There have been hints of the western U.S. heat wave creeping in our direction by this coming weekend, but I don’t see it being here for much more than Saturday and maybe Sunday, with high temperatures in the low 90’s. The long range models I’ve looked…

The models are still flipflopping, with one model now calling for chances of convection tomorrow afternoon associated with a “cold” front passage while the other major model predicts the next chance of convection being Thursday. Another scenario has s…

photo h/t WaPo:

Regular readers will know that I am a fan of Clipper City Brewing. Despite the intended Virginia focus of this blog, you’ll find a large number of posts that reference the Baltimore brewery. Today we learned that Clipper City has picked up yet another …

Cross-posted on Sturdy Roots Blog: and a h/t to my friend Renee in Atlanta for reminding me of a favorite movie line:
Today, my friend and fellow social critic Nancy Rathbun Scott at Marketing Brillo is running a new post about the mind-blowing discovery my wife and I made yesterday while shopping at the Target store in […]

Or should I say: Bought From You by Wal-Mart.
Years ago, Orange County Administrator Bill Rolfe successfully convinced Stafford County NOT to build a Wal-Mart over George Washington’s boyhood home. Rolfe was successful, and today both the historical site, and Wal-Mart, are doing just fine.
Last Friday, Rolfe was at it again. This time he went before […]

As I mentioned, Dellis and I climbed up St George’s for fireworks pix. Here are a few extras:

I snapped this the other day in Woodbridge:

Hopefully this means that the car is in such immaculate condition, that it doesn’t need to be inspected again until 2099.
Wait a minute…. the last time this thing was inspected, Jim Gilmore was Governor. And look! No decal! NO CAR TAX! We did it baby, we did it!
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