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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — This weekend I took advantage of the free preview of the newest Maryland toll road, the Intercounty Connector (MD 200). The free preview continues through March 6.
I picked up the ICC near the current eastern end, MD 97 Georgia Avenue, north of Wheaton, though I could have done so at Norbeck [...]

Tomorrow, March 1, 2011, is National Pancake Day. Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler probably want you to know that IHOP is giving away a short stack of pancakes between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Find an IHOP near you — Virginia | D.C. | Maryland or use the store locater
IHOP asks for donations to the [...]

Mike Tyson, Page 2 talk pigeon racing – ESPN Page 2
Maybe because I grew up a few miles away from Tysons Corner and have been working there for a long time, I found it amusing that Mike Tyson calls his pigeon coop Tyson’s Corner. I learned this in reading UniWatch’s Paul Lukas interview with the [...]

In today’s latest Sunnytown column from Spring Training, Thomas Boswell noted an exchange between Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo and Jayson Werth (The Post). Rizzo told Werth that he “hated the expletive deleted Phillies” and Werth said “I hate the Phillies, too.” I took it for no more than staying on message, but Philly sports [...]

In which I take issue with the argument that only a slim majority of SS Ian Desmond’s 2010 errors resulting in runs scored means he wasn’t at times a defensive liability for the Washington Nationals.

Boeing wins $35 billion contract to supply new aerial refueling tankers – The Post
My commute just improved significantly — we don’t have to hear those awful commercials on WTOP anymore! One less thing I have to put up with just to get a traffic report every 10 minutes.

Apparently, Guido D’Elia did not like Penn State having the most elegant and finest uniforms in college football, so he made a change just so he could say that he did.

Some Washington Nationals videos for lunchtime viewing:
CSN Washington’s Kelli Johnson spoke to Ryan Zimmerman

Lindsay Czarniak talked to Mark Lerner, co-owner, about his “Strasburg therapy” but not shagging flies in the outfield:

I’m trying to stay off the Bryce Harper bandwagon until he gets to the big leagues, but here is what he and Jayson Werth had [...]

That didn’t take long…
Even though I don’t really follow the NBA and I was getting tired about hearing about Carmleo Anthony being traded from the Denver Nuggets. Anthony’s debut with New York Knickerbockers yielded a win and the same backpage headline on the NY Daily News and NY Post. I guess the latter gets credit [...]

National Chili Day means a free bowl of chili today, February 24, 2011, at Hard Times Cafe with any other purchase for dine-in customers.
They have locations throughout Virginia, Maryland and even one in Raleigh, N.C.