him.)
[...]Wayne Turnage, chief of staff to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, is a finalist to take on that same role in the Office of the President at Virginia Commonwealth University.
According to a notice sent out by the school, “one finalist has been invited back to VCU for further interviews,“ and [...]
Finally, some good news:
WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since the recession began. The better-than-expected job figures are a rare note of encouraging news for the labor market.
Still, the respite may be temporary. Many economists [...]
I received the following email from someone who is heavily involved in Virginia Democratic politics. I thought it was worth passing along:
The Virginia Tech Massacre in April, 2007 was the worst campus shooting in American history. More information continues to be unveiled still, even after more than 2 years. The state official report now has been revised to show that some members of the response team warned their [...]
Read this sentence and tell me why you should not be reading it:Lawyer games can be amusing (as long as you are safely on the sidelines). Yesterday a creditor attorney in Front Royal dinged Tareq Salahi, of White House party crasher infamy, for his wrist watch as payment for an unpaid lawn care bill.
*Special* Legal Tip From The Weed: If you are [...]
As Today’s column explains, Roanoke has just won the right to condemn a property on behalf of a company that says it doesn’t even want it.
Postscript: Atty. Gen-elect Ken Cuccinelli and other lawmakers are not pleased:
“It points out the need that we have more [...]
Boudreauxism of the Day:
3 December 2009
Editor, New York Daily News
Dear Editor:
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is upset that Adidas will shift its manufacturing of National Basketball Association jerseys from New York to Thailand, and he menacingly calls upon the N.B.A. to terminate its contract with Adidas (“Sen. Schumer rips Adidas for [...]
Swiped from another blog, an event for “concerned” citizens to voice their support for higher premiums and lower quality health care. Will candles be held by the gathered libs as they stand strong for another trillion or so in spending? I hope those in attendance know all [...]
Tertium Quids looks at what Virginia's senators are thinking and doing about the health care reform debate. [...] Cries of “we have no money” from the state ring hollow when I drive by the old Harrisonburg High School and see a gross, frivolous use of tax payer money for ball fields. Say what you want about stimulating the economy, but those fields will never produce anything of value [...]
Google Street View fails on so many levels here...
A different take on cap and trade...
Honestly, you would think that the press secretary of the White House would have a little more tact than 
