photo h/t WaPo:

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 […]

A fortnightly rant FL-S style, with  a big h/t to Congresswoman Jackie Speier. And, to Stu for keepin’ it real. And, to my new found friends and comrades in arms…
And to Marsh for being such a fighter and a brave soul…love you so much.
There are few traumas in life that run so deep and are […]

TMZ.com and the TODAY Show Twitter page were among the first to report that “The King of Pop” Michael Jackson died today of cardiac arrest. He was 50.
He lived a tragic life. But he was an amazing talent.
This is how I wish to remember him, before things got really strange.
From Autumn 1971, “Got to Be […]

Volunteer firefighters are an important element in Stafford County’s ability to respond well to any kind of emergency, 24/7.
Like in May 2008, when an F2 tornado touched down in the England Run Subdivision, it was first responders such as these that saved lives.
But the noble men and women – who sacrifice time with family and […]

You’ve got to give Michael Steele some props. The embattled RNC Chair, recovering from last week’s Sen. John Ensign bombshell, is working hard to make some lemonade out of the latest in a series of lemons.
Check out this proposed promotional theme, already being trial ballooned by the Shag-a-Delic Party:

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…and we’d be honored to be your neighbor, Judge. (photo h/t Sen. Warner’s office)

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 […]

Doswell, Va., June 13 – A stationary and perfectly circular ring appeared over King’s Dominion this past Saturday afternoon, prompting many paying visitors at the park to wonder…
From NBC affilitate WAVY in Portsmouth, Va.:

Of course, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation:

A fortnightly rant, FL-S style with a big h/t each to niece Riki and nephew Zak who today turn legal-voting-age! Woo hoo!
So, I dunno.
I dunno if maybe it was the two straight late-nights-out-in-a-row and not enough sleep to balance it all out.
Or, maybe it was the constant interruptions all week long for answers to the […]