Category: House

  • My Pro Bowl Ballot

    <p>Each year I submit a Pro Bowl ballot. Each year I put a solid amount of time into it. Each year I forget I did it and therefore can’t compare the folks I selected to the folks who actually make the team. This year will be different. Below, I present to you my picks. Highly […]

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  • One Fell Swoop

    In it, goes my respect for LeBron James, goes Cleveland tumbling down a spiral towards “shit-town,” goes any class the NBA still had.<br/><br/>In case you’ve been living in a hole for the past few months, LeBron James, a basketball player of Michael Jordan caliber, became a free agent. He grew up in NE Ohio, and […]

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  • New Blog Idea – Homeless Arlington

    Looking for thoughts on this… It’s a somewhat touchy subject.<br/><br/>There are many homeless in the Arlington area. I recognize most of them in the Ballston area and a few recognize me back (I bike everywhere… they seem to notice that). I remember reading or hearing that the most special thing to a homeless person is […]

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  • I Was All By Myself

    And still am. <a href=”http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x86d3k_green-day-all-by-myself-live_music” target=”_blank”>Good song, by the way</a>. Perhaps not the most fitting song title to choose for this blog? Meh.<br/><br/>After 25 years in <a href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?q=13349+point+rider+lane&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=13349+Point+Rider+Ln,+Herndon,+Fairfax,+Virginia+20171&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=lIOnS8O-Ooe0tgengr2AAw&amp;ved=0CAcQ8gEwAA&amp;ll=38.932117,-77.407121&amp;spn=0.000941,0.002064&amp;t=h&amp;z=20″ target=”_blank”>the same house in Herndon</a>, my parents finally moved last week. It has been a long, laborious process, which was not helped by a number of surgeries […]

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  • The Economics Behind Renting a Car

    I’m not going to beat around the bush; with two jobs, I make a pretty good living. However, I drive an uncomfortable 1993 Honda Civic base model, which lacks all the things you likely like about your car. When it comes to salary to car value ratio, I’d think I rank up there pretty high, […]

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  • Porsche

    No, I didn’t buy one. One day, I promise… <br/><br/>Anyway, throughout my entire life I’ve heard “Porsche” pronounced two different ways: “porsh” and “por-shuh.” Last week, I decided to figure out who was correct. Turns out, I’ve [and 90% of America] been saying it wrong.<br/><br/><a href=”http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa020401b.htm” target=”_blank”>The answer can be found on About.com</a>.<br/><br/>Next time you […]

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