Last night I (with the help of some amazing bros) I dug a five foot by 3 foot hole. This is easily the biggest hole I have ever dug. If you listen closely you can hear Chinese people on the other side. At the bottom of the hole is a pipe with a crack in [...]
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You’ll be hearing a lot this week about the Challenger disater, which hits its 20th anniversary tomorrow. But today is also the anniversary of another space disaster, that of Apollo 1. Three people (Command Pilot Virgil I. Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White, and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee) died when a spark turned the 100% oxygen [...]
Har! Actually (via Waldo) Del. Jack Reid accidentally shot off the handgun he regularly carries into the legislative sessions. Amazing? I’m all for the ol’ amendment numero duece, but stuff like this makes me think perhaps concealed weapons permits are kind of insane. Also last time I walked into the capitol building I was confronted [...]
Virginia ranks up in the top 7 states for economic activity, according to the “Corporation for Enterprise Development” – I have no idea about who they are or why we should listen to them, besides that they like Virginia. Which is reason enough for anything, right? Here is the article. Gooooo Virginia!!
In an attempt to talk less about gay people and their various plights, here’s this thing. Slow news day maybe? I’m gonna tag some people at the bottom of this post, don’t feel required to respond…although you might have BAD LUCK FOREVERZ if you don’t. Four jobs I’ve had Co-owner of a web/media firm Computer [...]
OH DEAR!!! Somehow the “Congrats to Chris Peace” story turned into a “People Who Don’t Support Gay Marriage Go to Hell” discussion. In order to give such an important topic as Gay Marriage a rightful home, let’s allow this to be the place for that discussion and let Chris Peace have his place (not that [...]
Seriously check this out, on my wife’s W2: Insert finger here and slide along this edge…
The results are in: Chris Peace 50.83% to John Montgomery’s 48.39%! For those of you not in the know, one of my friends Chris Peace ran for the 97th District seat in House of Delegates and, just tonight, won. First how cool is it that I know and hang out with a delegate? I mean [...]
Welcome regulars and guests to Haduken’s first, and Virginia’s umpteenth Virginia Blog Carnival. The VBC offers “just a sample of the topics Virginia bloggers have been writing about during the week. We hope everyone’s curiosity will be piqued to read more of the selected posts, thereby giving more exposure to each participating blogger’s site.” See [...]
I wanted to remind the regulars and non-regulars (we call ‘em norms) that our very own Haduken.com will host the Virginia Blog Carnival next Monday the 23rd. So if you have something you would like to contribute shoot it too me at MaxPower [at] haduken [dot] com. Be sure to follow these guidelines: Submission are [...]
Via Waldo. The poor guy running against nerd-champion Rick Boucher has sponsored this awesome bill: Unlawful assembly at solemn ceremonies; penalty. Any person or persons who picket or assemble in protest at or near any solemn ceremony in a loud or unruly manner intended to disrupt the ceremony and the peace or order, such that [...]
Today is a holiday that is not unique to Virginia — in fact it is a national holiday instituted in 1983 by President Reagan: Martin Luther King day. Did you know that Martin Luther King Jr. is the only black person honored by a Federal holiday? That seems weird to me. Anyway MLK was a [...]
Today is a holiday unique to Virginia: Lee-Jackson Day. Lee-Jackson Day often confuses non-Virginians and Northerners — my father included. “How can you celebrate, even honor, those men” he would say. “They chose the wrong side.” With Lee and Jackson so firmly planted on Virginia’s side of the Mason-Dixon line, doesn’t that plant them on [...]
The RTD, ever stewards of Richmond, are hosting a public square meeting on the topic of “crime and its impact on the community.” The event will be held in … Hanover County. I’m sure the residents of crime ridden Hanover County will have a lot to say about the impact of “those damn kids with [...]