Good morning, Washington. The question of the day: just how long did it take you to get home last night? (Did you miss any of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver mechanical failure? Curling starts on Tuesday, by the way.) Whether it was by foot, by Metro, and especially by road, it looked a total fustercluck out there. This editor helped push a car out of wintry distress in Dupont Circle last night — I’m sure my friend’s boyfriend would have helped, had he not been stuck in a cab for an hour. (But hey, at least the cab driver wasn’t allowed to tack on the snow emergency surcharge!) DCist’s twitter account was laced with replies from readers who were plum stuck in traffic or interminably waiting on Metro, and sorry tales of three-hour commutes. Feel free to leave your own story of yesterday’s rush hour trudge in the comments.
>> The Washington Post informs us that those looking to damn the downfall of local high-end electronics chain MyerEmco Audio Video hardly lack for targets on which to focus their ire, including, but not limited to: banks, the recession, the housing bubble, the credit bubble, the proliferation of big-box chains, the Internet, growing intelligence among consumers, the flat-panel TV bubble, and the departure of three top executives and managers who last year started their own profitable home-theater store. Geez, considering that list, maybe MyerEmco should just be happy they survived this long.
>> The Wizards might finally be making the first big step in the post-Gilbertgate dismantling, as rumors have Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson heading to Dallas in exchange for Josh Howard and assorted parts. Meanwhile, minority owner Ted Leonsis was talking Gilbert on the radio yesterday, saying that “the Wizards’ biggest issue right now is that its franchise player, its best player is not happy right now.”
>> On last night’s late local news, NBC4/WRC meteorologist Bob Ryan said that since last Friday, three trillion pounds of snow has fallen within 50 miles of D.C. Feel free to let that number simmer for a moment.
