Ahhhh, just soak it in — warm days, Dogwood blooming, pollen a dustin’ and all around the city, the sap is rising:
Alas, for the poor dears – not as many this year as in years past because, you know, it’s *expensive* coming to DC and what with the economy and all, mom and dad just couldn’t spring for a spring break trip to DC this year…
Much has been going within and outside the household these past several weeks – and that explains a lot of the paucity of posts of late. Foremost amongst these was the passing of my wife’s father, a Korean War vet, railroad worker and longtime sufferer of Alzheimer’s. Word to the wise — if you haven’t…
So Scribe – just how much fun was it swapping out formats, diddling with php and css while making those "minor" changes to the new theme? Let’s let Daffy do the talking:
…or “Lex visits the Flight Doc for his Annual Physical“ (sorry – too hard to resist…) …and since we can take as well as we give here’s equal time for a rejoinder: … as the Scribe will get his “in the end”… as it were…
“DON’T SMILE” (sign spotted at a Manassas, VA DMV): As part of the DMV’s effort to develop super-secure driver’s licenses and foolproof identification cards, the agency has issued a smile ban, directing customers to adopt a “neutral expression” in their portraits, thereby extinguishing whatever happiness comes with finally hearing one’s number called. “It’s weird that…
… and other Beltway phenomena aptly defined:
