As I was walking to work this morning, I noticed several police vehicles and roadblocks lining Florida Ave. down to Connecticut Ave., and I wondered why they were here when the massive Colombian March scheduled for this morning was supposed to be around the Capitol area. As it turns out, this map and this article show another rally scheduled for tonight right along those streets, to protest Ariel Sharon’s upcoming visit. Gonna be a mob at the Washington Hilton tonight.
Futurama
I just watched the funniest episode of Matt Groening’s Futurama that I’ve ever seen: a Star Trek-themed satire featuring the voices of the original cast. (Except for Kelley and Doohan, that is.) Man, that was funny. Can’t say the same for the “Homer Roast” episode of Simpsons, though. It was all flashbacks.
Wait. Argh. I can’t believe I’m blogging about TV. I must be turning into a lummox. All I need now is chips and beer.
Oh, well. X-Files is in 15 minutes. Must go now.
Italicization to control CSS width
Please ignore this entry. This sentence is italicized because of CSS problems in Internet Explorer 5+. Italicized blocks of text which take up more than a line tend to add 1px of width to CSS boxes in IE browsers only. I have adjusted my style sheets to compensate for this, but it means I need to make sure that there is at least one long italics entry per week in my weblog. That is all. Thank you. You look very nice today.
Rallies at Dupont Circle
Radley “The Agitator” Balko narrates events at two rallies this morning, just a few blocks down the street from where I live.
Myself, I just went out to buy some milk and apples at 16th and R, and not much was going on. I didn’t go as far as downtown, though.
Lobster Boy’s Sad End
Poor Lobster Boy. Still a month short from the end of his performance art project, his house has been dismantled as a fire hazard. Now we will never know what the point of the performance was — or if there was ever a point at all.
What Earthquake?
Eh? An earthquake in the Northeast? I didn’t feel anything, but then, DC is farther south.
Parentally Oriented Ego Surfing
Perhaps you’ve tried Ego Surfing for yourself, but have you tried doing it for other people in your life?
So far I’ve turned up this photo of my Mom (an active recreational open-sea angler), several racing articles which mention my Dad (an avid yacht racer), a Getasia article about my brother Francis (a professional-level photographer), and a class profile on my younger brother Raymond (an athletic hunk-a-dude). My youngest brother Javi doesn’t seem to have anything yet.
By Farther Steps
Speaking of Reformed Baptists, I’ve encountered Tim of “By Farther Steps,” and his blog. I will link him in my blog list as soon as I have a decent internet connection. (This 14.4 modem refuses to transfer a file the size of my blog menu.) Interesting articles on Covenant Theology and Paedobaptism, very much worth studying for this vaccillating Baptist. If that’s too heavy for the moment, then you can read an amusing parable about Christians at Starbucks. Hallelujah.
Protest Weekend
Today is April 20, and crowds of people are flocking downtown for numerous demonstrations on just about every available issue under the sun: the IMF and globalization, the Mideast conflict, the war in Afghanistan, military operations in Columbia, taxation without representation, and probably a few other causes which I missed.
Meanwhile, as rallyists gather for their march to the Capitol, clouds are gathering for a possible repeat of yesterday’s violent thunderstorms. Not a good day for outdoor demonstrations, I would think. As I told the guys at the office yesterday, either God supports globalization, or the CIA has developed secret weather control devices to activate during these rallies.
Add to that the vague terrorist threats against local banks, and you have the recipe for a fun Saturday huddled indoors, blogging news links all morning.
On the bright side, it looks like they won’t be drilling more holes in Alaska’s Arctic Wildlife Refuge. Personally, I think the money is better spent on researching a workable matter-antimatter warp drive.
Hail and Thunder
Whoa, we have some pretty fierce weather outside right now. The windows are being pelted by grape-size pellets of hail and the thunder is one long continuous rumble.
I wonder how those protesters are doing.
Update: Now it’s bright and warm and sunny again.