June 27, 2007
Go Home Already: Missed Connections
>> "Thought you were cute and wanted to talk to you, but didn't think it was appropriate in Council chambers..." [craigslist]
>> "You – giant-headed former President riding coyly down Independence this morning in a silver Solara convertible. Me – almost crashing into a taxi while trying to take your picture." [Pygmalion in a Blanket]
>> "If dad goes for a walk with his daughter and holds her hand, apparently Virginia Department of Health officials wants you to pick up the phone and destroy his life by reporting him as a possible sexual abuser." [BNN]
>> A pub in Southhampton has found an odd loophole around a new smoking ban: by becoming the UK embassy for the tiny, uninhabited island of Redonda. [What's the Crack?]
>> "Men’s Health ranked the most overworked cities based on population, overtime logged by workers, commute times and rates of high blood pressure and stress. Turns out, D.C. was named the 49th most overworked city." [Yeas and Nays]
>> A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after being struck by lightning this afternoon in Oxon Hill. [NBC4]
Photo by ssimm1rg
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who ia the reporter in the picture?
The Men's Health article doesn't seem to be online so I cannot comment on where DC sits v. other cities. But we know that the top city was Manchester, NH. And so again, without the article, and just entirely speculating that since the write up on this site includes commute, many people probably make that commute into Boston (its only 50 miles away) to work. Wouldn't that mean that if we really wanted to see where DC competed with Manchester that we needed to send up Fredericksburg or Stafford?
Also, depending on weight in the formula for unemployment rates - most central cities (DC, Chicago, LA, Atlanta, Boston) are going to have trouble competing with up and coming towns on their perimeter.
So in the end, I guess I want to see the article before I accept that Manchester is the hardest working town in America. My speculation is that the cities that attract talent from all over the nation are going to have harder workers to compete.
It's Jan Crawford Greenberg from ABC in the photo.
That's a great pic.