As I am feeling under the weather today, time to relax and read in the bathtub would be just lovely!

I suffered through 3 hours of The Grammys last night for you. The things I do for my art… The Twitter stream on #grammys was far more entertaining than the show itself. My contribution to that stream is below.
-Sweet Caroline, your touch never seemed so good…. Is it baseball season yet? #grammys
-Chris Smokey Robinson looks […]

If you’re interested in what your government is going to do with your tax money, this web site is monitoring the Stimulus package’s content. You can read the whole thing if you’d like here: http://readthestimulus.org/ . …all 1586 pages of pork spendi…

Looking for a way to excite the taste buds this weekend? Mocha Mo’s next to the train station is bringing in their grinder and doing a coffee tasting from 10 to 12. This is by far my favorite morning stop.(c)2008 InTheBurg.info

Yesterday, downtown Fredericksburg was hopping with all the folks who came out to take advantage of the very warm weather (our car thermometer read 72). There was a steady stream of customers at Lee’s ice cream (he couldn’t possibly have been prepa…

Speaker Howell and Gov. Kaine’s recent restaurant smoking-ban compromise once again makes one wonder if a certain member of the House of Delegates is worried about his re-election chances this November. Mere weeks after Obama defeated McCain in Bill Howell’s 28th district it was announced that the House would finally be recording sub-committee votes, which Democrats have been […]

It got into the 60’s yesterday (with more of the same to come…ah, Virginia), so we decided to take advantage of the warm and sunny weather with a hike in the woods. We took the recommendation of commenter Larry G, and followed his directions to a h…

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I imagine all homeschoolers in VA got this letter. He is shilling for Ken Cuccinelli, a three term state senator and attorney who is running for Attorney General. I guess it was cheaper to blast out a direct mail piece to all homeschoolers in VA. Farris doesn’t really believe that all homeschoolers in the state […]

In a story sure to bring out the best in the jingoistic rednecks that populate the area, the paper has started a series on the troubles faced by Iraqi refugees in the area. Honestly, I can’t even imagine trying to start over somewhere where I don’t speak the language or understand the culture. Imagine being […]