There aren’t many pictures of local sidewalk decoration I’m willing to publish.
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Archive for April, 2008
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Storage cartography
You, dear reader, probably don’t care what’s in our storage units. But if you keep reading this post, you’ll find out. Here is the map to our larger unit I drew a couple days after loading it up last fall. The italicized descriptions (by letter) are translations from my chicken scratch. A: The old...
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No, I really am lost in transit.
Our Bolt just got lost leaving Northeast D.C. Thanks to working Internet and Google maps, we’re now back on track.
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Run for the Parks
Melissa came roaring back onto the running scene with a 4-miler this morning in Central Park despite a late-night setback when she discovered that the start time was 9 a.m. rather than 10 a.m. Under gray skies and the watchful gaze of the Pope*, Melissa took a spin around the park from the band...
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Update from the Annex
Greetings from sunny Reston. While Melissa took off to spend some time in the woods (not alone in the woods, but rather with numerous third-graders), I decided to put in some time at the Reston Annex. Generally, I’m down here only during hectic points in our monthly production cycle, so the Annex doesn’t get...
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“Mid-day Express”
Last Friday, I took a near-full early afternoon Bolt Bus bound for the Tiny Fun House. The Internet went down shortly after we got underway, but I had some paper-based work to do too. A young couple in the row in front of me commenced giggling and smooching as I tried to settle into...
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Expedition: Failed
Alas, my push for the Units ended in dismal failure this night, as I arrived moments after the turnback time. My adventurer’s spirit is tempered only by my discipline, so I turned back to my basecamp at Reston. Tomorrow at first light I will make another attempt on the summit of the larger unit....
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I missed my calling
as a sports announcer. I just did the play-by-play of the last minute in regulation and all of overtime in the Kansas-Memphis game for Pete, who was heading back to Reston from the Nationals game. He said my commentary was very good, although I think I should practice more. It was like this: Me:...
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In case you missed it
Here’s Stephen Curry on Conan O’Brien:
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Law & Order: Bolt Bus Unit
Pete had to hop off the phone because he was distracted by the arrest of some fellow Bolt Bus passengers. We look forward to the recap and possibly photos from this turn of events.
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