Tag: DC is Weird yo
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A Necessary Evil: Summer Sweaters
It’s mid-May and I am sitting in my home office, sipping hot tea, wearing fuzzy house slippers and a summer sweater over a button up shirt. That’s right: a summer sweater. Growing up in West Texas, I never understood the concept of a summer sweater. Sure, I’d see them all the time in catalogs like…
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This Town Might Have a Dead Body Problem
Hey, who likes to hear about dead bodies? Or maybe I should say, “near misses with floating dead bodies?” I mean, who doesn’t, amiright? I realize this is a pretty abrupt manner in which to get started back into blogging. BUT, as a die-hard murderino (SSDGM, MFM crew), I have to post about this crazy,…
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Friday Links: Shutdown Protest Edition
So let’s just have a little quick recap of this week, shall we? My sweet love petal XFE is out of town and my insomnia is in full force. I showed up a week early for a dental cleaning (they declined my offer to go ahead and just do it. They also didn’t appreciate it…
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RIP: Unknown Search Terms
What a week, huh? Kray up here in tha DC, y’all, what with the government shutdown and all the crazy effects of that — veterans storming World War II memorials, DC metro saying it will run fewer train cars, and, worst of all, no panda cam at the National Zoo. Then there was that whole…
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(Some of the) Laws in Virginia are Bleeping Stupid
Ugh, so apparently we have to move. It’s all very unfortunate because we love our little house, and our adorable neighborhood and we live just a block from Trader Joe’s, which has always been my main aspiration in life. And, I’ve just figured out where to stand on my neighborhood metro platform to place myself…
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Bare Legs in Winter. Why?
Excuse me, miss. Yes, you, the young lady in the puffer coat on the corner, shivering away on this damp, drizzly, cold morning. You seem like a smart young thing on her way to work, hair: neat and in place; makeup: appropriate; professionally dressed (with the possible exception of the puffer jacket which I think…
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Freaky Friday: Bagel Heads, Ghosts, Attack Owls
It’s been a bit of an odd Friday around here. For example, I was trapped at a work-related event for a large portion of the afternoon and when I returned to my own floor at around 2:30, no one was around. It was actually pretty creepy. Just empty chairs in every office and cube. Even…
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Don’t Be That Guy: Metro Edition
It’s finally summertime in Washington DC and therefore, it’s time to partake in a season ritual known as “complain about metro.” (There’s even a whole blog about it) Don’t get me wrong….this is a sport that can be played year round. It’s just that it becomes especially strident when the town is (a) incredibly muggy…
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Dave Hester Better Stay Away from My Plants
You know what chaps my hide? I mean, besides plant vandalism, of which I was a victim this week. Not even sure that sentence is properly constructed. Anyway, I’ll get to the real point of my post in just a second, but first I want to yell for a minute about the lame thugs of…