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Nice to see the McCain campaign is keeping it klassy! McCain's brother says N. Va. 'Communist country' By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER – 1 day ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain's brother made an apparent joke at a campaign rally this weekend that might not play well in...
Show us your favorite park. It's actually a toss-up between two parks, one of which was the location of M's marriage proposal. This is the other one: That's one view of a treacherous stretch of the Potomac from an overlook in Great Falls Park.
The power bill increase is the result of a 20 percent rate hike passed down from the Tennessee Valley Authority, which supplies power to parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. That's right! now that we are conserving our gas and staying home, we get...
This is a collection of things I have written that I think are at least half worth putting back up. Since last I did one of these, I have added two short stories and maybe ten other forms of writing. With 19 solid "Stories," 7 short fiction pieces, and over 25 others, I would like to think that what...
State Sanctioned I swipe my hand past the scanner. The mechanized box-- plugged into the wall, the wall into a grid, the grid into the network-- lights up from black. White light shines on my hand and a spinning gear whirs. With a click, the door opens. My door. To my house. Mine and everyone...
Whew! Barely under the wire on day 2 of blogging. I don't have much to say except that I have a great friend that has started a dog walking/sitting company here in Richmond, VA. She has been building up her business for some time and things are going great! If you live in the city of Richmond and...
It is pretty much impossible to get through life without a car so think about checking out Toyota Corolla Virginia. Toyota happens to be a great car and I have memories of the one the folks had when I was little. So if you're thinking about getting a Toyota you should go over and see what you can...
2008 Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader discusses the proposed Wall Street Bailout and his solutions. This is in response to a question asked by a student at the University of West Virginia, in Morgantown, on September 24, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.votenader.org
Not to be confused with the 3rd Annual Mibloggie Awards. Before I get into this, I have to tell you the milblog conference was a hugh success and everyone was very series about it. ;) Thanks to Matt at Blackfive for throwing one hell of a party at the Penthouse Club last Friday night. Yep, thats...
Adrian leaves for a show. As his hand drags the door behind him, I yell, "Hop the fence." Nara is the easiest place to get in for free. "It's my friends show," he reminds me, agitated at my lack of morals. Or something. The television screen blares drama, with its antiquated rabbit ears poking from...
Wow! What a road trip and I know I had fun cuz I feel like a truck ran over me... Here is a quick summary of what I encountered in three days: Visited States: North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Michigan. Number of miles: 1700 + Caches Visited: 34 Caches Found: 29 New Caches I placed:...
Fourth of July weekend.... What Fourth of July weekend? Well another road trip to Michigan from North Carolina is under my belt. Think that is about a dozen or so now but the important thing is daughter Amanda is back home. The weekend blew by like it was not even there and I currently feel like I...
The second half of Team HHB miss Amanda aka Geoness hit the 100 find mark. Not bad for someone who just started a couple of months ago. She has already attended several events and has taken on Difficulty 3 / Terrain 3 caches. Like the one at the FlashMob Flower Hill caches in North Carolina. Geoness...
DirecTV has added local HD programming in many markets during August, which include Augusta, Chattanooga, and Lincoln. Now, DirecTV has added local high-definition programming in Richmond DirecTV Adds Local HD Channels In Richmond-Petersburg
On September 9, 2008 at 12:31 AM after 20 hours of labor Miss Alison Elizabeth Flechtner made her grand entrance into the world via c-section. She weighed 7 pounds and was 18.5 inches long with blue eyes and a little bit of brown hair. Kurt and I might be slightly biased, but we think she is...
When we were in Hampton Roads, Virginia on vacation, we found mermaids all over the place.
Here I am at Doumar's Drive-In in Norfolk, Virginia. We enjoyed a five-day vacation in Hampton Roads area the first week of September, 2008. Doumar's has a man in his eighties who comes in each day to work the original, first waffle cone machine, which his great uncle invented. Of course, we just...
When I needed to get mah prints down for the Va State Fair... I had no clue who to go to. I thought, CVS? They print pictures. But then my husband mentioned the Ritz Camera place. I figured, sure. Why not? Well... lemme tell you something. Those people are amazingly sweet and kind and thoughtful. It...
There are times when I think that I've landed here, in a foreign land, without the tools or knowledge to sort things out while living among someone else's tribe. For example, I don't ever recall seeing anything like this at all growing up: CULPEPER -- Town Council is expected to decide at its...
THE BOTTOM LINE ON www.godfreyproperties.com / godfrey properties. They are slum lords in the area who pray on grad students, students, army JAG personnel, and anyone who will rent from them. The are bitter, shiftey, kaniving, theiving, property managers who try to get over on both the person they...
