… so it’s bad for Republicans overall when we eat our own, I’ll echo that sentiment. 
But what do you do when there’s such a level of outcry for the removal of someone  (like Larry Craig, Rod Blagojevich, Eliot Spitzer) and they just don’t get the message?  When they just won’t go away?  When they just […]

Yesterday was a beautiful spring day, and I took advantage of the delightful weather to drive to Petersburg to look at an old church there, Blanford Church. Surrounding the church is a 300-acre cemetery, the second largest cemetery in Virginia, the lar…

I recently received some information from Kim Thagholm of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation.  The information addressed issues regarding credit scores, and was so relevant to the Fredericksburg real estate market, that I asked and received permission from her to post it here.  The following is the information in it’s entirety.  Kim’s contact information is at the […]

GM may be in deep financial distress, but they are still maintaining their community service web site that provides teaching resources for educators. Might be something useful there for homeschoolers.

Ah, good old oharascarlett (I would link to thread but it has since been deleted due to her antics):
Sorry Minx but the eye rolling is very real, Yesitsme did this all to himself with his contiuning behavior and public officials are […]

The Free Lance–Star has some bleeding heart story about two families from Iraq who received refugee status and moved to Stafford County. Both families are now in the process of moving back to Syria, Jordan, or Iraq since they apparently think America is too mean and hard to live in. Here’s a quote from the […]

I have been haunting the long range models all weekend and have found little to cheer about regarding chasing opportunities here in northern Virginia. The GFS shows a cold frontal passage next Saturday afternoon, but the European (ECMWF) predicts thi…

It’s that time of year again, when the Bradford Pear Tree blooms for the first time and begins taunting me.  Sure, the white flowers look beautiful, like snow blanketing the tree tops with the bonus of warm weather and nosnow to clean-up.  However, there is still clean-up.  These delicate white petals will start to fall and […]

I’m being a little lazy right now and don’t feel like editing. I’ve gone through the pics once though and deleted the unusable pics and made contact sheets. Anyway, here’s one of Ryan. She was previously featured on Perfectshots.tv and is just getting …