So, here I am again. I got here a little bit before 4:00 yesterday, but didn’t much feel like tromping down to the Mall to see what was left of the Earth Day concert. Instead I watched the Coal Miner Memorial (was surprised at what a good reception Obama and Biden got; maybe there’s hope for this country after all). One of these days I have to stop at the Anthracite Museum on the way down. Then I walked over to Whole Foods (which was really, really crowded, and smelled kind of like piss) to buy some groceries since my room has a kitchen. It was too busy, so all I got was beer. Warm beer at that. Then I proceeded to turn the wrong way and wound up walking way out of my way, which wasn’t bad, other than it’s too damn hot down here. Between that and the six hour drive, my foot was killing me by the time I got back. Fortunately, my training thing is right across the street, so I don’t have far to walk to get there.
How did you get there?
I drove down. Felt very lonely when I got on the highway. Even felt bad when I left I-81 in Harrisburg. Most of PA had heavy fog. Kinda sucked. PA is a very thick state. It always seems like it takes forever to get through it – especially on the way home. I think of it as a neighbor, so when you go from MD to PA, you feel like you’re almost there. But you’re not. It’s, like three hours to NY, and another 90 minutes give or take to home. Only just got here, and I can’t wait to leave. I guess I’m just a homebody.
My lack of NE geography confused me a little. Naturally, I assumed all roads lead through NYC.
I did some time in the VA section of I-81 but was mostly an I-95 corridor guy. I love the DC but it might not be so much fun with a bad wheel. I would seek out one of those half-smoked things they are always talking about and a good crab cake. I’m sure you’re on a big time per diem so I’d go to Oceanaire for one even if it isn’t indigenous to the region. Hey, actually it might be soft shell crab season. I have to find out if that is the case since I am headed to NC in 2 weeks.
I like DC. It’s a nice place to walk if the weather cooperates. But, it’s a very hard place to eat. The choice is Burger King and its ilk or some fancy eatery where the food is sparse, expensive and seldom worth it. There is a section with reasonable and decent eating but as I have NO sense of direction or geography I cannot tell you where it is.
Usually, if I’m in DC, I’m either passing through or there to tell the gummint I’m not happy. I’ve been there when the number of demonstrators is nearing a million, only to find it hardly covered by the teevee news. Amazing that a couple of hundred , whining teabaggers get so much attention.
Glad to hear you’re walking PJ. Sounds like the foot is making some progress. Perhaps it will be just an awful memory by the time you get to see a doctor.
Imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to descend upon Washington DC and Northern Virginia, just a few miles from the Capitol and White House, armed with AK-47s, assorted handguns, and ammunition. And imagine that some of these protesters – the black protesters – spoke of the need for political revolution, and possibly even armed conflict in the event that laws they didn’t like were enforced by the government? Would these protesters — these black protesters with guns — be seen as brave defenders of the Second Amendment, or would they be viewed by most whites as a danger to the republic? What if they were Arab-Americans? Because, after all, that’s what happened recently when white gun enthusiasts descended upon the nation’s capital, arms in hand, and verbally announced their readiness to make war on the country’s political leaders if the need arose.
Imagine that white members of Congress, while walking to work, were surrounded by thousands of angry black people, one of whom proceeded to spit on one of those congressmen for not voting the way the black demonstrators desired. Would the protesters be seen as merely patriotic Americans voicing their opinions, or as an angry, potentially violent, and even insurrectionary mob? After all, this is what white Tea Party protesters did recently in Washington.
Imagine that a rap artist were to say, in reference to a white president: “He’s a piece of shit and I told him to suck on my machine gun.†Because that’s what rocker Ted Nugent said recently about President Obama.
http://cosmicnavellint.blogspot.com/2010/04/imagine-if-tea-party-was-black-tim-wise.html
50,000 lbs. :jason: That’s about 2,500 of those Kings ^
I was just thinking that it is almost Copper River salmon season as well as soft-shell crabs’.
DC lost all charm for me during the three months I lived here back in the Summer of 2006. I would walk around more, but my foot is really bothering me now. Since I have a kitchenette (fridge, sink, and microwave), my per diem is going to groceries and beer. On the bright side, Hop Devil at Whole Foods here is the same price it is at home.
It beats the dorm at Catholic U, at least.
eya travis, did i ever show you these?
back when i was skinny…
http://www3.telus.net/Art-Adventures/Boats%20We%27ve%20Built-Fishing/Yachts%20We%27ve%20Built-Fishing/When%20I%20Was%20Skinny.jpg
WTF with Maron and Robin Williams!
amazing riffs, funny, honest and totally enjoyable must listen stuff.
http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=608260
Thanks for the pic, Jim, and the Maron link. I forgot he still did that thing, WTF!
SJ, wherever you :bee: ,
My hawthorn tree is blowing up almost as much as my allergies and even though it is not very warm yet, there be
:bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee: :bee:
which hopefully means in a few months there will be
:parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot: :parrot:
I found my Wild Parrots DVD in the meantime. This year I need to get some of the berries off of the tree before the birds strip it.
I’m looking forward to the WTF with Robin Williams. I hope they talk a bit about the good old days in SF when they haunted the Other Cafe and The Holy City Zoo. Never saw Maron back then but I saw Robin a lot. Force of nature (and chemistry apparently). And very hairy!