Archive for June, 2009

Basil’s Has the Right Ingredients!

By From http://sarahiouslyspeaking.com • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, RealEstate.Local

My husband and I go on walks around the city at least twice a week.  It is good exercise and it allows us to keep up with what’s happening downtown.  We always walk down Caroline Street and always walk past Basil’s Italian Market and Pizzeria.  The aroma that waifs from the restaurant is enchanting and the outdoor/ […]



Wegman’s Grand Opening

By From http://fredericksblogger.blogspot.com/ • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

You know you live in a small town when a supermarket grand opening is a very big deal. Although I think Wegman’s is more than a supermarket…it seems like more of a culinary amusement park to me. Yes, there are the usual groceries, but the big attra…



Does the state of Virginia think you’re a terrorist?

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Below you’ll find some pages of a PDF document that was prepared by Trooper John R. Wright of the Virginia State Police and distributed by the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management on their website for “Safety Day” in 2004 (you can view the full report/presentation here [PDF]). UPDATE: The state of Virginia has removed […]



How bad is the Virginia Statewide Agencies Radio System (STARS) project?

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

It’s so unreliable that troopers are relying on their personal cell phones to communicate according to Richmond Times-Dispatch:
The head of a Virginia State Police advocacy group says the new statewide communications system being developed for the state police and 20 other state agencies is so unreliable that many troopers use their personal cell phones to […]



June 20 King George county wallcloud and possible funnels

By From http://stormsrus.blogspot.com/ • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This video was taken looking southeastward from Rte 1 in KG county. It has been sped up several times. Check out the wallcloud formation and possible funnel spinups under the rain free updraft, then watch as a cell in the foreground shows up and exhi…



Bob McDonnell Campaigns with Jim Crow Enthusiast

By From http://fred2blue.com • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Bob McDonnell is bringing Mississippi Governor and former Republican National Committee Chairman Haley Barbour to Virginia to “help” him in his bid for Governor.
In addition to his recent ties to the white supremacist group Council of Conservative Citizens, who “oppose all efforts to mix the races of mankind,” there’s this little gem from 1982:
During this […]



Tuesday Night—The Fat Lady Sings

By From http://questeverything.blogspot.com/ • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

As you read in the Free Lance Star, http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2009/062009/06102009/472358, at the last Council meeting it was agreed to consider increasing the meals tax 1% instead of placing the entire tax burden on the real estate tax rate. …



The Randomness of Life

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

“Happiness, the grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.”Charles ColtonToday we are going off the reservation so to speak and cross the boundary …



By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

To a Galaxy Far Far Away……Little bro, a Marine colonel, standing next to a car bomb in Iraq. Yes those are artillery shells wired in the trunk. Photographer unknown.



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-06-21 11:35:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

The Archangel MichaelStatue dedicated to the late Father Michael Kelly