DC Blogs Noted
The Disaffected Scanner Jockey takes issue with a few DC blizzard maladies and malcontents, among them: Snowchismo, SNIMBY’s, Metro Whiners, and Flinty Carpet-Bagging McShowOff’s.
The Bread for the City blog provides a helpful reminder that for some people these storms aren’t “just an inconvenience but a real crisis.” There are also a few links for you to be helpful to those in need.
With anywhere between 6-20 inches of additional snow falling at the time this post is published, there are reasonable concerns about certain roofs in our area. The Hill is Home blog has an interesting post in the subject and asks “Is Your Roof in Danger?”
Skin tone and race have long been problematic in the African American community. It is a subject so deep and complex that it has been the subject of countless books and academic studies. Black & Bougie gives a primer for the conversation with Shades and Pretty Girls: Didn’t we set the paper bag aflame already? A special thanks to I Wanna Sing Like Sarah “Sassy” Vaughn for highlighting this post.
Valentine’s Day advice and reinforcement of “stereotypes” and “double-standards” from Date the District in Survey the District: A Valentines Dilemma. How would you suggest a woman navigate the early dating gift exchange dance?
The Republic of T offers a rather harsh (and well annotated) assessment of Sarah Palin’s keynote address to the Tea Party Nation’s First Convention. If you’d like a more flattering perspective, Cosmopolitan Conservative posted her “Obligatory Post Palin-Tea Part Speech Reaction.”
