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(Freezer Broken, uploaded by brownpau.) Friends, this is the freezer box of a compact Kenmore refrigerator from Sears. See the raised labyrinth-like pipes lining the platform? That’s a refrigerant coil. It contains freon (or some other non-ozone-depleting refrigerant substance for newer units). The coil is made of very thin and fragile aluminum. This is why […]
Still on the topic of squirrels, there’s apparently a new sport going around called “Squirrel Fishing.” It’s like fishing, but, as hinted at by the name, it’s for squirrels. You put nuts on the end of a line (no barbed hook, I guess, since you don’t want to hurt the critters), and try to lift […]
Whoa, whoa, I missed this news over the weekend: Nats beat Yanks! Yesterday’s game was clinched by Nationals Rookie Ryan Zimmerman in the ninth inning, with a walk-off two-run homer on a pitch delivered by Yankee pitcher Chien-Ming Wang. Score was 3-2, which is just classic Nats: they’re not great scorers, usually much better on […]
Whoever does news graphics for TV’s ABC7 News in DC fell prey to their/there confusion last week. Oops. More on “they’re, their, and there.” It’s okay. People make mistakes. There, there.
I’m sure those of you who regularly ride the DC Metro have heard the new subway voice: powered by ODEO Some people say they don’t like her [1, 2, 3, 4], but I think I like the new voice. She’s a bit more brisk, the chimes a bit more urgent, as compared to the relatively […]
Good morning, everyone. It’s 6:06 AM EDT of 06/06/06, and the world hasn’t ended! A lot of people will probably feel an urge to leaf through John’s Revelation today. The dreaded number is mentioned in Rev 13, at the sight of the Second Beast, which rises out of the earth after the First Beast rises […]
Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday, so worship service was started with a traditional flag procession. I carried the Philippine flag, of course, which was a bit of a challenge to juggle with choir duty, since I had to march with the flag-bearers to the balcony, stick the flag in its mount, then run through the bowels […]
(Seats.jpg, uploaded by brownpau.) The train isn’t loaded, and the track runs alongside I-95, which has almost no traffic on it between Wilmington and Philadelphia. Did I miss the long weekend rush? (Not that I’m complaining.)
The LOST finale established a bunch of major plot points. (Spoilers after the Macho Trio.) Tres Amigos y sus armas, muy macho. They’re not in purgatory. They’re not in a post-apocalyptic future. The Swan Station Hatch, computer, and electromagnetic anomaly were all real, and not just a behavioral experiment. The Pearl Station was the behavioral […]
(mo_496_.jpg, uploaded by brownpau.) Union Station seems to be locked down right now due to a ‘suspicious package.’ I just got yelled at by Capitol Police for getting this close. Off to catch a bus, I guess. Update: Just got off the bus and I’m still not seeing anything in the news or in Metro […]