Archive for March, 2010

Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day 2010 is today

Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day is today — find a location near you.
Yes, it is earlier this year. Participating stores are serving 12-8 p.m.
Ben & Jerry’s, free cone day, ice cream
©MMX William F. Yurasko

The Frank Herzog roast

Tabloids double up on BIG LEAST

Isn’t it though?
It was almost worse too, Villanova needed overtime and refs to beat Robert Morris. Penn State CRUSHED Bobby Mo this season. It is always fun when Notre Dame loses too. I don’t have much of an opening on Georgetown, other than Penn State fans were out cheering at Verizon Center for a good [...]

Snowmageddon’s last stand

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — We are over five weeks past Snowmaggedon and there remains just a few reminders of it, like this snow pile below a parking lot. In my condo complex in Alexandria, the snow finally went away for good on Monday. I thought for sure we’d have more left over, but I’m not [...]

When I first saw that headline, I though it was about the Nats

Washington apologizes for cocaine use – mlb.comBecause it would explain a lot about how things have gone down in D.C. since May 2006. Had things been done correctly (Bowden, Marketing, etc.)maybe the Nats wouldn’t be stopping to such desperate measures to sell season ticket packages (Econ Tricks).
©MMX William F. Yurasko

Thomas Boswell chat 03.28.2010; More Elijah Dukes reaction

Ask Boswell: Nats Spring Training, Stephen Strasburg, Caps and more – The Post“Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell will be online Thursday, March 18 at 11:00 a.m. ET to take your questions about the NCAA Tournament, March Madness, Nationals Spring Training, Stephen Strasburg’s early success, the rest of Major League Baseball, the Caps and his [...]

Nats shadow GM StrongBad did not approve of Dukes

“The Nationals were on the field running through pre-game drills, outfielders shagging, infielders taking grounders, others preparing to hit, etc., and he strolled in from right field where the outfielders were working and sat down in the dugout.
He was the only player to excuse himself from pre-game drills and then began a good-natured but profanity-filled [...]

Nats: I can’t wait to ask Stephen Strasburg about playing with Elijah Dukes. Wait, what?!

Washington Nationals pitching phenom in waiting Stephen Strasburg is chatting in a few minutes on nationals.com. I can’t wait to ask him about how he’s getting along with RF Elijah Dukes. Oh wait, what’s that you say, Dukes was unconditionally released (Nats Insider)? A “baseball decision” of course. Okay, I am sure it is not [...]

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!

I’m never more proud of my Irish heritage than when I see this video.
©MMX William F. Yurasko

I’m thinking of swtiching to WordPress, but I have questions

Since Blogger is going to stop supporting FTP account blogs like this one on May 1, I need content management solution. I’m leaning in the direction of WordPress.
Some questions:

If I import my existing Blogger content is there a way to get WordPress to retain the same URLs.
If WordPress cannot retain the same URLs, should I [...]

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