As mentioned previously my randomly assigned topic at the Greater Richmond Challenge II was “Workforce Housing.” Real quick: workforce housing is housing for people that form the backbone of society (think teachers, police, fire, clergy). Workforce housing is different than affordable housing. Affordable housing is for the guy who sells you beer at 7-11. Our [...]
I’m back from the Greater Richmond Challenge II. I had an excellent time and met some pretty awesome people. We traveled all around the the area to each of the three counties and city. We went to Gilpn Court. We went to Winchester Greens on the south side. I’ll be back early next week to [...]
Tomorrow I take part in the Greater Richmond Challenge. Basically I pay the Chamber of Commerce a bunch of money so I can brainstorm ideas to make Richmond a better place to live. I will be there because I am Richmond’s number one fan/cheerleader. NUMBER ONE. There are 95 participants and 5 topics; making two [...]
Richmond Chapter and the Richmond Hokie Club The Richmond Chapter and the Richmond Hokie Club will be holding a Virginia Tech alumni meeting on Tuesday, April 17, 6:00pm at the Virginia Tech Richmond Center, located at 2810 N. Parham Road Suite 300 (3rd Floor) in Room 306. University of Richmond Additionally, the Virginia Tech Alumni [...]
Tonight at Commonwealth Chapel a time for prayer, grief, and community. 5pm — 7pm.
I’m hosting the 5th edition of the RVA Blog Carnival — get excited. While the name “RVA Blog Carnival” looks like “RVABlogs” the two are not related, except topically. JUST HAD TO GET THAT OFF MY CHEST. Anyway, Haduken is looking for this week’s excellent posts. If you know of one, or even wrote one [...]
Check out this sweet video of “Whiplash.” It involved bikes, ropes, and getting yanked off backwards on your ass. Pics on flickr soon. Update: Photos posted
Each year a mechanical horror claws its way to the surface from the swampy bottoms of the mass graves of dead Union soldiers. With cranks for arms, chain rings for eyes, and teeth made of spokes, the SLAUGHTERAMA comes to terrorize y’all’s neighborhood. Waves of silent deadly terror will crash over the innocent as the [...]
An aide to our very own Jim Webb was arrested the other day for trying to carry a loaded pistol along with 2 loaded ammo clips into the US Senate office building. Maybe someone should let the Capitol Police know that in Virginia, this is perfectly normal, accepted practice.
Today is the anniversary of Patrick Henry’s famous speech down there at St. John’s Church in Richmond, VA. You know the one, about the liberty and such. If I had to guess, I might predict that there may be a reenactment or something going on there, although that may simply come from spending too much [...]
The guy that invented FORTRAN died this month, John Backus. For those of you without the wonderful sublime pleasure of knowing FORTRAN, it was the first high-level programming language ever invented. This means that it was the first one to sort of kind of look like English. If you have actually used it before, you [...]
Now, I don’t normally type headers in all-caps. The woman I’m married to can’t stand it. But if ever a time came when an all-caps title was needed … that time was now (WTF tenses). Seriously, Slaughterama Four. Saturday March 31 on Belle Isle. Slaughterama is the sweetest darn bike festival on the eastern seaboard [...]
My good friend the bearded MattWhite, of various fames, is hosting — what some are calling — the bestest event ever to happen ever. Tonight at The Cous his “amalgamation of saxophones, trombones, trumpet, guitar, bass, and drums” called Fight the Big Bull will cover Weezer’s Blue Album from top to bottom. It should be [...]
We all remember the recent Governor’s race in Virginia. We remember how Kilgore warned us about how Kaine would love to have saved Hitler from defeat in World War II. How if, given the chance, he would gladly have pardoned perhaps the most evil man in history from the death penalty. Well, now all of [...]
So Tuesday is an election day here in Virginia. The Democrats’ primary election is on the 13th (Tuesday), which means it is time to decide who will be running against the eminent George Allen and the plucky Gail the Rail Parker. As a disclaimer, it is a well-known fact that I hate George Allen – [...]