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Folks around hear often lament, “If you don’t like the weather in Virginia, wait 5 minutes. It’ll change.” Unfortunately the inevitable change applies to favorable weather too.

I had just returned to work after a nice lunch with my wife, and was en…

For the past week or so I’ve been looking through the iTunes App Store, searching for an emergency notification app. My goal for such an app would be to instantly alert predetermined persons that I am in an emergency situation. Obviously, calling 911…

There’s a trend among brewers to create new beers that are a blend of traditional styles. The cider makers are picking up on that too. The folks at Woodchuck Cidery have added a new product to their Private Reserves lineup. They’ve added a belgian…

Now this looks like fun. In a twist on shooting clays, “Gnat” shooting lets participants take aim at a specially designed remote controlled airplane. The sport was developed in, of all places, the United Kingdom. The target plane, which flies at s…

At an Ash Wednesday celebration meeting, a waiter accidentally spilled several beers down the back of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Chancellor appears to have taken it in stride. The waiter was reportedly serving the beer as a fav…

February 27 is the Feast Day of St. Gabriel Possenti. The Saint is honored as “the gun Saint” due to the marksmanship skills he is said to have displayed when rescuing his Italian village from a band of violent soldiers in 1860. Tradition states…

It’s finally here! The much-anticipated entry of Great Lakes Brewery into the Virginia market officially begins on February 27. There are several “tap takeover” events taking place around Northern VA. The first official Great Lakes Beer Dinner wil…

From Saint Josemaría Escrivá:

It is not true that there is opposition between being a good Catholic and serving civil society faithfully. In the same way there is no reason why the Church and the State should clash when they proceed with the lawful…

In Virginia, liquor cannot be sold on Sundays. Well, except where it can be sold. In an inexplicable twist of logic, Sunday liquor sales are allowed in urban areas, but forbidden in the rural parts of the state. Fredericksburg is one of those rural are…