May 262011
 

North Carolina Employment Security Commission (ESC) mails out Eligibility Review Notice letters AFTER the due date by which a response from unemployed residents was supposed to be received. Considering that it takes at least three days to for the resident to receive the letter in the mail in the first place, and then another three [...]

May 212011
 

Today I played the tourist. I’ve been to DC over a dozen times but this is the first time I’ve gone down to the National Mall area since moving here. I started out taking the Metro down to Metro Center and walked down to the White House. I’ve been to the White House several times [...]

May 152011
 

A couple of weeks ago I got a new cell phone. I just thought I’d share a few photos I’ve taken with it recently. Click on photos to see larger and see the description below each photo. (These aren’t in chronological order)

May 022011
 

Last night news came that the United States had killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. At some point while watching all the coverage, Amy and I discussed what the headlines in the morning newspapers. Here in Washington, commuters are given free versions of The Washington Post and The Washington Examiner when walking in to and [...]

May 012011
 

I’ve had a simple flip cell phone for years. All it did was make phone calls and that’s all I wanted it to do – be a phone. I never texted and I even had those featured blocked. But since moving to Washington, I unblocked texting so that I could send Patty text messages and [...]