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Beltway Traffic Jam

I’ve been home much of the day, since the computer network at the office was down. A good thing, too, as I’m sure the traffic out there was nightmarish. Friday afternoon traffic is pretty tight from about 2-7 Fridays; it’s got to be worse before a three-day warm weather holiday.

The pre-Memorial Day weekend Traffic Jam:

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I left my office a little before 6pm last night. All roads were wide open - better than at midday or a weekend day - including I-495 past the I-95 S ramp (the new ramp makes a HUGE difference) and I-66 W.

Posted by jen | May 29, 2004 | 08:03 am | Permalink
 

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The linkfest:

  • Robert Prather has been blogging two years as of today. Congrats!

  • Cam Edwards ain’t none too happy.
  • Steven Taylor points to some “not good” developments on the Venezuala-Colombia front.
  • King of Fools provides a glimmer of hope about the intelligence of Americans.
  • Rob Tagorda wants to know why NYT is only apologizing for Iraq, given all the other stuff it gets wrong.

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The best thing about blogging is that you can find someone with an interest in developments (good or otherwise) on the Colombia-Venezuela border.

Posted by Steve | May 26, 2004 | 07:51 pm | Permalink
 

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The Tuesday linkfest:

  • Kathy Kinsley rounds up the Iraqi blogs.

  • Kevin Aylward publicizes a celebrity cause we can all get behind.
  • Kate McMillan has something she wants you to see.
  • Steve Verdon notes that Atrios’ failure to issue a retraction proves tax cuts are good for the economy.
  • Dean Esmay ponders gender differences and abortion.

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  • PoliBlog linked with “Deferring Acceptance” and Other Tales of Campaign Finance Lunacy
  • Cornpone linked with Married to the Law
  • Rooftop Report linked with Wow, thanks for the info guys
 
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HostingMatters was down for much of the afternoon. A delayed and somewhat truncated Traffic Jam follows:

  • Kevin Aylward is posting in some strange new language at Wizbang.

  • Steven Taylor ponders cell phone provider customer service.
  • Jen has issues with alarm clocks.
  • Cam Edwards ponders weird e-mails and counterterrorism mathematics.
  • Meryl Yourish is a No Israel-bashing Zone.

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  • The Pink Flamingo Bar Grill linked with Rethinking the Chalabi Connection...Isekoff and Hosenball contradict themselves again and again...dont they ever get anything right?
  • Backcountry Conservative linked with Charleston Air Expo 2004
  • Mark the Pundit linked with Kerry and the Red Sox
  • Texas Native linked with Witnesses to the same events see different things
  • Cornpone linked with Less Like Vietnam, More Like Cold War
  • Pennywit linked with Wabbit Caption Contest II
  • Sortapundit linked with Cell Phone Customer Service - As A Race, We're Pre
 
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Beltway Traffic Jam

The end-of-week Traffic Jam:

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A dreary Thursday linkfest:

  • McQ comments on a speech by Bill Cosby that’s sure to get a lot of attention.

  • Tiger is once again Tiger and he got some new toys.
  • Dean Esmay shares a bit more information than you probably needed.
  • Jerry Sharf ponders the irony of Michael Moore as told by Christopher Hitchens.
  • Indepundit Smash / doing his blog in haiku / don’t really know why
  • Rob Tagorda has a good roundup of the Chalabi situation.
  • Let’s hope Meryl Yourish is okay. [Update: She's fine but she ain't happy.]

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I blog in haiku
Because I like the challenge
That's reason enough.

Posted by SMASH | May 20, 2004 | 06:30 pm | Permalink
 

But after awhile
The challenge loses its edge--
Try a sestina.

Posted by Rhesa | May 20, 2004 | 10:45 pm | Permalink
 

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A somewhat late, somwhat short midweek linkfest:

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FYI: the Yglesias link goes to Jen's dog food post.

Posted by Steven | May 19, 2004 | 06:37 pm | Permalink
 

Dang! I was sure that if I made the Jam that it would be the German no-sex/infertile married couple post.

Thanks for the link!

Posted by jen | May 19, 2004 | 09:24 pm | Permalink
 

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The Tuesday linkfest:

  • Venomous Kate gives us a clue why the Germans are 0-2 in wars against real men.

  • Mark Hasty ponders baseball history and is inviting participation.
  • Craig Henry has some thoughts on blogs as a project management tool.
  • John Hawkins ranks his forty favorite blogs of the quarter.
  • Julia finally has a new story post up after a longish hiatus.
  • Michele Catalano has a nifty new site feature that I’d steal if there were room in my sidebars.
  • Terry Oglesby explains the conditions under which bringing a knife to a gun fight is acceptable.

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The Monday linkfest:

  • Megan McArdle pronounces the downturn officially over.

  • Venomous Kate has discovered a new use for Vaseline.
  • Patterico goes Jeff Goldstein on Sen. Carl Levin.
  • Kevin Aylward is seeking stupid baby names.
  • An anonymous guy has started a blog called Scared Monkeys. His entire blogroll consists of OTB, so it’s off to a good start.
  • Max Jacobs is ditching his TiVo.
  • Mark Hasty answers some burning questions from his search engine referral logs.
  • Smash says we’ve won in Fallujah.
  • Brett Marston attempts to quantify media bias.

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  • Advisory Opinion linked with The Graduate Student Left
  • PoliBlog linked with DMN Shows Image
  • Read My Lips linked with 'I don't know how the hell these people got into our army'*
  • INDC Journal linked with INDC Journal Interviews the Instapundit
 
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The mid-week linkfest:

  • Football Outsiders determines the worst team in NFL history. With math and everything.

  • Steven Taylor and Andrew Cline explain why blogs haven’t arrived as an academic medium.
  • Frank J has some tips for the Bush re-election campaign, several of which are amusing.
  • Kevin Aylward has joined the T-shirt babe wars.
  • Jeff Goldstein has a trenchant observation about a certain CBS news magazine.
  • Simon reports on positive fall-out from the Abu Ghraib mess.
  • Bill at INDC links an interesting personal ad.

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thanks for the linkage.

Posted by Simon | May 12, 2004 | 09:22 pm | Permalink
 

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The Tuesday linkfest:

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About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD