THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND…VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND…WASHINGTON. IN VIRGINIA…ALBEMARLE…AUGUSTA…CLARKE…FREDERICK VA… GREENE…MADISON…NELSON…PAGE…RAPPAHANNOCK…ROCKINGHAM… SHENANDOAH AND WARREN. IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…BERKELEY AND JEFFERSON.
I think we have bitched repeatedly on this site about the lack of pedestrian consideration in this town. There are a couple cross-walks of death in cville:
between the Lewis and Clarke building andthe downtown mall. And no, that crosswalk button won’t save you
crossing Monticello Rd at the Carlton Rd intersection. Cars come blind uphill
crossing Levy Ave at Avon St
crossing McIntire Rd to get to the C’ville Coffee shopping plaza
This town is not short on areas that can cause serious injury, fortunately the local gov intends to fix this with $700k. How?
Our new sister city is Winneba in Ghana. Winneba is not only a collegiate town a la cville, boasting West Africa’s three best institutions (called the Oxford of Ghana), it is also an amazing tourist destination:
WCAV 29 reports that local Outback Lodge owner, Terrence Martin, was arrested for reportedly/allegedly not paying Charlottesville meals tax. This is the 10th time he is arrested.
I am sitting here at 30,000 feet above Florida, and the only thing to entertain me besides this precious IBM laptop is the infamous SkyMall in-flight magazine. You turn page after page of supposedly amazingly priced goods that do a couple things like:
Charge your iPod with solar panels built into a backpack
Promote hair growth for balding men via a laser comb
Increase vehicle fuel economy by 30% for only $299.95!
I flip through the last page and have mixed feelings about all the gadget and toys I just read about. Immediately I think of that scene in Fight Club where Brad Pitt is about to create his Army of Anarchy. He says something along the lines of:
“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.”
And that’s what I think that magazine represents…a window into a life you need to buy into because you have convinced yourself it Is very hip and cool. So this isn’t my rise to call to anarchy, but it is a wake up call. Lately, I have been craving a Kitchen Aid mixer in some hi-tech color. They are everywhere! The scary thing is I don’t even bake.
What are you craving, and how badly do you not REALLY need it?
This brings up a host of issues. Firstly, will this rule lead to lower obesity, and how can you quantify that today? Secondly, if obesity is incurs an additional insurance fee, why not other maladies and lifestyle choices that severely impact your health. Smokers alone are 24.6% of the VA population and could thus contribute $43,532,867 back to the state.
I say go ahead with the additional fees (all you libertarians are snickering aren’t you?). Our lives are full of additional fees that are not health related, and yet we have learned to change habits or just pay the fees and quit the bitching and moaning:
exceeded daytime minutes on XYZ cell phone plan
when your car insurance company re-calculates your premium after you caused a rear-end collision…
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Our friends down 29, Crutchfield, want you to create your dream tailgate setup (using a plethora of audio/video components up to $2k in total value from the Crutchfield website). The winner will receive help on putting the system together. Should we create a cVillain tailgator?
Come up with a cool idea for using A/V gear that we sell on Crutchfield.com to build the ultimate tailgate system. Important: Make sure that your idea is something that you can actually do, and that it’s safe and legal.
* If you don’t already have one, create an account on Crutchfield.com.
* Surf the site and add your contest items to your Wish List.
* Your contest entry must total less than $2,000 (exclusive of shipping and taxes), so make sure you choose carefully and that you include everything that you’ll need to make your idea a reality.
* Go to your Wish List and click on the contest link. Fill out the entry form and submit your entry.
Just imagine the damage we can do at Foxfield (no s) races next year!
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