Locally Grown Mexican Mangos

In which our local grocery store attempts to capitalize on the expanding "local food" movement, in support of small farmers and communities nearby.



Except freakin MANGOS don't grow in Virginia.

Come on, safeway, WTF? Product of Mexico? Mexico isn't local to Virginia either.



I also spotted some local plums (product of California).

The Nation Prepares...

"A Sparkly Herd of Men"

This happened last night a couple blocks away from where I live. Yep, it's the gay-borhood, and it's FABULOUS.

Oh, DC. You're so efficient.

So, I got protested on my way into work tonight. Quite literally, got the glare face on my way into a govt-type conference cocktail party by a woman holding a sign and wearing ugly shoes.

However, DC called in the friggin BOMB SQUAD due to an extremely suspicious stuffed polar bear outside the Columbia Heights Metro.

http://www.nbc4.com/news/17484808/detail.html

And shut down the metro. And the street.

Please go to the NBC site for a photo of the bomb squad approaching the polar bear. Just when I thought today couldn't get ANY stranger.

http://www.nbc4.com/slideshow/news/17485520/detail.html

And we shall call it... Washington. But not to its face.

On this day in the year 1791, our nation's capital (a.k.a. the place where we live) was named. Not a particularly original name, but better than Zuma Nesta Rock, I suppose. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about the occasion:

"A Southern site for the new country's capital was agreed upon at a dinner between James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, hosted by Thomas Jefferson.

The initial city plan was a diamond, measuring ten miles on each side, totaling 100 square miles (260 square kilometers). The actual site on the Potomac River was chosen by President Washington. Washington may have chosen the site for its natural scenery, believing the Potomac would become a great navigable waterway.

The city was officially named "Washington" on September 9, 1791.

Out of modesty, George Washington never referred to it as such, preferring to call it "the Federal City". Despite choosing the site and living nearby at Mount Vernon, he rarely visited."

Obama's (tartan) lover

http://www.smh.com.au/news/us-election/i-had-sex-with-obama/2008/06/19/1213770824274.html?feed=RSS

Obama's alleged "gay lover" books a room at the Press Club to hold a press conference regarding them doing drugs and having sex. Oh, and his attorney is Montgomery Blair Sibley, aka DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey's attorney, and he is wearing a kilt.

"I don't mean to be impudent," said one reporter, "but why are you wearing a kilt?"

Sibley explained: "It has to do with genitalia. If you are on the smaller side, then pants are not uncomfortable."

DCPDWTF?

The DC Police Department has authorized "Neighborhood Safety Zones" to keep the criminal drivers out of the Trinidad neighborhood. For um... 10 days. To "combat crime." Drivers only, this doesn't apply to pedestrians. Isn't this a wee bit unconstitutional?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060402205.html?hpid=topnews

To quote someone from some other commentary by someone funnier than me on some other news article:

"Well, Officer, my purpose in coming into the neighborhood was to shoot my ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend... but I guess I'll just go home and watch 'American Gladiator' now."