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links for 2008-06-18

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Code Rush, the Mozilla Documentary from 2000 – Waxy.org
(tags: firefox history mozilla netscape opensource internet)

Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist
How to talk to a climate change skeptic
(tags: environment reference science)

» 14 Songs You Should Never Play In A Bar
I LOL’ed several times reading this.
(tags: funny music)


Look Who’s Going to Denver…

By From http://fred2blue.wordpress.com • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Congrats to Carlos Del Toro and Fredericksburg Democratic Committee Chair Amy LaMarca on being elected to represent Virginia at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver this August. Carlos was elected as a Clinton delegate for the 1st congressional district, while Amy is going as an at-large delegate for Obama.
Other notables include State Sen. John […]


Perhaps the greatest line ever on a blog: “Sadly, their Habeas Corpus petition was dismissed because there were too many pieces of the corpus missing.”

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

8 Terrorists Killed By Lack Of Due Process And A Combination Of One Hellfire Missile And Many, Many 30MM Rounds


Father’s Day Out

By From http://kybecca.blogspot.com/ • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local
Sunday we traveled with friends to Charlottesville. Between us we have four children whose main objective was staying connected from one car to the other via DS Lite. Taking Route 20 from 3 West, through tiny towns and past beautiful farms, everything was green, lush and summery. I was pretty sure a responsible parent would confiscate the electronics and lecture on imagination and enjoying the scenery, but we were on a mission to actually enjoy Father’s Day.

First stop – the vineyards at Barboursville. The children enjoyed petting horses in the field nearby while we waited for the Tasting Room to open. The wine tasting follows a long wooden bar. A nearby table allowed the kids to play quietly out of reach but in sight. We tasted 16 wines. For $4/person, you get to keep your souvenir wineglass, and if you return on a later date with your wineglass the tasting is free.

Afterwards, we wandered around the vineyards, ending up at the historic ruins of Governor Barbour’s mansion. It was designed for Barbour by his friend, Thomas Jefferson, built in 1814, and burned down on Christmas Day in 1884. A wedding photographer was taking shots of a young couple kissing, classic dip your partner pose, framed by the ruins. You could easily take a weekend here. There’s a restaurant, lovely grounds for picnics, the 1804 Inn.

After lunch we visited Veritas Winery. The Veritas tasting room has fancier digs – leather sofas, the staff comes to your sofa to pour (how great is that!), or you can taste wine at the bar. A wonderful porch bedecked with rocking chairs. It was even more parent friendly. Window-lined from floor to ceiling, from our comfy sofa, wineglass in hand, we could watch the children as they played outside. Happy Father’s Day to us!

Veritas poured just over a dozen wines. They charged $5/person for the white wine tasting and $5 for the red, and every $5 tasting fee applied as a discount on a wine bottle. Toward afternoon’s end the Veritas staff began decorating for an evening wedding. Beautiful day, elegant setting for a wedding. Maybe in 10 years or so, the happy couple can return on Father’s Day — with their children.


Friends of the Rappahannock Monthly Newsletter

By From http://thefredericksblog.com • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Received the current months edition of the FOR newsletter today. For those that have not gotten it, I reproduce it here:

RIVER ISSUES June 2008 – Friends of the
Rappahannock News

 

1. Upcoming
Events
2. Volunteer Opportunities
3. Education Prog…


Diary of Betty Herndon Maury – evening of June 25, 1862

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Wednesday evening [June 25, 1862] Dick wants Sue to join him any where within our lines that is most convenient to her that they may be married. I promised to leave a note here for her advising her what she had best do. This aft…


Laurie & Peter

By From http://thefredericksblog.com • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Hi Everybody,

Join us at downtown
Fredericksburg’s smoke free listening room…..

 

Friday, June 20, 7:30-9:30
The Griffin Bookstore & Coffee Bar
723 Caroline St.
Fredericksburg, VA, 540-899-8041

 

Laurie and Peter

www.laurie…


Classic Car Show

By From http://fredericksblogger.blogspot.com/ • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A couple of weekends ago, we stopped by the annual meet of the Fredericksburg Antique Automobile Club, held down by the Visitor Center. It seems like vintage cars are big around here, and we enjoy checking them out whenever we come across a show. Even …


Denver Trip – Falling Rock Tap House

By From http://vadavid.blogspot.com/ • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I’m on a week-long business trip to Denver, so will be posting from that great beer destination this week.Although I’ve visited Denver multiple times in the past few years, I’ve never visited Denver’s quintessential destination pub, Falling Rock Tap Ho…


Lafayette Blvd corridor to get some attention

By From • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: News.Local

Kelly Hannon reports that FAMPO is starting a year-long $300,000 study (wow that’s a lot of money) of how best to improve Lafayette Blvd. A workshop on how to improve the road is open to the public at Spotswood Baptist Church Thursday June 26 from 6:00-9:00pm.  This meeting will make next week a double-whammy for […]


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