Today I thought I could get through a large part of Ulysses. Reading all day I only covered 70 pages and had to use Sparks Notes to understand what I was reading.
Today I turned on my television and all four of my channels were each in a different language. Then I discovered that my cable had been turned on. This must be the work of the devil. To retaliate against the evil of my television I'm going to read as much of James Joyce's Ulysses as possible. This book was banned in the United States before 1934, which had nothing to do with my initial desire to read it.
This is the International Monetary Fund's new building at 1900 Pennsylvania Ave NW. While I was searching the internet for information on this building I found a page of interesting information containing the building's value and tax assessment.
Yesterday the government decided to foot the bill to pay the DC Metropolitan Police Department out of Homeland Security funds instead of making the tax payer of the District of Columbia pay the bill. Here is a picture of the Old Executive Office Building or Eisenhower Office Building decorated for the inaugural ceremony. This is a great building but it wouldn't be very comfortable in downtown Washington in the middle of the summer. If you could zoom out you would see that every other window has an air conditioning unit.
I turned on the television earlier today and to my surprise it was another live feed from President Bush. He is making a lot of appearances his second term. He was at a Falls Church, Va., school speaking at a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of the Department of Education's "No Child Left Behind" act. Of course different reports say very different things. It would seem that the most powerful country in the World could produce better schools to create more well-educated students. What would it mean if Americans concerned with education no longer had to move to a better school district?
It may be obvious that this photo was not taken through a microscope, it is a bird nest. When I took a closer look at the nest I noticed the birds had woven a lot of plastic into their home. I wouldn't like to live in a plastic bag (like a vagrant), but I would like to take pictures through a microscope.
I remember doing some funny things when I was younger. In high school I would give my friends a ride home. At times, I would circle their house again and again singing "Take the long way home!" Until they threatened to jump from my vehicle at the next pass. A couple times I let people jump but then realized it was dangerous. Tonight instead of taking the Metro train home from Capitol Hill, I walked. It took me 90 minutes.
Pasta, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, oregano, basil, chili powder, chicken, and olive oil.
I shave for the same reason everyone does, or the same reason that every has been since the 4th Century BC - routine. Alexander the Great ordered that all his soldiers shave their beard so no one would grab them during fighting. After that it became the fashion and a sign of civality. Recently, during WWI, our own military began the regulation of men shaving their beards in order that their gas masks have an airtight fit.
I went to The Big Hunt with my friends Andrew and Maris. The best reason I like going to The Big Hunt (aside from the hot wings) is for the atmosphere. The place is decorated like some kind of fictional expedition. The room we were sitting in was a ribcage with mining lights hanging in it. But there are three different floors, even a patio. It is strange to see a wanderer walk by your table and bump their head on a replica mining lamp looking for the bathroom. It's surreal to see three tourists in winter coats pass by single file, like they're holding a safety line while looking for the basement. And with all the smoke and yelling I imagined it to be like drinking in a mine shaft.
When I got off the bus at Lafayette Park today Jesse Jackson was there praying right outside the White House with citizens organized to demonstrate against Ohio and other states' irregular vote count. After the prayer, hundreds of protestors marched down Pennsylvania Ave. through the cold and misty rain to the Capitol Building. The participants demonstration featured prominent activists, speakers, and protest music outside the Capitol to mark the historic[?] event in which Democrats interrupted the vote count and forced a House and Senate discussion on Ohio's irregularities. I am still not entirely sure what was particularly significant about the entire thing.
