Below The Beltway

As I’ve written in the past, there is sometimes much to criticize about Harry Turtledove’s writing style. As demonstrated most aptly in the Timeline-191 Series, he has a tendancy to repeat himself to the extent that it can become annoying. At other times though, he can write a book that is just extraordinary. Fortunately, the [...]

They didn’t beat the Blue Jays last night, but the Yankees still clinched the American League East title last night and will be entering the post-season for the 12th consecutive year.
TORONTO (AP) — Derek Jeter poured champagne over Joe Torre’s head. Almost half the team doused Mariano Rivera with beer. Bernie Williams flashed a grateful [...]

The Carnival of the Vanities is almost as old as blogging itself. Blogs continue to grow in number but, tomorrow’s edition of the Canival of the Vanities will be the last:
Carnival of the Vanities is closing for lack of interest.
The four year edition was the final test. If a heavily promoted, major landmark in the [...]

Its been six years since the New York Mets made it into the post-season, and eighteen years since they’ve won the National League East, but, last night, the boys from Shea became the first team to clinch their division.
NEW YORK (AP) — They soaked themselves in wine and beer, then ran out of their clubhouse [...]

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Virginia Blog Carnival, featuring only the finest writing from among the Virginia blogosphere. First, I’d like to thank Kat for letting me host this week. As usual, I enjoyed reading all of the submissions. So, let’s get started…….
First, Leslie Carbone contributes her post commemorating the life of one [...]

Anyone who drives, which covers pretty much all of us, has noticed the rapid decline in gasoline prices that has taken place over the past month. To those whose mindset is governed by the image of the greedy oil company, this makes no sense at all. To those of us who understand how the market [...]

As we head into the last two weeks of the baseball season, its time for the magic number countdown to begin.
The Mets, who have led the NL East for virtually the entire season, are one game away from the post-season and the Yankees, who play two doubleheaders against the Red Sox this weekend thanks to [...]

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the original Star Trek, CBS is upgrading the special effects in the original episodes:
LOS ANGELES — Four decades after Capt. Kirk and crew zoomed off at warp speed to “the final frontier,” the iconic sci-fi series Star Trek returns to broadcast television this week with an extensive digital [...]

The 62nd edition of the Carnival Of Liberty is up at Rick Sincere’s News and Thoughts. Once again, we had a great collection of posts well worth your time to check out.

I posted this one year ago, and I still can’t come up with better words to describe what September 11th means to me. Again, the words are not mine but they are eloquent:
Today is my mothers birthday, she turns 67. I love my mother very much, and hope and pray she has a wonderful day! [...]