The reason for the outage could not immediately be learned.

. . .nor the origin of the sulphur-like smell surrounding the site

By ANN ALTHOUSE
Published: February 27, 2007
Unlike a lot of other political bloggers, I started blogging with a distinct lack of interest in politics. My first post about a presidential campaign, back in January 2004, the first month of my blog, was purely an accident. I was reading The Isthmus, our free alternative newspaper here in Madison, Wisc., when I ran across a chart comparing the Democratic candidates for president.

Because I had the longtime habit, inherited from my grandfather, of reading out loud whatever little things in the newspaper happened to catch my attention, I said: “Hmm. ‘Little known fact: at 59, Wesley Clark has only 5% body fat.’ ”

My son Christopher, who was used to finding himself on the receiving end of this habit, came back with: “Should it be: ‘Wesley Clark is 5% body fat?’ ”

That cracked me up, and, instantly making the transition from old family habit to new blogging habit, I posted our little interchange on my blog. I didn’t care at all whether I was helping or hurting Clark’s campaign for the Democratic nomination. I had merely encountered something that amused me at the time. I wasn’t aiming to become a political pundit. That blog post had more to do with my interest in the rhetoric of dieting, the subtleties of language and my son’s sense of humor than with politics…

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Courts migt be closed today. Back to the WaPo for the linky.

Details to follow.

Wonder if Marcy got in ok?

Jurors need not report for duty, and no offices or courtrooms will be operating, spokeswoman Leah Gurowitz said.

The problem began with a brief outage over the weekend, Gurowitz said. Power was restored, but went out again at 3 p.m. Monday. The courthouse remained open until the regular 4 p.m. closing time, but no one was admitted to the building once the power was out because security scanners were not working.

PEPCO crews worked overnight to try and fix the outage, in hopes of reopening the courthouse by today.

“They thought they could get it back up by 8 a.m., but apparently they cannot,” Gurowitz said.

The reason for the outage could not immediately be learned.

but if not,
. . . this one’s racin’ up the FDL Charts

Details to follow.

Six teaspoons of SUGAR maybe…………sweet n low is a desecration to iced tea. *g*

and yes, yeay Raven and family !

Thanks!