Achenblog: December 18, 2005 - December 24, 2005
Quantum Foam: Rovestorm and Other Natural Disasters (The Best of the Boodle 2005)
Title by bc, as suggested. [Sorry about the squished headline: Where's Hal when we need him???] We're closing shop for a while, and I hope everyone enjoys a break from blogging, boodling, blorphing, boddling, and so on. Through...
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December 23, 2005; 3:55 PM ET |
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Solsticial Holiday Greeting
Got this today from my friend Richard in New Jersey [original authorship unknown]: From me "the wishor" to you "the wishee," please accept without obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally responsible, socially conscious,...
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Joel Achenbach
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December 23, 2005; 9:56 AM ET |
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Impeachment Talk at Georgetown Salon
Last night we made a pilgrimage to a friend's new house in Georgetown, an elegant manse where I immediately regretted not wearing a blazer and perhaps a jaunty cap. We talked about gay cowboys and closeted movie stars...
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Joel Achenbach
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December 22, 2005; 8:11 AM ET |
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Mo's Achenfaq
This has been posted before in the boodle but let's make it a kit. Ace boodler and porching-hour photog Mo has a blog named Den of Darkness where, among other things, she has made sense of the gibberish on...
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Joel Achenbach
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December 22, 2005; 7:54 AM ET |
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Bush Almost Admits a Mistake
[Detained by the baseball story -- see below -- I'm the last person on the planet to comment on Bush's prime-time Oval Office address to the nation. There are glossy magazines that have faster reaction times than this blog....
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Joel Achenbach
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December 20, 2005; 8:38 AM ET |
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A Lot of Inside Baseball
[My story in today's Style section.] It's the bottom of the ninth for D.C. baseball! Metaphors are flying out of the park! "Let's welcome the mayor, our slugger!" said Charlie Brotman, the legendary stadium announcer turned...
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December 20, 2005; 7:51 AM ET |
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The Annual Christmas Speech
[Today's Rough Draft column] Every year I begin the holiday season with a speech about What Really Matters. The children listen patiently. This year, I tell them, there won't be many presents. Each child should expect just...
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Joel Achenbach
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December 18, 2005; 10:40 AM ET |
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