Walked to the metro this morning, my head swimming in 10 hours of news and analysis about the demise of Osama bin Laden. The friendly man who hands out the Washington Post’s Express at the top of the escalator handed me my daily copy, and I opened it curious to know whether the news had […]
If you haven’t seen Posing with Friends, you really are missing one of the most uproariously creative things on the internet right now. A project of a good friend’s little brother, the site posts photos of people posing similarly and in the same frame as other people who are also having their pictures taken by […]
I complain about DC Metro’s broken escalators and incomprehensible yellow line rush hour Mt. Vernon turnaround as much as anybody. Probably more. But when you think about it, this underground network of tunnels full of rushing trains that gets me to work in 10 minutes is actually pretty incredible. Snapped this pic coming out at […]
Keeping this on my desktop for high five emergencies:
I always feel a little remiss if I let April Fools Day go by without trying to execute at least one gag. Growing up, this was like my Christmas. I wore my arm in a sling one year, which convinced exactly no one in my middle school but which was fun nonetheless. In college I […]
Great sign tonight outside the Baptist church on 16th St. & Newton NW:
Tonight, the moon is at its closest — and brightest, and biggest — in 18 years. I think this photo from NASA of its rise over the Lincoln Memorial captures the majesty of this phenomenon pretty well.
For the last few weeks, our dog Wingo has been spending an inordinate amount of time in our backyard, and coming home inexplicably dirty. I finally followed him out there one night to discover that he had found a way through our fence and into the neighbor’s yard — which, conveniently, has a giant hole […]
It’s nice that it’s not totally dark when I’m leaving work these days. Took this before heading out the other night.