Below The Beltway

I’m leavin’ today

You Are New York

Cosmopolitan and sophisticated, you enjoy the newest in food, art, and culture.
You also appreciate a good amount of grit - and very little shocks you.
You’re competitive, driven, and very likely to succeed.
Famous people from New York: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tupac Shakur, Woody Allen

What American City Are You?
H/T: Owlish Mutterings
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This post will be a permalink to the Carnival of Liberty Schedule through the end of May 2006. As you can see, there are still several dates open; if you’re interested in hosting, leave a comment or send me an email.

Carnival XXXV - March 7: hosted by Owlish Mutterings
Carnival XXXVI - March 14: hosted [...]

Carnival of Liberty 34 is up at Committees of Correspondence. Once again, we’ve had another week of great posts contributed. Thanks to everyone who did…..and if you didn’t, why not ?
Next week’s carnival will be hosted at Owlish Mutterings. And, if you’re intereted in hosting a Carnival yourself, I’ve got slots open in late April [...]

As I mentioned late yesterday, or was it early today, Kilo has another post up about the current direction of the Virginia Blog Carnival that’s worth reading. Also worthy of being checked out are the comments to his original post, including two posts that stood out to me.
First, Mandy, who has her own blog writes:
I’m [...]

Writing in this morning’s Washington Post, Eugene Robinson looks at the Academy Award nominee’s and foolishly assumes that they have anything to do with reality.
Why is it that Washington often seems so out of touch with the rest of the country? Maybe it’s because people here are so busy taking themselves seriously that they don’t [...]

Yep, its that time of year again. The Donald is back with the latest season of The Apprentice — otherwise known as the Trump Power Hour. I hear that this season will include Donald’s children — Invaka and Donald Jr. — substituting for George and Carol on various occasions.
All I can say is…..
Yawn.
It’s over Donald. [...]

Three finance related Carnivals are up today, all of them worth checking out.
First, the latest Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Ideologic.
Next, Money Blog Network hosts this week’s edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.
Finally, Mighty Bargain Hunter hosts the 24th edition of the Carnival of Debt Reduction.
Technorati Tag: Blog Carnival
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The 25th edition of the Virginia Blog Carnival is up at NoVa Democrat. Lots of fine writing from the best bloggers in Virginia. Go check it out.
In the meantime, Kilo isn’t entirely thrilled with what’s become of the VBC lately:
When it started it was supposed to highlight Va bloggers talents and leave politics in the [...]

In response to the news that Harry Connick, Jr. is starring on Broadway in a remake of The Pajama Game, comes news of a new organization dedicated to saving American popular song.
Every time Harry Connick Jr. nabs a part as an actor, he has less time for his feculent music. If you ask us, that [...]

Before reading further, check out this post about my bachelor weekend movie viewing.
Anyway, after Kellie made it home and we had returned the house to something resembling normal, we settled down to watch a movie that had been recommended, and loaned to us, by neighbors.
The movie in question was Just Like Heaven, a movie starring [...]