DC Blogs Noted
The president announced plans to expand military presence in Afghanistan on the same day of the 40th anniversary of the first U.S. draft. Don’t Gel Too Soon personally witnessed this draft lottery. Her job was to telephone each draft number to CBS News, and the implications of what she was doing weighed heavily on her. Cynthia writes: As I read the numbers into the phone, I was reading death warrants. Of men my own age. And I knew it.
Green Canary doubts that she would ever get a security clearance, which, of course, brings us to the topic of Seattle’s bikini-clad coffee slingers.
Should there be a space between Le and the Droit of LeDroit Park? A new neighborhood blog, Left for LeDroit, looks at the history in the post, The Space Between.
Starting Jan. 1, DC stores will be required to charge customers 5 cents per plastic grocery bag. The District plans to use the money to clean Anacostia River. City Renewed details where you get resuable bags this month for free provided you can take time off during the day. Meanwhile, if you are curious how this is suppose to work, City Desk has a piece, Unsolved Mystery: How Will Bag Fee Work With Self-Checkout?
This Might be Animal Cruelty. Photo. Liz in DC.
The Pleasure of Being Robbed, a two man art exhibition. Project Culture Vulture.
Rude Cactus lists his top five Christmas albums and his top five Christmas movies.
