tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93116182012-01-22T13:41:54.646-05:00I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.The Q Speakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07107840459778029879noreply@blogger.comBlogger6731100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9311618.post-64449417324892433272011-12-06T23:49:00.001-05:002011-12-06T23:53:22.053-05:00

Occupy DC - In the Capitol's Shadow 2, originally uploaded by theqspeaks. When I took my previous shot of the Capitol and the protest camp, I didn't have my long lens (see below in the comments). So, I came back a couple of weeks later armed with my 70-300mm. Didn't have as interesting of a sky, but I like the framing better. How do you think they compare? Apparently DCist.com liked this

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Had Veteran's Day off from work, so I figured I'd go check out the Occupy DC protests.  While I don't remotely agree with their politics, I'm fascinated by the phenomenon of "occupying" as a form of protest.  More after the break.  It's just not what you usually see in downtown DC.  The occupiers really have made McPherson Square their home, albeit a ramshackle temporary home.  The

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TEDx MidAtlantic 2011 was held on October 29, 2011 at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, DC. I was lucky enough to be invited shoot this great event. The day was filled with inspiring and provocative presentations, and I know all the 800 attendees left with their minds being sufficiently blown.  More after the jump. TEDx MidAtlantic celebrates the power of ideas to positively change the

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A couple of weeks ago, I went down to the National Gallery of Art to take some pictures of a cool light sculpture titled The Multiverse.  More after the jump. This installation by Leo Villareal features approximately 41,000 computer-programmed LED lights down its 200 foot length.  You can read more about it here and you see the rest of my pictures of this work on Flickr.

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My friends Erin and Justin asked me to take a few engagement photos for them. This is my first time doing something like this, but I think they came out looking pretty good.  More after the jump. Despite my bumbling and fumbling, they were pretty game for letting me pose them in silly positions all around the Capitol grounds.  Check out the whole set here.

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The Lincoln Memorial during Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally. Al Sharpton leads the way during his Reclaim the Dream march. A boy playing in the water. See more shots like this here.

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The green line train going through the U Street metro station.  More after the jump. Pretty vegan Easter cupcakes from Sticky Fingers Bakery. Flying without a net. Casting a long shadow. Some random bar scenes.

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I love how she's totally airborne.

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I also swung by the Tea Party protest over on the House side on Sunday.The Tea Party protest was much rowdier and much less organized than Saturday's anti-war rally.Compared to the anti-war rally, there were no mass-produced signs being passed out to everyone, there were no signs of "professional" activists or "community organizers," no staged photo ops, no charter buses bringing folks in from

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I took a bunch of pictures at the anti-war rally and march from this past Saturday down by the White House. Talk about a complete circus.You can see the rest of my photos from the rally and march on Flickr in my Faces of the Anti-War Movement photo set.

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Here are a few more of my photos from the Snowmageddon. Can't believe more snow is on the way in less than 24 hours.

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We Love DC has a collection of some great Snowmageddon photos, including this cool one.DSC_4765 by Ghost_Bear

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Here's a few shots from Snowmageddon 2010. I'll have more in the coming days.

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And while you're snowed in this weekend, take a break from college hoops and come check out my photos from last weekend's storm.

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I gotta admit, in retrospect I'm disappointed with my 2008 list, particularly the second two thirds of it. (All Nightmare Long at #10? Papa Roach? In Your Eyes?) It falls way short of my 2007 roundup, but I'm determined to raise the bar this year. Hell, I've got vampires, Jersey, pretty girls, and a Greek island. How could it not be better than last year? Without further ado, onto the

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On a gray, wet morning sixty five years ago today, over 200,000 brave souls took to the beaches of Normandy. In mankind's darkest hour, they were freedom's valiant torchbearers. History will never forget the sacrifices they made to ensure that our grand experiment called democracy would not fail. We must never forget that for all its strength and apparent durability, liberty needs to be

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Fascinating. Maybe I'm late to the party, but this is the first I've ever heard or seen anything about PostSecret. And it is oddly compelling and addicting. A lot of these are the sort of secrets that a person never says out loud to themselves, let alone to anyone else. Just fascinating.

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Here we go once again with my annual music list.  This time it's a little early; feel free to use it as a holiday shopping guide for your friends and family who have great taste in music. ;)  As always, these are the top songs that really got me going this year. As always, it's a frakking awesome list.  Is it going to be better than last year's epicness?  Let's find out. My Top 20 Songs from

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These are songs I'm listening to at the moment and can't understand why you're not. Tripled up for your pleasure.4.1 Stay Positive from Stay Positive by The Hold Steady4.2 Jealous Type from This Kind of Life by Olivia Mancini & The Housemates4.3 Sour Cherry from Midnight Boom by The Kills4.4 ...To Be Loved from The Paramour Sessions by Papa Roach4.5 No Dreams from I'll Follow You by Oakley

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Grandma's fruitcake, ugly Christmas sweaters, yet-to-be-unfulfilled resolutions, last minute regifting, and champagne hangovers? It must be the end of year, and y'all know what that means: Q's Best Songs of 2007 list! This isn't a list of the best music released in 2007, but rather a list of the songs that really got me going this year. And since I have such brilliant taste in music, I'm

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Last Thursday, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova performed as the The Swell Season at the 9:30 Club here in DC. Some of you may recognize Hansard as the frontman of the Irish band the Frames. Others will recognize him and Irglova as the stars of the phenomenal film Once that was the darling of Sundance. Either way, all you need to know is that together they put on a GREAT show. Intimate,

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A guy who knows a little bit about human rights and totalitarianism urges us not to ignore the future as we determine what can be done in the present to fix the mistakes of the past.No one can know for sure whether President Bush's "surge" of U.S. troops in Iraq will succeed. But those who believe that human rights should play a central role in international affairs should be doing everything in

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These are songs I'm listening to at the moment and can't understand why you're not. And yes, I'm cheating by doubling up and giving you ten instead of five. Sue me. 2.1 Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives from Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives EP by Voxtrot 2.2 Samson from Begin to Hope by Regina Spektor2.3 Gin & Milk from Waterloo to Anywhere by Dirty Pretty Things2.4 First Night from Boys

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The things you learn how to do when you're sick at home on a Saturday night, like how to embed a youtube playlist into a blog.Watch my music video playlist, I command thee!Oh, and the greatest game ever.

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Wine is good. Owning bottles of it makes me feel good. Drinking it makes me feel better. And with these two sites, I can buy better wine for less.Wines 'til Sold Out - One wine at a time, heavily discounted, until sold out. Pretty simple. And genius. RiotWine - A reasonably priced wine club, with interesting and modern picks.

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Really? I mean, what mother-in-law-to-be does this? Is anyone else creeped out by a woman who's Brazilian-ing her soon to be daughter-in-law so the underage girl can better schtup the woman's son? And the sister of the groom helps? And MTV is airing this? What is going on in the world? How many questions can I ask in one post? Won't someone give me the answers?

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These are songs I'm listening to at the moment and can't understand why you're not. 1. Friday Night, from Alright Still, by Lily Allen (youtube, also LDN acoustic live and the LDN video)2. Amy, from Heartbreaker, by Ryan Adams3. More Lights, from Demos at Dance Place, by Georgie James (right-click to save the mp3) (They'll be in LA, SF, and the ATL within the next month for those of you

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A couple of useful sites for shopping.The Bargainist - lots of internet sales and discountsUgenie - bundles books, movies, and music for the best dealsHow useful? How about 20% off the 2nd Gen iPod nanos? Or 40% off video iPods? Check it out.

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Bigger and better, the list returns. Instead of making a simple list of the songs I listened to the most this year or a feeble attempt at a "Best of 2006," I'm going to do a little of both. You're not going to find many Top 40 hits on this list, cause everyone's heard Crazy (which I'm not, wait for it, crazy about) and SexyBack and Promiscuous. Rather, here's a list of "the stuff I listened to

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DCist slams the DC Film Critics' choice of UNITED 93 as the best movie of the year. It must be hard out there for a Washington film critic. You've got big-city cinema dreams, but you're stuck in a town where politics is usually the order of the day. The number of people who turn to you as the last word in quality filmmaking is probably frustratingly small considering the size of the media market

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I know everyone was just dying to know what tracks were burning up my iTunes and iPod in 2005. Well, here they are.Top 11 Songs in 2005 (I couldn't quite get it to just 10)1. Tattoo, from Wanderlust, by Laura BurhennTattoo's the best song I found in 2005. Burhenn's vocals are lush and hypnotizing and her Wurlitzer is rich and full of character. Toss in great songwriting and you have my

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TigerHawk notes that the nuclear option compromise wasn't the disaster that so many GOPers wailed about back in May, which I might point out was what I said months ago. The Gang of 14 tied the hands of the Dems and two mainstream conservative justices will be appointed to the Supreme Court. You've even got Sen. Feinstein and lefty blogs confused about what to do next.See, no need for the

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What gets me to come out of retirement, if only ever so briefly? Why...the top 30 facts about Chuck Norris, obviously. (Caution: the following contains foul language and unseen roundhouse kicks of death)Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly

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Python Tries to Eat Alligator, ExplodesWhat does this have to do with anything? Could it be an analogy for the rift between GOP party loyalists and party idealists that I outlined in my penultimate post? Maybe, but probably not. To paraphrase (aka "steal from") Eddie Izzard, that's the end of my blog, and I do like to end things with a kind of "oh" feeling, and I think I've done that quite

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Well, I had hoped for this blog to last at least a year so I wouldn't be lumped in with the masses of blogs that start with a burst of energy and peter out within a year. Sadly, that is precisely what has happened, though not for lack of effort. When I started this site I was a different person with different views in a different city pursuing a different career. Much has changed and today my

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I so hope that the Dems keep trying to appropriate Republican tactics instead of trying to come up with their own. If the Washington Post keeps burying reports like this on page 7, maybe they will:Since Kerry's defeat, some Democrats have urged that the party adopt a political strategy more like one pursued by Bush and his senior adviser, Karl Rove -- which emphasized robust turnout of the party

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This website goes silent for sixteen days and what happens? The biggest single day of visits to my site. Go figure. I guess people really want to see pictures of Bronson Arroyo being unfaithful.You know, I don't get the internet sometimes. No, seriously. My internet connection isn't very stable. Plus, I don't understand the internet from time to time.Damn, that was a terrible joke. I'm

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The Q is sleeping. Hopefully he'll awake soon...

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After nearly 30 weeks in Washington DC, I finally found it. The Holy Grail. Good, cheap sushi. Correction, great sushi that is so cheap I feel like I committed a crime after I leave.$1 a piece sushi isn't supposed to be edible, let alone good. But at Kotobuki, that's precisely what you get. Damn good, fresh fish for $1 a piece or $1.75 for premium sushi like Toro, Yellowtail, or Scallop.

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A bunch of obsessed Boston fans keep coming to my site looking for pictures of Bronson Arroyo and some coed from Northeastern. In a sort of reverse Field of Blogs, if they come, he will post it.Here you go you crazy BoSox bastards. By the way, the Red Sox are the new Yankees, and I mean that in a bad way.

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As my roommate said, there are 2996 familes crying tonight.Almost 7000 Americans die every day, but no one will ever forget those 3000 who died senselessly that sunny September morning no matter how many days pass.

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First the Jazz, now the rest of New Orleans is following their old basketball team to Salt Lake City. Both the Jazz and N.O. diaspora both likely seemed out-of-place in their new digs, but hopefully the latter will be made to feel as at home and loved as the former.The NY Times has a good article about N.O. evacuees being "Uprooted and Scattered Far From the Familiar":Hurricane Katrina has

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You have to respect the role the entertainment industry has in a time of crisis like Hurricane Katrina. They provide much-needed moments of levity in a time of sadness and despair. Take for instance, Kanye West's absolutely hilarious and brilliant moment of live stand-up comedy. He was so funny, comedian Mike Myers was literally awed into silent respect for Kanye's genius. I know I about

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Junior was having such a good season. Moving up the ranks of the all-time home run list. Regaining a spot among the baseball elite. Bringing back that great smile and sweet swing to ballparks and fans across the country. Then comes the partial avulsion of his foot...i.e. "pulling part of a tendon of the bone." Brutal.Griffey wasn't just having a good season, he was having a historic one.

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Some quick hits from Drudge.Here are some before and after satellite images of New Orleans.LA Governor orders the total evacuation of New Orleans. N.O. uninhabitable for weeks, maybe months.Airports running out of jet fuel, many flights being cancelled. As if you hadn't noticed, gas prices are going up quickly.And in case you missed it, for some perspective, 800 pilgrims in Baghdad died

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I know this isn't a great time to ask this, but does anyone else think that New Orleans is simply done as a major urban center? I mean, this is a city that is underwater now and in better times is still below sea level. This won't be the last time that this happens if and when people return to the city. Sen. Vitter has already said that New Orleans will "absolutely" be rebuilt, but I agree

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Ever wonder what the White House looks like from where the Fourth Estate sits? Ever wonder if you're the only one who wants to smack the news-bot parading as Scott McClellan in the head until it actually says an unparsed sentence of English? I know I have. If you have too, then you absolutely have to read Cintra Wilson's snarky Salon piece on her time in the White House press corps and the

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Via Wonkette via Capital Weather comes the Political Teen with video. As John Cole says, the natives were restless today down in the Gulf. With good reason.

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And when he gets to Heaven,To Saint Peter he will tell:"Just another soldier reporting, Sir.I've served my time in Hell."

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Professor Bainbridge has a blistering attack on the President from a conservative viewpoint:It's time for us conservatives to face facts. George W. Bush has pissed away the conservative moment by pursuing a war of choice via policies that border on the criminally incompetent. We control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and (more-or-less) the judiciary for one of the few

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"Matsushita may start a price war among plasma-screen producers."Ooooh. Plasma TV's are only $3000 now! Of course, that's still more than I can afford, but I still love to hear that a price war is coming to the HDTV market.

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While he's even more of a baseball traditionalist than I am, I still think Bob Costas is the best TV personality in the sports business and easily one of the best sports journalists today. One more reason to love him, from DC Media Girl:Costas refuses to anchor the lastest installement of MWWTV..for the uninitiated, that’s "Missing White Woman TV". Good for him for refusing to pander:While some

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As an update to my previous post about my poker exploits, I'd just like to say that I'm clearly ready for the WSOP after winning $1.75 at the $100/$200 min/max buy-in no limit hold'em game at the Monte Carlo this week. I mean, that's a whopping 44 cents an hour. That's big time. Johnny Chan ain't got sh*t on me.

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I linked to a good piece on Cindy Sheehan earlier, but didn't really get a chance to comment on the whole thing. Look, I feel for her. She and her son gave the greatest sacrifice possible for this country and it is always an unnatural tragedy when a parent outlives a child. But Cindy Sheehan isn't just some mother looking for answers. She is an extreme radical looking to exploit the fact that

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Actually, it is the National Cathedral. Why am I posting this? Because it is my site, my picture, and I think it is snazzy. No Photoshop or post-editing. Just me, my camera, the cathedral, and some white-balance adjustment.

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As if Google Maps wasn't awesome enough (although I still find Yahoo Maps best for driving directions), now some guy named Paul has designed a kick-ass Gmap pedometer hack so that you can map out your running route and see exactly how long your route is. How cool is that?It is a little confusing at first, but once you get the hang of it, it is pretty cool. Turns out my walk to work is 0.9 miles

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I'll be honest. I'm not terribly interested in following the details of the apparent revolution in the Maldives. I couldn't even tell you where the Maldives are. (It is an island nation--which I knew--in the Indian Ocean southwest of the India.) But I am interested that a people are fighting against the yoke of tyranny for their freedom and liberty. That's a good thing wherever it happens,

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Wowza. That's the hotness. I can see all the Brazilian girls wearing this latest trend in sexy swimwear. The thong is SO 2004. The full length, head-covering swim suit is the new bikini.(Hat tip to Publis Pundit)

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Why Salma Hayek? Why not? Actually, I just couldn't bear the thought of this being at the top of my website for the next week or so.Salma looks so good even bitchy Heather and Jessica can't fug her.

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That's not a doll, folks, that's a real girl. (Hat tip to Mr. Big.) Can you say Village of the Damned?What kind of person does this to their child? Who thinks this is a good look for their kid? More importantly, who would pay $400 for these hideous pictures? I suppose people who want to win these crazy competitions.Pageant parents are f***ed up, yo.

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These reports come via the Drudge Report. Per AP, gas prices "soared" last week to $2.55 a gallon, a new record. Of course, even the AP report points out that gas in 1981 was over $3 a gallon after adjusting for inflation. That's not to say that $2.55 is good...just that it isn't the end of the world like so many chicken-little consumers seem to think."But Q, it takes $75 to fill my gas tank."

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Richard Viguerie at Redstate.org bashes the GOP gravy train:If you're a conservative who believes in limited government, lower taxes, and modest spending - you might be experiencing a serious case of buyer's remorse these days when you look at Republicans in Washington.The highway bill just passed by our Republican Congress (with the President's blessing), at $286.4 BILLION is the most expensive

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The Pentagon is spending money to have scientists work with the American Film Institute in hopes of them churning out some Hollywood-ready movie scripts that portray scientists and science in general in a more favorable, exciting light:Their work is being financed by the Air Force and the Army, but the Manhattan Project it ain't: the 15 scientists are being taught how to write and sell

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Because I don't have time to comment on them individually, here's a list of some interesting links to things I've read recently:Zero Tolerance Makes Zero Sense in WaPoNot a Job I Would Want by John Cole at Balloon JuiceReform may come quickly in Saudia Arabia according to Publius PunditÏnteresting tactic, though I'm not sure how consciously it is usedThe Cheap Exploitation Of People Like Cindy

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Alexandra Starr has a great piece in Slate about "the real reason American high-schoolers have such dismal test scores" -- it is not because they are stupid, but because they are lazy:You could conclude from these exams that American high-schoolers are ill-taught and ill-prepared for the competitive global economy. But what if you look at these tests like a capitalist rather than an educator?

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William Raspberry basically argues that John Roberts shouldn't be confirmed because Roberts has had too easy a life, because he was born into privilege, because success came too easily to Roberts. James Joyner has the correct rebuttal:I usually disagree with Raspberry but respect his fairminded approach to political analysis. This, though, strikes me as rather odd. Is he really arguing that

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Everyone knows steroids have unpleasant side-effects, but who knew enforcing drug bans also had undesireable consequences. Will Carroll, as always, with the med-head insight:If anyone believes that the USADA or WADA have controlled drug use in Olympic Sports, they’re sadly mistaken. Again and again, it’s been shown that athletes are willing to risk draconian penalties in return for athletic

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I look around the blogosphere and wonder how fairly new sites like Ms. Samantha Burns' Crazy Rants get more traffic than my site. In the Blogosphere Ecosystem, Ms. Burns is a Slithering Reptile. That might not sound very special, but it beats being a Flippery Fish, like myself. I decided to add a few links to blog indexes (which you can see above the blogroll on the left) to see if I can boost

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Ahh...how refreshing it was to be playing poker again. On business travel I this week I ended up having some free time late one night at a casino. I sat down for an hour and a half at a 3-6 hold 'em table and didn't lose a hand. Up $120, I left to grab some sushi for dinner with co-workers. You're not supposed to leave a table when you know you're a positive expectation player (and with the

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It is a long and not particularly easy read, but it is nonetheless one of the most powerful things I've read in recent months. Harry Jaffa of the Claremont Institute has as stinging attack on "the False Prophets of American Conservatism." Lest any libs get excited, this text (actually a speech given in 1998) urges a more historical and moral approach to Constitutional conservatism than what has

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Jason Whitlock has a good column where he suggests that there be a rule that no one from the opposite sex be allowed into locker rooms. Why are female reporters allowed into male locker rooms when men are banned from female ones? Why do we assume that women are somehow less sexual creatures and less likely to engage in inappropriate behavior when around a bunch of hunky naked guys? A rule that

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I don't mean to whine, but it IS my website and I'll cry if I want to. 78 games out of the year at RFK, I would have been THRILLED with how the Nats played Thursday night. Why oh why did they have to play so well in the ONE game against my beloved Dodgers that I happened to attend? How well? John Patterson (who I just traded away in my fantasy league and is a whole other kind of angst) is

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I started blogging late last year, long after people started doing it and right at the time it started to go mainstream. I've been late to the iPod party, just now getting my first iPod this week. A fifth(!) generation 60 gig color one. Now, almost a year after it hit the scene, I've listened to my first podcast. Granted, I'm not actually listening to a podcast at the moment so much as

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I don't have the time to completely breakdown how ridiculous Ezra Klein's post is, but suffice it to say it most definitely is ridiculous:The DLC puts out plans that'll win tomorrow's election. Clinton, indeed, is the perfect example. He won the 1996 race on a wave and miniscule proposals, all good examples of government doing positive things, but none that were remembered for more than a few

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So you're telling me that when Saenz doesn't play, Jason Phillips is going to get playing time at first base over, well, everyone else on the Dodgers roster? Over Hee Seop Choi, who Tracy simply hates. Choi's got the worst swing ever...but he's still a better hitter than Phillips, aesthetics be damned. 46 RBI or 663 OPS -- which do you think is more indicative of Phillips performance this year

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Interesting read from the New York Times on the trials and tribulations of trying the make the big leagues as an umpire. You think minor league ballplayers have it tough? Try being a minor league ump:There were also tense relations with Midland's manager, who had been tossed out of the game two nights before for arguing a balk call. "How are our social skills today?" he said to the umps when he

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Who knew that the most impressive website I've come across in recent months would be one about shoelaces? No, seriously, Ian's Shoelace Site kicks ass.I just got some hot new Allen Edmonds and needed to lace them. Anal as I am, I just had to make sure they were laced properly, so to the internet I went. I found Ian's site and it had exactly what I was looking for:As Ian calls it, the "straight

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When you went to RFK Stadium earlier this year and looked at the numbers on the outfield wall, you couldn't help but wonder why the ballpark played so huge when the dimensions seemed so typical. Turns out the measurements were wrong...really wrong:This week, two [Washington] Post reporters measured the distance to the wall in the left-center field power alley at RFK Stadium. Using a 300-foot

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You've got to be kidding:Ronny Turiaf was getting ready to make his pro basketball debut with the Los Angeles Lakers. He signed a contract last week. Then he took a team physical.Now the 22-year-old is preparing for surgery to keep him alive. Prospects of returning to the NBA are less than certain.How ridiculous is that? Thank God that he got drafted. Despite having been examined at the pre-NBA

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This is certainly the happy fun-times article from the New York Times:From the moment American troops crossed the border 28 months ago, the specter hanging over the American enterprise here has been that Iraq, freed from Mr. Hussein's tyranny, might prove to be so fractured - by politics and religion, by culture and geography, and by the suspicion and enmity sown by Mr. Hussein's years of

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An email I recently sent to my friends:http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/050720Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Is Simmons that ignorant of, well, everything? First off, league offensive levels have greatly fluctuated over the course of baseball's history. The 40s and 50s were a golden era of hitting while the 60s were the second coming of the dead ball era. We

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Only in Florida...that wacky, zany place (hat tip to Michael Graham):...Broward County schools...this year...posted a sign that demanded "no running" on the playground... Broward's "Rules of the Playground" signs, bought from an equipment catalogue and displayed at all 137 elementary schools in the district, are just one of several steps taken to cut down on injuries and the lawsuits they inspire

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As if the two bombings in London and the one in Eygpt weren't bad enough, it turns out that guy killed by the London police was totally innocent. Truly a tragedy. But as London Mayor Ken Livingstone, who is normally a despicable terrorist apologist, says:"The police acted to do what they believed necessary to protect the lives of the public. This tragedy has added another victim to the toll of

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I know, I know...I'm late to the party. But, in case you missed it, Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado made some insane remarks early last week. Actually, insane at best, dangerous and irresponsible at worst:A Colorado congressman told a radio show host that the U.S. could "take out" Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear

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I don't comment much on Iraq other than to say that I think we were justified in going to war in Iraq. (Which is different from saying we should have gone to Iraq. I'm still conflicted a little bit on that. It's little better than a coinflip to me. Maybe 60/40 that we should have gone there.) While I understand that things in Iraq are terrible for many Iraqis and for our soldiers, I still

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Behold! Baby space slugs have come to Earth eat your brains. Meet me and Tom of unrequited narcissism at the Woodley Park metro. I've got the pitchforks if you've got the torches. These alien invaders must be stopped before they can grow to their full size.That, or these are baby pandas. I guess there's a new one in DC. But it's most likely a brain-eating space monster.

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I love ice cream. Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream. Here it goes down, down into my belly...I'm looking forward to chasing down the best ice cream in DC given the damnable heat and humidity of this godforsaken city. DCist lays the smackdown on the overhyped Coldstone Creamery and doles out a few suggestions for non-sucky icy treats. Larry's Ice Cream at Dupont Circle sounds like a good place

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Pfc. Stephen Tschiderer was shot in the chest by a sniper, was able to get up and take cover (thanks to the body armor that saved his life), helped track down the sniper, secured the insurgent with handcuffs, and then proceeded to administer first aid to the man who a short time earlier had tried to kill him. That's an American solider for you. Everytime you see some moron like Libby English (

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The Washington Post Magazine has a great cover story about blogging. David Von Drehle and WaPo took two ideologically opposite bloggers -- Betsy Newmark of Betsy's Page and Barbara O'Brein of Mahablog -- who are yet surprisingly similar personally and had them spend the entire day together while touring the sights of DC.Sounds like just another blogger showdown or a MSM whine about the death of

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I'm going to aggregate a whole bunch of stuff I've been wanting to write about for a few weeks into one big disparate post. An omnipost, if you will.*****I'm against any amendment to the Constitution that would ban, or allow Congress to ban, flag-burning. Yes, I understand that it is quite a hurtful act to many Americans. And I don't care. Oh, I care that it hurts some Americans...just not

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Once again, Gregg Easterbrook brings perspective and enlightenment to an issue you think you know. In this case, he raises the provocative notion that war is on the decline and may even disappear from human experience:Daily explosions in Iraq, massacres in Sudan, the Koreas staring at each other through artillery barrels, a Hobbesian war of all against all in eastern Congo--combat plagues human

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Damn those Scientologists! They've ruined Hollywood's comeliest girl-next-door and transmorgaphied her into Hollywood's most cultish. Apparently a new W magazine interview is steeped in creepy vibes. How bad it is for Katie Holmes? So bad that she's now making the Fugly rounds after previously having a rep as being a solid, classic dresser. By the way, wonder why Tom Cruise seems like he's

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If it is good enough for the Army, it is more than good enough for your lazy, doughy ass. You can find the DoD fomulated Hooah! Bar online at Amazon.com and soon at your local Wal-Mart, CVS, GNC, or 7-Eleven. Read about it here or here. Looking at the nutrional information and ingredients, it looks like some pretty standard stuff. It certainly isn't Atkins or even Zone friendly, what with

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From Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts, the Dodgers' starting lineup for Wednesday's game:For posterity, the salaries of Wednesday's starting lineup:$316,000 Oscar Robles$316,000 Mike Edwards$337,000 Jayson Werth$351,500 Hee-Seop Choi$320,500 Antonio Perez$339,000 Jason Phillips$327,000 Jason Grabowski$316,000 Jason RepkoAlso, Jon has some great comments on the Choi/Saenz/Tracy/DePo issue.

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Scott Erickson is the closer now? Egads...I never thought it would get this bad for the Dodgers:Inning 5 - Top: Snow flurries are moving in from offshore as we head into the fifth, but we should get an official game in.The new Dodger pitcher is Yhency Brazoban, as Jim Tracy wants to use his fireballing youngster early. Ogilvie can't see the pitches - his glasses are fogged up. He swings before

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New policy in Montana:A new policy requires state troopers to stop at least one vehicle an hour, whether the driver has done anything wrong or not. But the driver doesn't have to be ticketed, so police officials say it's not a quota system.I love Montana. Odds are, if you know me, you know of my love for Montana. With that said, please understand that what I say next is done with the utmost

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Fugly comedy. Poor Dakota.Lest I only pick on the very small, here's the gorgeous Mrs. Law looking not so gorgeous. Don't like fug? Go Bjork yourself!And a few more fugs: Donna Martin, Melting Sandy, Grandma Helen, and Paris in triplicate.Happy (belated) birthday to the Fuggers, those viciously hilarious bitches.

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Does being a small-government Republican mean only being for small-government (aka, limiting government intervention in private issues and affairs) when it suits you? Sure seems like it when it comes to many GOP Congressmen. Take House Government Reform Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA), who threatened Major League Baseball over a private ownership transaction, for instance. Here's what he said

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That's not henna ink, that's a tattoo. Permanent. And she did it for $10,000. Wow. Will Franklin at Wizbang has the story.

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Lance Armstrong is obviously awesome. Sure, I love the fact that he came back from cancer to make history. Of course, what I really love is how confident he is. Not many guys can be so cocksure and not come off as a prick. A quote from ESPN:For Armstrong, the Tour de France has become a race not against his rivals but rather an internal struggle to get to his ideal race weight (168 pounds)

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