October 9, 2006
Morning Roundup: We Wish We Had Today Off Edition
Good morning, Washington. Hopefully you're getting the day off, especially because it seems Monday will be just as beautiful weather-wise as Sunday was. Did you spend your weekend in a productive manner? Running the Army 10-Miler, perhaps? I spent it playing flag football and drunk, so I'm going to go with "non-productive." But still nice. I mean, at least we didn't spend it at George Allen's fundraising hoedown. Lord.
It's a Day That Ends in Y, Must be Time for More Allen Scandals: The AP reports that in addition to throwing around racial slurs, allegedly being a racist, denying his Jewish heritage, and whoever knows what the hell else, now it's come out that George Allen failed to disclose certain stock options to Congress. From a technology company called Xybernaut. What do you expect? I mean, it's not as if he also asked the Army to use Xybernaut for a particular issue. Oh. He did? Well. At least he's not molesting teenagers through the internet. YET.
Pedestrian Deaths on the Rise: The Washington Times reports that the pedestrian deaths this year in D.C. have already equaled the total of last year (it's 16 total, for those keeping count). Officials are calling for safety and speeding crackdowns, particularly in Northeast and Southeast, where the majority of the deaths occured. Additionally, eight of the 16 pedestrians killed "were at fault," according to the police department.
Gallaudet Students Continue Protest: Opposing the appointment of Jane Fernandes to president of the universty, Gallaudet students continued to stay in the Hall Memorial Building, demanding that the university reopen its search. And you know what? That's it. It's a beautiful holiday Monday. We could not find anything else. Get outside and enjoy it.
Briefly Noted: Redskins lose 19-3 to Giants ... Manhole blasts shatter windows in Logan Circle ... Tom Davis calls for anyone involved in the Foley scandal to step down.
This Day in DCist: In 2005, we speculated on the fate of AU president Ben Ladner.
Photo of the Sixth and I synagogue by Flickr user Grundlepuck
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I'm at work! :P
i'm at work as well. can some explain why the DMV inspection station was closed on sat if the holiday is not until monday? what a croc!
Day off. Woot! I was expecting to read about this story through DCist, but I haven't seen a mention, so I have to ask here--did anyone else see the swarms of people all in red women's clothing (men and women, that is, but all wearing red dresses and skirts and such) running around the city on Saturday? I saw them storming down 14th St. NW around 1PM or so, and then saw them around Chinatown at about 5PM. A passenger in my car asked one of them what was going on, and a 50 year old man in a red cheerleader outfit said "We're running and drinking", which really wasn't a full explanation. Anyone?
It was the hash house harriers- they do this every year- run through highly populated areas in various cities around the world stopping at bars to drink. It's a good natured running club that is harmless.
Thanks for the tip, James -- looks like it was the DC hashers' red dress run. I'd forgotten about it, but a friend ran in a previous year.
We were on an abbreviated schedule during the holiday, but I'll see if we can't put together something tomorrow.