Did anyone see the Jay Leno show last night? If you didn't, you should definitely check out this clip. All the ramblings going on in Washington right now with the health care debate raging, Jay decides to go there and play a skit on how even politicians can get along. Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and Steve Latourette of Ohio agreed to do the skit. Kucinich is a democrat and Latourette is a repulblican . Of course they differ strongly on the health care debate, but they do share something in... Read Full Story
If you have read more than one or two of my columns, you've already sorted out that I'm no student of serious journalism. Certainly I can string sentences together fairly well and I'm also quite proficient in the art of spell-check. I write in what's been described by people who owe me money as a "light hearted" and "enjoyably readable" style, but if I was challenged with writing a serious piece of journalistic work on any subject, you may have a long wait. I have no doubt I could deliver... Read Full Story
A few months back I mentioned in a column that I think SatNav is a useless toy in a car, but I'm beginning to doubt that now. If anyone needs SatNav, it's anyone living in Washington DC and its environs. For a start, there's the traffic. Washington DC is, according to which survey you read, either the fourth or fifth most congested city in the United States, although anyone sitting in DC traffic will argue that it's undoubtedly the first. Interstate 495, also known as the Capitol Beltway... Read Full Story
Washingtonians take fitness seriously - all you have to do is wander through Rock Creek Park or on the National Mall to see how many walkers, joggers, cyclists and sunbathers use the city’s open spaces as their workout locations. But DC’s inhabitants don’t limit their activities to the great outdoors only. The fitness industry is alive and well in Washington ; with well over a hundred different gym-related businesses in the metropolitan area, your choices are virtually unlimited. If... Read Full Story
Last week, Eric Morris wrote on the New York Times Freakonomics Blog about what he called the " Danger of Safety . " Referring to the recent crash on the D.C. Metro that killed 9 people, he wrote: The relative rarity of air and rail disasters makes them novel, and hence news. Car crashes bite man, and rail and air crashes bite dog. Intensive coverage of the few air and rail accidents that do occur in turn promotes the widespread — and erroneous — inference that planes and trains are unsafe... Read Full Story
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Yesterday, two stories hit the news that caught the Quarterback's attention. Unless you live in Southeast Michigan (and for many of you, even if you live in Southeast Michigan) you probably only heard about one. The first story came in the morning. A worker constructing the new C.S.Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan Medical Center was killed by falling debris . The second story you've undoubtedly heard. Two cars on the Washington, D.C. Metro collided at the Maryland... Read Full Story
Yea So I started to take the train and then I saw the Express front page picture and I decided to take the bus instead. While I was in the station there were announcements to add an hour to your normal commute times because of delays. The Wreckage at the stations: Fort Totten, Takoma, Brookland by utilizing Shuttle buses. While a metro trip is possible I am not sure it's worth it. Bus traffic is a bit heavier today normally this bus is less crowded at this time. Read Full Story
A Metro commuter train smashed into the rear of another at the height of the capital's Monday evening rush hour, killing at least nine people and injuring scores as the front end of the trailing train jackknifed into the air and fell atop the first. Cars of both trains were ripped open and smashed together in the worst accident in Metrorail's 33-year history. District of Columbia fire spokesman Alan Etter said crews had to cut some people out of what he described as a "mass casualty event... Read Full Story
Jerry's Subs and Pizza in Bethesda has this weird quality to it that's not necessarily bad just strangely different from the rest of the world outside of it. When I stepped in there was this overwhelming Truck Stop Diner feel to it. It felt like time slowed down, The cheeseburger I has was okay. The restaurant remained nearly empty with the exception of two other customers even though it was lunch time. Read Full Story
