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Humidity, the Metro, hummus, Jazz in the Garden, great coffee, Marines, hookers, sleeping on a pile of clothes, tourists, cigars, patriotism, free newspapers, museums, cops, the Supreme Court cafeteria, Lincoln, house music at Lima, blisters, lightning, talking on my cell phone, sangria, living on Capitol Hill, the White House, intelligent conversation, being the guy from [...]

Since moving to DC a couple weeks ago (and admittedly, I’m going to be moving back at the end of the month due to unforeseen events that have transpired, but I digress), I’ve been able to take my time to explore the city and all the treasures within, unlike my previous journey here during inauguration [...]

One of the best ways to give your dull photos life is to make a few simple tweaks to the contrast levels, saturation, and the color curves. I use the GIMP for all my digital editing/processing on my photos. It’s completely free to use and will run on any platform (Windows/Mac/linux/etc). White balance: This is [...]

I cannot even begin to describe how inspiring it was to be at the inauguration of our new president. I am moved to tears every time I think about it, look at the photos that I took, or share my experience with someone else. More happened that day than just the changing of the guard. [...]

Today we decide what direction that we the people wish to take our country and the rest of the world. It’s an incredible crossroads of so many unique events all coming to a head at the same time and we must decide exactly what we are going to do about all of these monumental issues [...]

After months of waiting, the official report was released yesterday evening after a 12-0 unanimous vote to release most of it to the public. The Legislative Council members were eight Republicans and four Democrats, not some “smear campaign by the Democrats” as the McCain/Palin people would like everyone to believe. The report was about whether [...]

Apparently the people counterfeiting this Cisco T1 WIC didn’t speak english but the were fluent in “1337 speak”.

Keith Olbermann’s special commentary on Senator Clinton’s RFK comment: via Youtube

All right, it’s time for Hillary to sit down and shut up. “My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California.”         - Hillary Clinton, 05/23/2008 So let me get this [...]