'bout time, Part Deux

Big Storm!

Check out the other headlines- could we see a foot or more?

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Dido, Part Deux

So, drastic measures were called for the last time I wrote about our kitty (exact words: "It's war, kitty.").

Maybe war is a little harsh. How about- the cold shoulder. =)

We reverted back to our previous policy of animals in our bedroom- ain't happenin'. Thus, we took an old rug, put it under the door, shut the door, and ABRACADABRA!! (spelling?)

If she scratches, she scratches an old useless rug. She can't get to the sacred quilts, and she doesn't wake us up. Success- for one night, at least.

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Tsunami and Repentance

Thanks to Dad for passing along this article...

John Piper- "Tsunami and Repentance"

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Red Rice?

Jerry Rice was released by the Seattle Seahawks today. The Redskins need receivers- especially veterans who can catch the blasted ball on a simple out pattern. Daniel Snyder (owner) has a lot of money and has done crazier things in the past. I smell a possible marriage in the works...

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Who needs an alarm clock...

...when you have a silly little cat running around?

Our sweet and wonderful Dido (yes, named after the Queen of Carthage [check out Virgil's Aeneid] and the British pop singer, but I digress) is still adjusting to us moving houses. At our previous residence, she got the message that she wasn't allowed in our bedroom while we slept, and thankfully she stopped clawing at the door after a couple of nights of inattention from her caretakers.

Now that we moved, we must have felt sorry for her. Or maybe we felt a greater attachment to our carpet (that happens when you actually own the carpet). Nonetheless, we now let her in our bedroom at night.

Which is all well and good- until about 5 or 6 in the morning. She has taken up sleeping in our walk-in closet, which I think is the cutest thing in the world. But once she awakens, she knows how to get us out of bed- start scratching at Angela's prized quilts (handmade by her grandmother and in the corner of our room).

Great ire can be spewed at 6am when one's delicate possessions are ostensibly being ripped to shreds. Thankfully, no harm as of yet.

This morning we decided to just lock her out of our room- so she started tearing up the carpet. It's war, kitty....

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'bout time

For once this Winter, the snow finally came during the middle of the week. Ergo- schools closed, gov't "open" but employees on unscheduled leave.

Short story- I'm not working today. =) I do have to use my annual leave, since the government is technically still open. But there's no real point in going in on a day like today. I'll check e-mail and voicemail from home, clean up any major messes that occur in our District, and enjoy staying in my PJs.

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Time to step it up....

Loudoun County (my home County and employer) is home to MCI, formerly known as Worldcom (which was formerly known as MCI- don't ask...).

Anyway, after bankruptcy, a few name changes, and a declining market- they are being bought out by Verizon.

This could be big news for Loudoun County, which is often seen as the little brother of Fairfax County, which is the up and coming stud compared the the venerable District of Columbia. Verizon has said that it wants a new home for its corporate offices. It now appears to be buying MCI, with a large, rolling campus just 5 minutes from Dulles International Airport. What better than Verizon to relocate to MCI's campus, even adding on to its current building space....

MCI and its employee base are critical to Loudoun County. It's time for us to step up from being the little brother left on the doorstep to becoming the premier corporate destination in the DC area.

Verizon Announces MCI Acquisition (washingtonpost.com)

Google does it again....

Whoooaaa- Step aside Mapquest and Yahoo. Google has outmastered the masters of another genre- maps! Randomly search, drag the map, have fun! The best part- searching for businesses near a location. i.e., "j crew near ashburn, va" turns up all the J Crew stores near me (as well as the Leesburg Airport, not sure why...it's called "beta," eh?). Very helpful info and hours of countless fun.

Google Maps

Rule, Suburbia

The title says it all.

Eat this, smart growth-ers! You can deny the truth, but you can't run away from it!

Rule, Suburbia (washingtonpost.com)

'Roids

Although we are just hearing the beginning of the steroid issue in baseball, Thomas Boswell puts Canseco's "book" into a very appropriate perspective....

Canseco Is Easy to Read, Hard to Believe (washingtonpost.com)

Fairfax Fights the Gay Issue

Schools Official Assails 'Gay Lifestyle' (washingtonpost.com)

Note the last paragraph which states:
Lynn Terhar, president of the Fairfax County Council of PTAs, said that she's satisfied with the way sexual orientation is handled in the schools and that she hasn't heard concerns from parents. "In my personal opinion, his comments strike me as those coming from a religious point of view," Terhar said. "I don't believe there is any place for that in the Fairfax County school system."(emphasis added)

Intolerance, anyone?