Archive for category Personal
Gone metaphorically fishin’.
Posted by Waldo Jaquith in Personal on September 5, 2010
Sometimes, a man’s just got to get away from it all. Eight days and change in Florida should do it.
Kings Dominion 2010
We switched it up this year and went to Kings Dominion. 
Guess who forgot the memory card for her camera and had to use her cellphpone camera for the entire event? I luv my new phone. We went, we saw, we conquered and we survived. See more pics here on flickr.
Guess who forgot the memory card for her camera and had to use her cellphpone camera for the entire event? I luv my new phone. We went, we saw, we conquered and we survived. See more pics here on flickr.
there’s something odd here
Posted by John Wills Lloyd in Personal, Technology on September 4, 2010
I didn’t authorize an advertisement on the post shown in the image shown in this post. At least, I do not recall having done so, and I can’t find records for such ads among my records. This is the second time I’ve noticed that ads appear with posts on my personal blog (this one). I [...]
you’ll need this in the desert
Above is the rad cover for the new issue of Canteen magazine. The issue's feature is a series of essays that tangentially deal with the decline (?) of The Great American Novel. I have an essay in there on disappearing swimming pool deep-ends and there are essays by many other rad writers such as Justin Taylor and Tao Lin (read an excerpt of his essay online). Check it out!
xkcd on universities’ Web sites
Posted by John Wills Lloyd in Personal, Technology on September 3, 2010
It appeared a little while ago, but that doesn’t mean it’s out of date: Filed under: Amusements, Other sites, Technology
Causal pants
Posted by John Wills Lloyd in News, Personal on September 1, 2010
Causal Pants, Anyone? I’m almost certain that the copy writer for the advertisement accompanying this post planned to use the word “casual” as an adjective and simply overlooked the transposition of letters in the middle of the word. I, however, could not avoid noticing. Then I searched the Internet for “causal pants” and I found [...]
Holding on. Holding forth.
Posted by Andrew Hersey in Personal, Photography, Uncategorized on September 1, 2010
Hand in hand, we raced down to the train tracks.
The splendid things we waited for. And the awful things we settled for.
Righteousness rarely delivers on its promises.
There are secrets that are barely even hinted at.
Brainy City
Charlottesville named 9th "Brainiest City" in the U.S. -- http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-27/americas-brainiest-cit ies/
BO and I have something in common
Per Drudge:
I was more than happy that I chose to be out of town this weekend.
Tom Perriello speaks at Jefferson Area Tea Party meeting
Posted by Peter Kleeman in Personal on August 27, 2010
photo: Daily ProgressI attended the Jefferson Area Tea Party meeting last night at Arby's - Forest Lakes to see how the interaction went between Tom Perriello and local Tea Party members. Little did I know that I would appear in the photo on the front page of the Aug. 27, 2010 Daily Progress (see photo below). I arrived one hour early to be sure to get in after being informed by Tom Slonaker - owner of the Arby's store - that there is limited seating and no more the 120 people - the fire code limit - would be allowed to be present for the meeting. As it turned out, I could have arrived anytime and been able to get in.
I enjoyed chatting with several early arriving Tea Party members and felt welcomed a non-member of the Tea Party by some, and not welcomed by others. I bought an Arby's Sandwitch and a drink and waited for the meeting to begin and for Tom Perriello to arrive for his 6:30 pm presentation and Q&A period.
photo: Daily ProgressDuring the Tom Perriello interaction, several of the members present expressed a high degree of anger and frustration in their questions of Tom Perriello's voting record, position on displaying signs at his town hall meetings, and statements he has made. Tom was quite impressive in answering these questions in a clear and understandable way. Clearly, not all in the room agreed with his answers, but the audience did allow him to speak and answer without any significant interference.
I was glad I went to this event. I hope I can discuss the nature of this interaction between Tom Perriello and the Tea Party members present in one of my TV-19 Political Monday segments I do with Joe Thomas (a Tea Party member himself) at 6:45 pm on Charlottesville TV-19 (WCAV) every Monday.
Perhaps I am a political optimist, but I believe Tom may have opened the minds of some in the room to the fact that he is working to improve the prospects of most of the people living in the Virginia 5th Congressional District and in fact agrees with and works to pass bills supported my many of the Tea Party members.
I continue to be impressed by Tom Perriello's ability to respond directly and honestly to questions that are asked of him by some of his most vigorous opponents.
I believe Tom Perriello has done an excellent job representing the 5th district, and I will be supporting him in his campaign to continue as our congressman in the upcoming election.
Charlottesville Approves Public Housing Plan
The Housing Authority has taken another big step in the process of revitalizing public housing in Charlottesville and thereby improving the quality of housing and the quality of life for hundreds of low-income families. Glad to see the Residents' Bill of Rights (championed by Phar Charlottesville) prominently mentioned in this story -- in my mind, it's the underpinning of the whole planning effort.
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=13036864
