Now you have another option for reading material on the metro! I just noticed this today but the premier issue is dated May 5th. Bit o’ Lit “provides a selection of top fiction and non-fiction excerpts each issue, allowing you to sample and evaluate books on your own terms.” Ok, but I’m not sure on who’s terms I was evaluating books before…
So how is hay placed on top of grass beneficial? I’ve always wondered this…
You know Turkeys get a pretty bad rap besides Thanksgiving and all. I’m glad to see this homeowner celebrating the majesty of the great bird that we call the turkey.
I particularly like the rising sun in the background. And for some reason it is really fun to say ‘go home robot’.
I really do like this tree stump, it’s got character. I think it’s awesome that the folks built a fence around it. I suppose the fence may have been put up while the stump was a tree… But someone told me once that it is bad to leave stumps in the ground because they attract termites. Any truth to that? It really does look pretty cool though.
They have the images here. So the three finalists are Frederick Douglass, Duke Ellington and Benjamin Banneker. So who would you like to see on the back of the DC quarter? I vote for Duke Ellington!
I love this sign. It reminds me of a funny story from college. My senior year I lived with a bunch of degenerates but we were basically nice folks. Our (fellow student) neighbors, however, didn’t appreciate our loud music and general raucous lifestyles. So they would never say hello to us or even look us in the eye. But remember we were in college, college kids like to have fun or at least we did at The Miami University, Ohio. The neighbors would, however, frequently deposit there trash bags in our dumpster. So finally one night when they packed our dumpster I lost it and threw every single one of their bags on their lawn in a fit of rage. Ed. note: I’m a much better neighbor now, I swear. I was young and drunk you have to cut me a little slack. But from that day on, they never put a single garbage bag in our dumpster again. I’m just saying…
Check out the story “The Last Days of Christopher Savage, He flew into Dulles at 10 p.m. on April 15. He was found dead on his friend’s couch at 1 p.m. on April 19.” It is absolutely gripping. It tells the story of the man who was beaten in Adams Morgan and found dead the next morning. The story is far more complex than you may have thought. You can read it here.
It is very rare to find these cross walk signs that still say walk instead of the little man blinking. It’s good to see despite all the great development in Columbia Heights it can still rock old school.