Friday, February 13, 2009

Friday cleanup

How was our week? I took a look around the 'net, especially in Daily Kos:
Cenk Uygur's diary on the bankers' visit to Congress. Hey...the Congress Critters (as Kay calls 'em) removed the cap on the bankers' salaries after they hauled them in and gave them a good scolding?!

Barbara Morrill aka BarbinMD's diary "Where were the economists?" Here's proof of the kind of pap we're getting as media consumers.

Truthout.org, which I love, delivers to my inbox several times a day. Here's one interesting Truthout.org offering this past week: ConsortiumNews.com, Robert Parry's "The GOP's Jihad on Obama"

Now it's the weekend....time to clean this place, take another long walk, and get ready for a dinner guest. Living here in Petworth is reminding me of life in Fargo in the 1940s--that is, we walked just about everywhere, no matter the weather. The distance from my apartment here to the Giant Store just off 14th St on Monroe St NW or the new Yes! Organic Market a few blocks further down 14th at V St NW, feels about the same distance as the trip my mother and i took several times a week to Grondahl's grocery store.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:34 PM

    If you are ever in the UK, be sure to visit the village of Petworth there; most beautiful, especially the stately home park grounds.

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  2. Xtreme English8:11 PM

    eunoia...thanks for the info. i have NO IDEA how my 'umble neighborhood got named after such a beautiful place--esp in the UK! for your amusement, check out the most famous blog of the 'hood, prince of petworth: http://www.princeofpetworth.com

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  3. Anonymous3:13 PM

    I looked at princeofpetworth;
    OMG but you have some ugly buildings there!

    Try googling for pictures of petworth UK (sussex) to see how much prettier the Brits have it :)

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  4. Xtreme English5:31 PM

    argh....you're right. but i gotta say that we're trying to compare apples (a quaint English village in W. Sussex) to oranges (a bustling multicultural city of almost 600,000 people on the East Coast of the US). there are many BEAUTIFUL areas in DC, and many beautiful houses in Petworth. but cities are cities, and villages are villages. to each her/his own. i would go stark raving mad in a village...i don't care how picturesque it might be.

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