Archive for November, 2004
Red Hat
Vermeer’s Girl With a Red Hat at the National Gallery, thankfully returned to the Dutch Cabinet Galleries on the main floor.
Tenacious Squirrel
This squirrel had staked out a spot on the sidewalk on constitution ave and wouldn’t move for anyone. Brave little squirrel!
Dead Seagull
A dead seagull was floating in the Capitol Reflecting Pool last Sunday evening, and in my morbid fascination I couldn’t help but take a couple of photos as I walked by: Photos taken with a Canon Powershot A400.
DC Blogs and Fence Jumping
White House Fence Jumpers has gotten mention from prominent DC blogs Wonkette and DCist. Thank you.
Money for Mesothelioma
According to Andrew Sinclair, lawyers are paying major big bucks for clicks on internet ads for the word “mesothelioma.” Take note, medical bloggers with search-related textads.
Way of Escape
iMonk on sex and the single Christian guy. His point about couples “disintegrating to rolling around naked in bed” is well taken: one doesn’t fall into sexual temptation because he is overpowered by it; there’s a clear decision on the offender’s part to take sexual activity to second/third/home base, only to be excused later as [...]
Puffy Shirt
I spent Saturday afternoon at the National Museum of American History, viewing its latest acquisition: Seinfeld’s puffy shirt. Also pictured: Kermit the Frog. Photo taken with a Canon Powershot A400.
Social Volcanological Panic
Social Volcano! Any minute now! Next year, I predict! If I had a centavo for everytime Teddy Benigno predicted the imminent eruption of a social volcano, I would have very many centavos. Too bad Philstar.com has nonexistent archives and that article link won’t last for more than a few days; else this Google search would [...]
Amazon/Alexa Site Info
HNBP on Amazon, with site info from Alexa. At the time of this writing, I have an average traffic rank of 1,142,858. (Find your own site by searching for it on A9 and clicking on the “Site Info” button.)
Walkathon for the Homeless, 2004
I joined the Help the Homeless Walkathon yesterday. I had rather stupidly waited till the last minute to register, quite missing the notice that the cutoff date for online registration was last Tuesday. I then rather stupidly forgot to do laundry the night before, and had to do my socks hurriedly that morning, having no [...]