It was all I could do not to scoop up the whole lot of them, but do yourself a favor and pick up a nice new color for the summer. These and the new HD polishes (can you say bright?) are like eye candy, but for [...] State of the Union: Powell ‘concerned’ about Obama’s agenda
CNNPolitics.com
WASHINGTON (CNN) – In a wide-ranging interview set to air Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, one of President Barack Obama’s most prominent Republican supporters says he is ‘concerned’ about the new president’s ambitious agenda and the high [...]
SHE’S QUITTING????
Per CBS: At a press conference this morning Palin said she will resign the governorship within a few weeks. (July 26)
WHAT?????
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin held a press conference in Wasilla, Alaska at 10:00 a.m. local time, 3:00 p.m. Eastern time today. Palin announced that she [...]
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Fri Jul 3
Virginia Historical Society - Free Admission - 428 N. Boulevard River District Canal Cruises - Canal Turning Basin 14th and Dock St 10am – 11:30am "Highlights of Hollywood Cemetery” Daily Walking Tours - ValentineRichmond History Center, 5pm – 7pm Target $1 Family Night - Childrens Museum of" [...]
How’s that Porkulus workin’ out for ya?
As economy drops jobs, paychecks drop some weight
AP via Yahoo! News
Employers cut 467,000 jobs in June, far more than expected, and the jobless rate hit a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Just as worrisome, wages shrank [...]
July 3, 1863 – U.S. Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
[...]It was a busy day today. It started when I forgot I had lined up the fabulous Mercedes to babysit for Lily (summer camp is closed today and tomorrow). She sat in my driveway for an hour while I ran errands with Lily. Ooops. This afternoon, I took my neighbor’s [...]
Masterpiece Myster! viewers love Agatha Christie.
Congratulations to Miss Remmers. You are the lucky winner of a copy of Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, by Laurie Viera Rigler. To claim your prize, please reply by e-mail to Vic and Laurel Ann at janeaustentoday at yahoo dot com with your [...] 
The Source is located in Washington, D. C. adjacent to the Newseum. A Wolfgang Puck restaurant, it’s theme is on Asian-influenced, new American cuisine. Of course Puck is always known for mixing food up, and here it was no exception.
The meal started with some Chinese-inspired beans in [...]
I recently visited City Zen at the Mandarin-Oriental Hotel in Washington, the gustatory playground of chef Eric Ziebold. It seemed fitting to re-visit City Zen after trying his mentor’s work at the French Laundry last year.
The evening’s 6-course tasting menu was augmented by 3 additions, including a mushroom amuse bouche, [...]
Rebus from a series in SLANT (1991)
Here’s a rare blast from the past: Fan Free Funnies; click here to visit the home page for the collection at the VCU Library’s digital collections.
In the spring of 1973, then-editor of the Commonwealth Times, Ed Slipek, decided to change [...]
The best thing about the latest proposal to bring baseball to Richmond, as NBC12's Rachel DePompa points out this evening in her blog, is that it actually isn't even a frakkin' proposal!
It's a guy with a plot of land he wants to sell.
Come to Northside, folks, there are a [...]
My go-to guy for all things U2-related is @aarondotson, and he recently posted a link via Twitter to the first live performance of U2's "Electrical Storm" -- one of my favorite of the band's recent releases over the past few years. Too bad I wasn't able to make it' [...]
I hope you enjoy the patriotic display.
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