So – mix 6+ inches of rainfall in less than 24 hours with a major thoroughfare and ground already soaked from another heavy rain 48 hours ago and…
voila’ instant NoVa traffic mess. Just a couple blocks from YHS’ humble abode. Estimates to repair – “maybe a week or two” allows Virginia DOT, which being the VDOT we all love and adore *cough* translates to probably about the same time the Dems and Repubs sit down on the Hill together and sing Kumbaya…
Some thoughts and wishes on the cusp of the New Year: Blog direction: Have taken the downtime during the holiday interregnum to map out some new directions. There are ample commentaries re. the war in Iraq and the ongoing GWOT (or GWAT if one prefers). Adding my 2-pence worth would be but another pebble in…
Turn around and you’re two, turn around and you’re four, Turn around, you’re a young boy going out of my door So. Some events are supposed to make one feel – older? Graduations, children moving along and the like. Yet, curiously some of us feel – energized, excited at the prospect of watching fledglings take…
(BBC – 6 Oct 08)Â China cancels US military contact: China has cancelled military and diplomatic exchanges with the US in protest at a $6.5bn deal to supply Taiwan with arms, US officials say. A number of senior level visits and military-to-military exchanges due before November would not go ahead, the US defence department said….
Follow-up
Yes folks – the VAW/VRC Memorial Scholarship Fund is still available for contributions through CFC — just takes a little digging. The CFC number for the Scholarship Fund is –35747 Please consider giving this year! w/r, SJS
… can be hazardous to one’s financial health Found the following whilst running research for a future article: For Sale: $195,000 (museum quality restoration)
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