William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Penn State, Redskins, greater DC , travel, more

Welcome to my Web site, thanks for visiting. I am William F. Yurasko and this is where I blog about things that interest me. Frequent topics include:

• Washington Nationals – I have been blogging about the Nats since before the arrived. My first post about D.C. baseball on this blog was April 9, 2004 (though I mentioned D.C baseball as far back as 2000 on the predecessor of this blog). A great deal of my Nats content, from the time they were relocating from Montréal, has been an executive news summary style link aggregation of daily headlines with commentary. I also recap Nats games and other events and include photography.
• Penn State – As a 1999 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, I spent a lot of time thinking about and following my alma mater, especially the Nittany Lions football team. I don’t get up there like I used to, but I am still keeping an eye on campus and State College.
• Washington Capitals – D.C.’s hockey team is my second favorite local team. Back when they were still wearing those stupid black uniforms, I made it out to half-a-dozen games a year. Now, it is more like one.
• BeltwayLand – That is my nickname for the greater Washington D.C. area. I blog about stuff around D.C., Northern Virginia and even Maryland to some extent. I’ve been here since the peanut farmer was at 1600 and grew up in Vienna, before moving to Pentagon City, Arlington and now Alexandria.
• Food & Drink – From time to time we get create in the kitchen or grill and I blog about it. More often I seem to be blogging about restaurants I have eaten at locally and elsewhere. People really like it when I blog about “exotic” fast food joints that are not in the D.C. area. I also talk about beverages now and then.
• Other places – In my travels (remember them?) I have spent a lot of time in my native New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and elsewhere. I am very much a Northeast Corridor guy. I miss traveling.
• New York Yankees – They are my AL team; my grandfather was born and raised on 161th Street in the South Bronx (same street as both Yankee Stadiums) and my mother worked for them during the end of the Mickey Mantle era. For the record, I am Swiss in games between the Nats and Yankees.
• Yale – The old man went there, so I keep an eye on it, especially the football team.
• Other D.C. teams – I blog about the Redskins and the NFL occasionally and recently aligned my NFL allegiance to the Redskins. I am pretty ambivalent about them, but occasionally have something to say. I am even more ambivalent about D.C. United and the Wizards, but enjoy attending their games.
• Transportation — Ever since I was a little kid I have enjoyed reading road maps and highways in general. I also blog about trains and subways, especially the new Silver Line metro being built along the Dulles corridor.
• Blogging/WWW – I am new media professional specializing in content management and avid blogger, so I am always interested in what is new and exciting in the field. Note that I do not represent the views of my employer (whoever they may be)/

I used to use Blogger as my content management system, but in May 2010 I switched to WordPress. I should have done it much sooner.

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