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<div class="alignright"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1&paged=2"></a></div> </div>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1907"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1907" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on January 29th, 2010 by WashWords </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/i-knew-i-put-it-somewhere.jpg" title="i-knew-i-put-it-somewhere.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/i-knew-i-put-it-somewhere.jpg" alt="i-knew-i-put-it-somewhere.jpg"/></a></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Global Chameleon</em></span> who posts about place takes on why <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://globalchameleon.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-york-is-different-than-dc.html"><strong>New York is different than DC</strong>.</a> Does Global have it right, <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>New Yorker in DC</em></span>? TBA, but meanwhile NY in DC gives us a <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://nykrindc.blogspot.com/2010/01/state-of-union-live-tweet.html">State of the Union live Tweet.</a></strong></p> <p>Speaking of the SoTU… <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Famous DC</em></span> takes on a tough “inside the Beltway” task. <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://famousdc.com/2010/01/28/closing-bell-intervention/">Closing Bell: Intervention</a></strong></p> <p>Golden calves are not to be worshipped and neither, according to <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Jason’s Blog</em></span> are <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://blog.jasonclock.com/blog/2010/01/28/golden-cows/">Golden cows?</a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Greater, Greater Washington</em></span> takes on<strong> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=4621">Superblocks near Metro, Part 1: Prince George’s.</a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>DC NearlyWeds</em></span> will build up one lucky buttercup. They offer a <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.dcnearlyweds.com/2010/01/beau-coup-valentines-day-blogger.html">Beau-Coup Valentine’s Blogger Contest.</a></strong> Merci, mademoiselles.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Washington D.C. Metblogs</em></span> recaps our favorite hyperlocal tv show (for this season anyway<strong>) <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dc.metblogs.com/2010/01/28/real-world-dc-episode-5-breakdown/">Real World DC: Episode 5 Breakdown</a></strong>. And so does <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Vox Populi</em></span> (ooh, college kids writing on college kids. how meta!) in<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2010/01/28/the-real-world-dc-power-rankings-week-five/"> <strong>The Real World DC Power Rankings: Week Five</strong></a>. I gotta start watching this more regularly. I mean at all. I mean, okay, yah, I’ve loved real world since I WAS RW age and DC RW, freakin irresistible.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1907#respond" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted"> Leave A Comment »</a> </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1905"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1905" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on January 28th, 2010 by Foilwoman </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/aliens-fire-green-missile-at-planet-earth-but-it-misses.jpg" title="aliens-fire-green-missile-at-planet-earth-but-it-misses.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/aliens-fire-green-missile-at-planet-earth-but-it-misses.jpg" alt="aliens-fire-green-missile-at-planet-earth-but-it-misses.jpg"/></a></p> <p><strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/in_a_statistical_bake_off_fairfax_trumps_montgomery_county/1721">Fairfax County beats Montgomery County</a></strong>: higher median income, median home value, and slightly higher foreclosure rate, as noted in <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Urban Turf</em></span>.</p> <p>Regarding dating and giving out phone numbers, <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Single with Style</em></span> believes that “the first step toward happiness is not allowing yourself to be miserable” and thinks the method of <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://livesingle.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/can-i-have-your-number-so-i-can-not-call-you/">forgetting to whom you gave your phone number</a></strong> works better than wondering why somebody isn’t calling. </p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Livin mi Life</em></span> <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://livinmilife.blogspot.com/2010/01/paying-back.html">pays back the local business owner</a></strong> who lets customers round down $.03 or $.04 to the nearest dollar.</p> <p>Does straightforward really mean socially inept? <span style="background: #ffff66"></span><em>Seeking John Galt</em></span> <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://seekingjohngalt.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/between-the-lines/">ponders this idea</a></strong> along with being surprised by an acquaintance’s spin on a situation resulting in “some pretty egregious lying by omission.”</p> <p>Sean of <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Sean’s Ramblings</em></span> <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://seanramblings.blogspot.com/2010/01/verizons-coverage-maps.html">asks the same question I had been asking whenever I saw the Verizon 3G coverage map advertisements on TV (other than wha?): what’s the difference</a></strong> Commenters give him (and completely coincidentally, me) an answer.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1905#comments" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted">2 Comments »</a> </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1903"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1903" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on January 27th, 2010 by RestaurantRefugee </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/a-relaxing-day-at-the-duck-pond.jpg" title="a-relaxing-day-at-the-duck-pond.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/a-relaxing-day-at-the-duck-pond.jpg" alt="a-relaxing-day-at-the-duck-pond.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Maxie’s opening salvo, “If you haven’t heard of Texts from Last Night, you’ve been living under [an unprintable] rock; a rock without internet access,” shamed me into viewing the hilarious site. The site is the subject of a newly released book and she is hosting a contest to give away a copy. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Visit I Hate So Much</span></em> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.ihatesomuch.com/?p=2245"><strong>for all the details</strong></a>.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>DC Gays of Our Lives</span></em> sees enough parallels between the phenomenon that is The Jersey Shore and some segments of the DC Gay Community that he created a comparison game: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcgaysofourlives.blogspot.com/2010/01/gay-dc-or-jersey-shore-fun-tuesday-game.html"><strong>DC Gay or Jersey Shore?</strong></a> Play amongst yourselves.</p> <p>New Year’s Resolution posts are well tardy by the end of January, but this snarkastic <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://metroadlib.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/because-some-people-think-cucumbers-taste-better-pickled-or-i-resolve-not-to-resolve-pt-ii/"><strong>post of Non-Resolutions</strong></a> from <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>-the fooler initiative-</span></em> is well worth the wait.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.juxtaexposed.com/2010/01/26/come-together/"><strong>A stunning architectural photograph</strong></a> from <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Juxtaposed</span></em>.</p> <p>Whenever a lottery pay-out gets to nine figures, ticket sales jump and lots of people spend free moments fanaticizing about how they would spend their winnings. Francesca, the blogger behind <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Nodding is Underrated</span></em>, answers the question of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.niudc.com/2010/01/what-id-do-with-47000.html"><strong>what she would do with the oddly chosen number, $47,000.</span></strong></a> What might you do?</p> <p>Only in DC is the question “Where are you watching the State of the a common substitute for “what are you doing tonight.” If you want to watch at while someone else gets the drinks and food, the <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Washingtonian Best Bites Blog</span></em> has a list of places for <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/14739.html">A State of Inebriation.</a></strong></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1903#comments" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted">2 Comments »</a> </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1902"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1902" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on January 26th, 2010 by dcblogs </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/themalljanuary2010.jpg" title="themalljanuary2010.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/themalljanuary2010.jpg" alt="themalljanuary2010.jpg"/></a></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>The Newest Dealer</em></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://thenewestdealer.blogspot.com/2010/01/all-made-up-and-everywhere-on-go.html"><strong>sees more women applying make-up in public and says it is rude.</strong></a> He writes: As with any form of rudeness, women applying make-up in public spaces comes in different degrees of offense. There are three such degrees.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Not a Girl, Not yet a Wino</em></span> shares <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.notyetawino.com/2010/01/undercover-investigation/"><strong>her sleep clinic experience</strong></a>. She writes: 10:15 pm: No one told me there’d be nostril sensors. Metal ones.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Congress Heights on the Rise</em></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.congressheightsontherise.com/2010/01/spreading-word-21-river-east-blogs-and.html"><strong>counts 21 River East blogs</strong></a>, and writes: What was once a huge gap in East of the River news coverage (especially online) has developed into a growing movement to spread the word about East of the River/River East neighborhoods.</p> <p>A comment allegedly made by school chief Michell Rhee <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://thewashingtonteacher.blogspot.com/2010/01/is-michelle-rhee-insane.html"><strong>is causing a serious uproar.</strong></a> <span style="background: #ffff66"><em> The Washington Teacher</em></span>.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2010/01/25/brooks-brothers-to-open-in-georgetown/"><strong>Brooks Brothers opening in Georgetown</strong></a>, reports <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>The Georgetown Metropolian.</em></span> </p> <p><strong>Blog awards:</strong> Bloggers can now enter work in the annual journalism contest sponsored by the DC chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. There is a specific blog category that recognizes “incisive commentary.” This contest has previously been limited to professional publications, but the changing market is also bringing changes to this contest. Work published anytime last year is eligible. Here are <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.spjdc.org/node/13589"><strong>the submission guidelines</strong></a> and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.spjdc.org/node/13590"><strong>the contest categories</strong></a>. This is open to anyone in the DC Metro area and the blog topic can be about anything. There is a $30 fee per submission and work must be submitted by Feb. 20. </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://news.dcblogs.com/"><strong>The latest additions to the live feed</strong></a>.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1902#comments" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted">2 Comments »</a> </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1900"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1900" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on January 25th, 2010 by dcblogs </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/freer-gallery-of-art-and-arthur-m-sackler-gallery.jpg" title="freer-gallery-of-art-and-arthur-m-sackler-gallery.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/freer-gallery-of-art-and-arthur-m-sackler-gallery.jpg" alt="freer-gallery-of-art-and-arthur-m-sackler-gallery.jpg"/></a></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Lemmonex</em></span> explains why <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://lemmonex.com/2010/01/and-in-the-end/"><strong>this is my last blog entry</strong></a>. </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.welovedc.com/2010/01/23/geeks-without-borders-live-from-inside-dcs-crisis-camp/"><strong>Geeks Without Borders: Live From Inside DC’s Crisis Camp.</strong></a> <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>We Love DC</em></span></p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://restaurantrefugee.com/2010/01/08/an-idea-a-notion-some-inspiration-a-contest-and-dinner/"><strong>How would you like a personal chef for special Valentines Day?</strong></a> Then submit a raffle entry by Tuesday. By DCBlogs’ editor, <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Restaurant Refugee</em></span>, who is also a personal chef. </p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Adventures in Voluntary Simplicity</em></span> comes to the assistance of a friend suffering a “mysterious illness,” that turns out to be an all too common one, in the post, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://adventuresinvoluntarysimplicity.blogspot.com/2010/01/on-alcoholism.html"><strong>On Alcoholism</strong></a>.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://mtngrlmusing.blogspot.com/2010/01/is-there-special-interest-group-for.html"><strong>Is there a Special Interest Group for Everyman?</strong></a> <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Mtngrl Musing</em></span>. Regarding the recent Supreme Court decision on campaign activities. </p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Capitol Catholic</em></span> is the blog is GW freshman who is attending Mass at every Catholic Church in DC. In this post, he shares a story about the Little Sisters of the Poor and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://capitolcatholic.blogspot.com/2010/01/st-josephs-on-capitol-hill.html"><strong>a final act of charity to one man</strong></a>. </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://blaquedawl.blogspot.com/2010/01/shoe-addict.html"><strong>Shoe Addict</strong></a> in photos. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>A Day in the Life</em></span>.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://skullcrushermountain.blogspot.com/2010/01/there-is-no-such-thing-as-postdoctoral.html"><strong>There Is No Such Thing As A “Postdoctoral Student.”</strong></a> Rant. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Skullcrusher Mountain</em></span>. </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/01/21/can-wasabi-save-lives/"><strong>Can Wasabi Save Lives?</strong></a> <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Food & Think</em></span>. Some insights from a Smithsonian blog.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1900#respond" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted"> Leave A Comment »</a> </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1896"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1896" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on January 22nd, 2010 by WashWords </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/people-walking-on-the-mall.jpg" title="people-walking-on-the-mall.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/people-walking-on-the-mall.jpg" alt="people-walking-on-the-mall.jpg"/></a></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>DC Teacher Chic</em></span> highlights the superintendent’s latest plan to monitor city teachers: <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcteacherchic.blogspot.com/2010/01/season-premiere-big-brother-co-dcps.html">Season Premiere? Big Brother c/o DCPS</a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Federal Baseball</em></span> has an idea to spur “National Interest” (yuk, yuk, that’s me making a baseball pun) in our team <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.federalbaseball.com/2010/1/21/1263509/montreal-expos-day-cmon-washington">Montreal Expos Day? C’mon Washington Nationals, Make It Happen!!!</a></strong></p> <p>In other sports news, <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>The DC Sports Page</em></span> discusses his decision to cut back on the sports fun!<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.thedcsportspage.com/2010/01/giving-up-season-tickets.html"> <strong>Giving Up Season Tickets</strong></a></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Plight of the Pumpernickel</em></span> mulls <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.plightofthepumpernickel.com/2010/01/medical-marijuana-dispensaries-in.html">Medical marijuana dispensaries in the District?</a></strong> Whoa that’s a lot of alliteration before the policy’s even enacted.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Washington Whispers</em></span> shares a tourist’s dream come true. Okay, I may know a local or two would find it pretty cool, too. <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2010/01/20/michelle-obamas-surprise-for-white-house-tourists.html">Michelle Obama’s Surprise for White House Tourists</a></strong></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>The Blog at 16th and Q</em></span> talks about being boxed in… or not. <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://16thstreetj.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/boxed-in/">Boxed In. </a></strong></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1896#comments" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted">1 Comment »</a> </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1894"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1894" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on January 21st, 2010 by Foilwoman </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/when-the-warm-weather-returns.jpg" title="when-the-warm-weather-returns.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/when-the-warm-weather-returns.jpg" alt="when-the-warm-weather-returns.jpg"/></a></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>FoBoBlo</em></span> thinks that <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.foboblo.com/2010/01/20/gw-students-to-haiti-get-well-soon/"><strong>sending a giant get well card to Haiti (rather than sending actual help) is “tragic/sad/funny/cruel</strong></a><strong>“</strong> particularly when the message is sent by “some of the most privileged college students in the world.”</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Freewheeling Spirit</em></span> considers <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://freewheelingspirit.blogspot.com/2010/01/wheel-you-be-true.html"><strong>whether a bike found in the trash is salvageable</strong></a>.</p> <p>Letting go of resentment regarding an ex is obviously a state to be sought after, although <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.metaphysicaljunkie.com/blog/how-to-let-go-of-resentment-during-a-break-up/"><strong>when that ex is an ex due to the decision to try a polyamorous* lifestyle</strong></a> is it worth the effort? <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Metaphysical Junkie</em></span> works through the process.</p> <p>A picture’s worth a thousand words: <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcmetrocentric.com/2010/01/20/great-shots-meridian-hill/">DC’s very own Spanish Steps in Meridian Hill Park</a></strong> <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>DC Metrocentric</em></span>.</p> <p>Of the New York Times’s plan to start charging for online access, <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Manifest Destiny</em></span> says: “<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.manifestdensity.net/2010/01/20/this-is-not-going-to-work/"><strong>this is not going to work</strong></a>.”</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Parenting BY dummies</em></span> beats herself up, but need not. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://parentingbydummies.blogspot.com/2010/01/birthday-doughnut.html"><strong>Her two-year old really doesn’t care that it was a birthday</strong><strong> doughnut</strong></a>. Really.</p> <p>And <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://eavesdropdc.blogspot.com/2010/01/you-heard-it-here-first-suck-it-tmz.html"><strong>as if President Obama didn’t have enough to worry about</strong></a> right now (per <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Eavesdrop DC</em></span>).</p> <p>*Yes, yes, it’s not a synonym with horndog, but still . . . .</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1894#comments" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted">1 Comment »</a> </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1892"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1892" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on January 20th, 2010 by RestaurantRefugee </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/woman-in-stone.jpg" title="woman-in-stone.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/woman-in-stone.jpg" alt="woman-in-stone.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Unless you use bottled water for everything from drinking to bathing, chances are pretty good that at some point you’ve been less than enamored with DC Water and Sewer Authority. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>A Jersey Kid</span></em> writes about his experiences in his <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.ajerseykid.com/home/2010/1/19/this-has-been-a-customer-service-announcement.html">Customer Service Announcement</a></strong>.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>iMetro</span></em> frequently chronicles the commuting tales of woe of the self-described MetroMan. The latest post, however, diverges from that for a tale of <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.wtfmetro.com/2010/01/lend-helping-hand.html">small scale charity and large scale grace</a></strong>. </p> <p>The Washington restaurant community may have many foibles, but a lack of charity has never been among them. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Metrocurean</span></em> has the scoop on <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://amandamc.blogspot.com/2010/01/haiti-fundraisers-at-local-restaurants.html">many area restaurants’ efforts to help victims of the Haiti Earthquake</a></strong>. [ed. note: food and drink taste better when proceeds go to a good cause… there’s also an unconfirmed rumor that the calories are lower too.*]</p> <p>Which is scarier – a doctor’s visit that involves looking for “cell abnormalities,” or going to it alone? <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Freckled K’s</span></em> <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://freckledk.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/pluck/">Pluck</a></strong> is her eloquent and moving answer.</p> <p>Anyone over the edge of thirty recalls its year 29 precipice and all that it can bring (good and bad.) <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Hannah, Just Breathe</span></em> has started knocking on 30’s door and <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://hannahjustbreathe.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/on-being-29/">has some thoughts on the matter</a></strong>.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Lemmonex</span></em> explains her complicated relationship with weight loss television shows in <strong><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://lemmonex.com/2010/01/the-biggest/">The Biggest</a></strong></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1892#comments" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted">1 Comment »</a> </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1891"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1891" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on January 19th, 2010 by dcblogs </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fish-tank.jpg" title="fish-tank.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fish-tank.jpg" alt="fish-tank.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Don’t like to wait to skate at the National Gallery’s rink? <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://claudinehellmuth.blogspot.com/2010/01/ice-skating-at-national-gallery.html"><strong>A tip moves you to the front of the line</strong></a>, reports <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>claudine hellmuth</span></em>.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://nutgraf.net/2010/01/18/how-to-making-my-old-crap-furniture-more-better/"><strong>Internet advice success story</strong></a>. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Nutgraf</span></em> goes online to search for help about about restoring wood furniture. Photos. </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://nylonthread.blogspot.com/2010/01/early-adopter-gadgets.html"><strong>A brief electronics history</strong></a>, (Remember the Handspring Visor?) with photos, and a declared love for iPhone. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>tied to my apron strings</span></em>. </p> <p>This photo <em>almost</em> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.onephotographaday.com/2010/01/national-mall-refleccting-pool.html"><strong>makes you wish the icy cold was back</strong></a> so you could walk on the reflecting pool. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>One Photograph a Day</span></em>.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://noahdevereaux.com/blog/?p=1880"><strong>Seat 22</strong></a>. A dramatic set of photos taken from the plane. <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Visual Mumbling</span></em>. </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.dccityblog.com/district-adams-morgan"><strong>District Club in Adams Morgan</strong></a>. a review by <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>DC City Blog</span></em> </p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://news.dcblogs.com/"><strong>Many news additions to the live feed</strong></a>. </p> <p>Photo: Natural History Museum fish tank.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1891#respond" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted"> Leave A Comment »</a> </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script>  <div class="post"> <h2 id="post-1888"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1888" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to DC Blogs Noted">DC Blogs Noted</a></h2> <small>Posted in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1" title="View all posts in DC Blogs Noted" rel="category">DC Blogs Noted</a> on January 18th, 2010 by livitluvit </small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/18u.jpg" title="18u.jpg"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://dcblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/18u.jpg" alt="18u.jpg"/></a></p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>CityGirl</span></em> wonders how the ladies feel about <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://citygirlsworld.com/cgw/blog/2368"><strong>bringing their men to the spa</strong></a>, and fellas, if we did want to… would you want to <em>go</em>?</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Rachel, Rachel, I’ve Been Thinking</em></span> marks a very different sort of anniversary with a heart-wrenching and refreshingly honest post <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://whatagrandworld.blogspot.com/2010/01/three-years.html"><strong>about her weight loss surgery</strong></a>. Excerpt: “I put on over 100 lbs in the four years of college, to the point that my parents repeatedly threatened to pull me out of school.”</p> <p>This one’s just plain fun: <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>lacochran</em></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://lacochran.blogspot.com/2010/01/just-walk-away-kelly-clarkson.html"><strong>reveals a darker side </strong></a>of her personality… some people just beg to be messed with.</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Unsuck DC Metro</em></span> warns us that “Snatch and Dash” incidents involving small electronic devices<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://unsuckdcmetro.blogspot.com/2010/01/beware-of-snatch-and-dash.html"><strong> are on the rise</strong></a>.</p> <p>A quickie-but-goodie: Sarah (of <span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Sarah and the Goon Squad</em></span>) would like to know “<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://sarahandthegoonsquad.com/2010/01/15/what-the-hell-are-they-teaching-my-kids-at-that-school/"><strong>What the Hell are They Teaching My Kids at That School?</strong></a>”</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Lollipopgoldstein</em></span> reveals <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2010/01/the-nutritional-value-of-spam/"><strong>what spambots are getting</strong></a> out of leaving their nonsensical gibberish comments on our old posts (and why we should delete them).</p> <p><span style="background: #ffff66"><em>Emily Pearl Goodstein</em></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.wildandcrazypearl.com/2010/01/i-can-be-bought.html"><strong>can be bought</strong></a>… and it’s delicious.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?p=1888#respond" title="Comment on DC Blogs Noted"> Leave A Comment »</a> </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://track.mybloglog.com/js/jsserv.php?mblID=2006031209453266"></script> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1&paged=2">« Previous Entries</a></div> <div class="alignright"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?cat=1&paged=2"></a></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar">  <ul> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/index.php"> <div><input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s"/> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search"/> </div> </form> </ul> <a href="#" onclick="return dbt_bookmark();">Bookmark on del.icio.us</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://add.my.yahoo.com/rss?url=http://feeds.feedburner.com/DCblogs"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/my/addtomyyahoo4.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a> <p id="powered-by"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://www.blogger.com/"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435im_/http://buttons.blogger.com/bloggerbutton1.gif" alt="Powered by Blogger"/></a></p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?feed=rss2 ">Entries (RSS)</a><br> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://dcblogs.com/?feed=comments-rss2 ">Comments (RSS)</a> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-493047-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://technorati.com/embed/v3ja3cveci.js"> </script> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://linklog.blogflux.com/linklog.js.php?id=7607" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435js_/http://sm1.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=sm1smoke11"> </script>  </div> <hr/> <div id="footer"> <p class="center"> <font color="#FFFFFF">Powered by <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100129045435/http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>, Driven by DC <br> You waited 0.333 seconds for us, how wonderful! </font><br> DCBlogs is part of Comvest Inc.</p> </div> </div> </body> </html>