‘Observations’ Archive

Observations XVI: Apparently their beige hearts no longer bleed with neutrality

It would figure that two days after my brother officially quit blogging, Switzerland would invade Liechtenstein. He warned us about the threat of Swiss tyranny hiding under the guise of neutrality.
Congratulations to Dan Steinberg of DC Sports Bog on the arrival of his daughter. It figures it would happen now, just as I have posted [...]

Observations XVI: Bread, milk, toilet paper!

I love the panic that overcomes this area when snow is forecast. I know it is ultimately embarrassing, but it is still a lot of fun.
I like that it snowed here on the days pitchers and catchers report. It seems appropriate. I think it snowed last year, too.
Is it just me, or would Synchronisity II [...]

Observations XV: Scenes from a Mall

Aside from cutting through the food court at Pentagon City to get to the Metro, I spend very little time in malls. I did little Christmas shopping at Tysons Corner Center last week. I was successful, but reminded that even in one of the best malls in the country still suffers from the same problems [...]

Observations XIV: Was Bill Hicks ever wrong about music?

The last time I was in Pennsylvania I heard the song The Last Ten Years (Superman) by Kenny Rogers. He recaps all the problems of the last decade, along with some famous passings and all I could think about was why was Kenny Rogers the one who gets to write this song? Really, if a [...]

Observations XIII: Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos

The Democrats won Congress by not being the Republicans. If they believe that they have a mandate from the American public, they will lose power in 2008. I also think that fears from some Republicans about this being a major shift to the left are unfounded. I think the left will be more dissapointed with [...]

Observations XII: You are looking live

A lot of people hate — HATE Brent Musburger; I think Hunter S. Thompson wanted to strangle him with his bare hands, but never got around to it. That being said, I think I am immune from truly hating Musburger because his weekly announcement “YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE…” at the beginning of The NFL Today [...]

Observations XI: Moltar would be pleased

Most Washingtonians think WTOP has the best traffic reports in the afternoon, but I disagree. Why? DC101 has the CHiPs theme playing while they tell me about backups, so they win.
Blogger has been acting up over the lunch hour, making it difficult to post. Also, when are they going to get around to making Blogger [...]

Observations X: Ten, ten, ten, everything, everything, everything

Is it just me or is lending a DVD of Office Space to your boss just a bit contradictory to the spirit of the movie?
My brother alerted me to this ABCNews.com story about Germans concerned about the infusion of English words into the common vocabulary. He notes that “why is it every time I hear [...]

Observations IX: Nine, nine, cause I lost count

I was hoping to get this up before I went down the Shore, but I wound up working late at the end of the week hence the delay.
Kimberly Jones, the former CDT Penn State football for the beat writer is now the baseball equivalent of a sideline reporter for YES Network. Does this mean we [...]

Observations VIII: Eight, eight I forgot what eight was for

When we went to Uptown for Superman Returns I was suprised to see that the Cleveland Park McDonald’s had closed. I cannot think of any other McDonald’s (other than the “Express-concept” locations from the ’90s) that had closed. I was even more surprised when I read (in a Sietsema chat, I think) that it had [...]

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