[I was asked to prepare comments for a reflection on Fathers’ Day to be shared with the congregation at the Saturday evening mass at the Saint Francis of Assisi parish on Saturday, June 20, 2009. The following blog generally reflects my comments from t…

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Wall cloud over eastern KG county.Nice structure shot.Gathering scud.Funnel over eastern Stafford county.Chased a cell on the cold front today that had a nice mesocyclone signature and rotating rain free base that literally passed over my head…I wasn…

From the left: Obama is just like Bush
From the right: Obama is a Socialist
You catch my drift?
Here’s the thing… you may have a large megaphone, but you’re still one person. Democratic/progressive bloggers aren’t “the left.” Right now, if you’re reading many of the leading national political blogs on the left (DailyKos, AMERICAblog, FireDogLake, etc.), you’d […]

I furthered my son’s musical education last night by taking him to the Zoso show. He’ll never have the chance to see Zeppelin live. I won’t either. I was just a few years too young to have caught Zeppelin back in the 70s.
The start of the evening was a bit of a farce as […]

It’s been a while since we featured a ukelele video here. In this case, I can mix in homeschooling too as the kid in this video is an unschooler, and child of official ODonnellWeb chocolatier Kris Bordessa.

It seems as if the typical summertime humidity blanket has descended over us, but it looks like we’ll catch a break this coming week. An upper level low is forecast to move off the Atlantic coast and provide us with northwesterly winds (and subsequent…

Side dishes annoy me. I like them, but when I’m cooking a meal I find them an inconvenience because all my attention is on the main course. Side dishes like this recipe, for fingerling potatoes cooked in bacon, are great because they’re fairly easy and delicious. I often cook potatoes in bacon fat because they absorb the flavor so well. And my guess is that your father/husband probably likes bacon.

WaPo’s Lisa de Moraes on the mounting anticipation of Jon & Kate’s big Monday announcement. From WaPo’s The TV Column:
It’s all a bit thick, but there’s no sense being subtle when you’re desperately trying to get people re-interested in what was supposed to be a documentary series about the challenges of parenting […]

After reviewing the video that was rolling as the wallcloud approached Dahlgren this afternoon I remembered that I may have witnessed a funnel but wasn’t sure. (A disadvantage of solo chasing is that there’s only one pair of eyes to watch everything.)…