Tastes Like Chicken. Kung Pao Chicken.

Gilbert Arenas Suspended From... The Washington Redskins?

I know it happens but it's funny when nobody points it out. Fox 5 DC's Dave Feldman reports that the Wizards Gilbert Arenas has been 'suspended indefinitely by the Washington Redskins'.

While the Redskins probably could have used any help they could get this season, I think he meant to say that he was suspended by the Washington Wizards.

The Only Thing That Doesn't Want My Money

I took some money out of an ATM today. It was one of those ATM machines that doesn't require a slip to make a deposit. After I received my cash and card, I realized that I had taken out more than I needed. I re-inserted my card to deposit the extra cash. After inserting the money to be deposited, the machine rejected a couple of the bills. It said something like 'some of your items were unable to be identified, please try again'. After several attempts I gave up and went inside the bank. I thought it was ironic that my money wasn't good enough for the machine that just gave it to me. The teller in the bank didn't.

It May Be Too Early To Be Thinking About This...

The Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival runs from March 27th - April 11th. Every year I say that I'm going to go but I never do.

I live so close.

This year I'm going.

I think.

Pork Dispenser

Hot Pocket Wisdom

It's all politics... and I'm no Politician

I've lived in the DC metro area all my life. It's a great place to live... I think. I've never actually lived anywhere else so I don't really have anything to compare it to. I've always had this idea that I wanted to move to California even though I've never been there. It just seems that in all the images of California that I've seen, from watching movies about surfing, skating and bmx as a kid, to the movies and television coverage of today, California culture has always seemed more laid back and interesting to me.

I saw this license plate a while ago. I was kind of jealous that I didn't think of it first.

YMINMD? (Why am I in Maryland?)

New Years Day 2010

I had a choice. I could go into work a couple hours early on Monday, or go in for a couple hours this weekend. Since I'm not really good at waking up early, I decided to go in today. I figure it's a Friday and I'd usually be at work anyway so it shouldn't be so bad... right?

Well the drive to the office wasn't bad. In fact, it was almost enjoyable since there was no rush hour traffic to deal with. The fact that I didn't have to be there at any certain time was nice because I didn't have to rush. Even after I got settled in and started to work it was kinda nice. After all, I was working in casual clothes, in a quiet office and I didn't really have any deadlines to meet.

I guess it was just the feeling that I got, for that brief moment, when I first pulled into the parking lot and realized that I'm the only one in my building working today.

Large Johnson's Internet

In the heart of Rockville, on the Pike between Crisp & Juicy and Best Buy, my iPhone picked up this wireless network.


It was the only network connection available and I lost the signal before the phone actually connected. Not that I necessarily would have wanted it to, being that it was unprotected... I mean unsecured (sorry, I couldn't resist).
It wasn't until a few days later flipping through the images on my phone that it made me think. How many people would have to broadcast inappropriate network names before they made it illegal? I guess it would really only take one person to find it offensive, it would just have to be the right one person. If this network were near a popular wifi hot spot like Panera Bread or Starbucks where lots of people could see it on a daily basis, do you think the retailer or a patron could file a complaint?