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I used to be obsessed with Gibran back in the day. Did you know there’s a memorial garden dedicated to him across the street from the British embassy?

You flying home tomorrow or Monday morning?

A green swathe of northern lights across the top half of the photo, with some moonlit clouds below. There is a pointy mountain visible and some of the green is reflected in windblown water below.

Finally got to see northern lights in the early hours of this morning. I always wake up in the night, & occasionally check out the window. There was some green light (visible with the phone) so I got dressed & went out! A bit cloudy (& very windy), & the cloud grew, but nice to see them :)

#Iceland

A couple are silhouetted against a backdrop of some stacks and some hills which are backlit by the nearly-disappearing sun (behind storm clouds). They are walking on sand dunes among grasses which you can just see.

A couple walk on Vík beach as the sun sets behind another hailstorm cloud.

#Iceland #CanonR5markii

Wild!

Went for a 10k walk this morning. 1:53! Gotta get into shape for my next two weeks walking around Europe.

Hey, Alexandria, Shababi chicken are doing a drop at Dept of Beer and Wine next weekend. Get your delicious chicken and if you go, tell Marcelle I said hi!

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Are there any cool small ones? The ones I wind up seeing on social media are big and bulky, or reasonable sedans, but I like compact. Really wish Honda would bring the e back!

Right. Years of Apple’s HID convinced me that the important button is always on the right.

I’m right handed and my first written language was right to left.

My favorite book!

We had a pretty cold winter for DC, so I guess they’re predicting later this year.

Peak cherry blossom is end of the month and start of April. I’ll be back home by then, sadly.

I bet Paradiso still has them. They were delicious the last time I had them.

Arlington authorities warn of ‘currently circulating’ phone scam | ARLnow.com It's an older phone scam, but it's still active and is currently targeting Arlington residents. The police department and the Sheriff's Office are "warning the community about a common and…

The scam has been around for years, but we're hearing about Arlington residents again getting "jury duty" calls from someone falsely claiming to be local law enforcement.

Reminder: this is a scam, do not pay them or give them personal information. From 2023...
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Going Rogue, going… gone This weekend, the earlthy remains of Rogue Ales (1988-2025) will be auctioned off, having been divvied up into nearly a thousand occasionally baffling lots. Like a few other breweries, my experienc…

New post up on Beer Diary — a look through the occasionally grim and sometimes baffling catalogue of the upcoming Rogue Ales liquidation auction inspired some thoughts on the precarious cultural history of "craft beer" in volatile times.

Your head is cold Put a hat on.

I'm gonna walk more hats to the post office today.

We've got TRYING beanies in maroon and olive and LIMITED EDITION SAFETY GREEN.

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Screenshot of the ten day forecast for Reykjavík from the Acme Weather app. I’ve circled Saturday the 14th, which will range from -8 to -1. Guess I gotta bring the warm coat.

I’m looking forward to enjoying some svikavor in a short while

Naturally, we have a term for this. Svikavor or spring of betrayal.

Happy happy birthday!

It is 7pm on a Friday night and I am on the sofa watching Crufts, occasionally shouting things like "LOOK AT HIS CHOPS!" at the TV. How's your weekend going?

Ha! I should go to Hoppers next week if I have the time.

An almost B&W photo (but not!) of waves receding over some rocks on a black sand beach. In the distance are some mountain peaks under thick grey cloud, the tops obscured.

Even without the mountains showing, Stokksnes is still really special. Bit obsessed with these rocks!

#Iceland

A child stands next to a missile after it fell near Qamishli International Airport in Syria. More scenes from a week of war: reut.rs/4b65mDl 📷 Orhan Qereman

Mead in the Infernal Midnight Forest When the ice thaws And the sunlight breaks The sky fire rising And lighting the lands I fly out with my wing'ed siblings With a hunger furious and thirst to slake I drink deep of nectar The cursed, s

"but where can i hear an atmospheric post-black metal song from the perspective of a honey bee watching humans get drunk on mead" you ask?

come witness: your unholy prayers have been answered

I don’t remember my CompuServe or ICQ numbers, but I remember the phone number of the bar that’s been closed at least a decade and a half.

Yeah. At this point for me, it’s a toss up between not having a car (I don’t use mine often), or going through the annoyance to get power put into my parking spot in the garage and getting an EV. Sadly, the longer small EVs take to get here, the less I want a car.

The one in Arlington is also very good! Also excellent: Tiger Fork.

There’s a lot of tigers.

Three phase power will do this if one of the three lines is degraded!

Different place, I think:

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Pardoned Capitol Rioter from Maryland Rearrested for Touching Women’s Hair on Metro Bryan Betancur Battisti, a self-proclaimed white supremacist and wannabe Proud Boy, has a history of stalking women. He’s facing new charges in Arlington County.

Bryan Betancur was arrested Monday after videos of him touching women’s hair on the Metro went viral. He’s been charged with assault and battery and has been banned from the Metro system.