December 2008

More Inaugural news with only 22 days to go! http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/12/30/inauguration-2009-inauguration-estimates-cut-in-half/

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A Few Old Friends

by Patrick on December 30, 2008

It’s a routine that I’ve become more than accustomed to. Reconnecting with friends. Thanks to an unusually high number of trips back home this year (mostly due to business) I have realized two things: When I come home I intend on seeing all my friends back home I never have time to see all of [...]

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The NFL season is 17 weeks long. With each team having a bye week that means each team plays 16 games, however that last week is nothing like the other 16. Football is a grueling sport and at the end of the day teams that won’t be going to the playoffs have little to play [...]

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I got an e-mail from Jim Webb this Christmas Eve, read what it said over at DC Metblogs: http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/12/24/inauguration-2009-jim-webbs-early-lump-of-coal-for-me/

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In the latest Inaugural news I write about the latest news on taking the Metro on Inauguration weekend and more details on some of the kick-off events scheduled to happen before the big day: http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/12/22/inauguration-2009-the-inaugural-rush-hour-on-metro/

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Home For The Holidays

by Patrick on December 22, 2008

452 miles. That’s how far I live from the family home back in Massachusetts According to Google Maps it’s about 8 hours. However in yesterday I spent almost 10 hours on the road. I used to be able to bang out these road trips home like it was the Bull Run (when I visited the [...]

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It’s no longer crunch time. It’s championship time. I am now deep into the playoffs in all my leagues- and today I will be playing the Championship game of my TMG Sportsline league. When playoffs come around players often have a decision to make: do you start the players you’ve been using all season or [...]

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My latest report on Inaugural news includes a ban on overnight camping and other restrictions that will ruin my initial plans to try and see it: http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/12/17/inauguration-2009-should-you-take-the-obama-way-into-town/

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Quarter Century

by Patrick on December 16, 2008

I am a quarter century today. I have called myself a mess, and usually a hopeless romantic. Today I’m still a mess and probably a romantic- but not so hopeless.

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Living in the DC area for a couple of years now has certainly turned me on to politics and current events. It’s the bug everyone gets when they move in. As much as I could see myself working in the government I don’t think I’ll be running for office anytime soon- but you never know. [...]

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