<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>D.C. @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link><description>(D.C.) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:17:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>D.C. @ obsidianpotency.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Ben, the two of us need look no more</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ben_the_two_of_us_need_look_no_more_1.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/ben_the_two_of_us_need_look_no_more_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ben%5Fthe%5Ftwo%5Fof%5Fus%5Fneed%5Flook%5Fno%5Fmore%5F1</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mount Pleasant has a rat problem that apparently has become the subject of local newscasts (regarding other neighborhoods, anyway).   It's a growing health hazard in a city where waste management is so awful that the vermin have an unlimited supply o]]></description></item><item><title>Farmer&apos;s Wedding</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/farmers_wedding.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/farmers_wedding.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=farmers%5Fwedding</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Right before I left for the West, I watched my friend Farmer get married.&nbsp; He tied the knot at the DC World War 1 Memorial, a memorial that I didn&#39;t even know existed on the National Mall.&nbsp; It was a beautiful day, and I got to catch up]]></description></item><item><title>Restaurant Week</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/restaurant_week.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/restaurant_week.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=restaurant%5Fweek</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am participating in DC&#39;s Restaurant Week at the moment -- an annual event where the area&#39;s best restaurants offer either specific dishes or their entire menu at a special blanket rate for a multiple-course meal.&nbsp; In DC&#39;s case, that]]></description></item><item><title>2007</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2007.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/2007.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2007</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;m not going to go into the world&#39;s 2007 retrospective, because I always feel like my version of events is too short-sighted and biased.&nbsp; Instead, I prefer to make it deliberately self-focused and dispense with any pretense of balance.&]]></description></item><item><title>A Letter To Whitlock [edit]</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/a_letter_to_whitlock.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/a_letter_to_whitlock.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fletter%5Fto%5Fwhitlock</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I never saw this before, but Etan Thomas&#39; letter to Jason Whitlock was cogent and meaningful.&nbsp; Whitlock has become a lightning rod of sorts ever since radio personality Don Imus was fired for calling the women of the Rutgers basketball team]]></description></item><item><title>Zones To Meters</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/zones_to_meters.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/zones_to_meters.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=zones%5Fto%5Fmeters</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty ordered all D.C. taxis to switch from the ancient zone fare system to a system of rate meters in all their taxis.&nbsp; He was pressured to do so in part by congressman Carl Levin, a longtime opponent of the zone sy]]></description></item><item><title>XXX</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/xxx.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/xxx.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=xxx</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So I&#39;m 30 years old today.&nbsp; I guess it&#39;s supposed to be a big deal but...eh.&nbsp; This is when I usually do a bit of introspection and retrospective thinking.&nbsp; How far have I come, and where am I going?&nbsp; That whole bit.&nbsp]]></description></item><item><title>I may have a birthday party.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_may_have_a_birthday_party.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/i_may_have_a_birthday_party.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 20:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fmay%5Fhave%5Fa%5Fbirthday%5Fparty</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My birthday is June 6, and I may have a 30th birthday party the following Saturday (June 9) or the Saturday after thhat (June 16).&nbsp; Pre-mark your calendars...I&#39;ll confirm one of thsoe dates shortly, and start inviting people.&nbsp; I wasn&#3]]></description></item><item><title>The selection period ends.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/the_selection_period_ends.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/the_selection_period_ends.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fselection%5Fperiod%5Fends</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We have a new roommate!&nbsp; She went to Marquette in Wisconsin, and is fresh out of college.&nbsp; She is choosing between two (possibly 3) job offers on the Hill, and she has that nice, sweet Midwestern vibe and smiles a lot.&nbsp; She&#39;s also]]></description></item><item><title>My First Kickball Game</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/my_first_kickball_game.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/my_first_kickball_game.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Ffirst%5Fkickball%5Fgame</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As an adult, I mean.&nbsp; My team lost, 3-1.&nbsp; It was a bit of a defensive struggle.&nbsp; Let me just say that adult kickball is a lot harder than it looks.&nbsp; With 11 fully-grown people on the field, you can&#39;t just blast the ball and co]]></description></item><item><title>So much for lessons.</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/so_much_for_lessons.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/so_much_for_lessons.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=so%5Fmuch%5Ffor%5Flessons</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Remember what I wrote yesterday? &quot;So what can we do?&nbsp; I&#39;m not sure.&nbsp; Maybe we have to be more nosy as a people.&nbsp; Maybe we should snoop around, and report anything we find suspicious to people who we think might be in a positio]]></description></item><item><title>Vultures In Blacksburg</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/vultures_in_blacksburg.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/vultures_in_blacksburg.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vultures%5Fin%5Fblacksburg</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There&#39;s no point in posting a link to any of the articles, since you&#39;d have to have been living under a rock to not have heard about the Virginia Tech Shootings that took place yesterday.This hits home for me because D.C. is a town full of Ho]]></description></item><item><title>Round 2: Fight!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/round_2_fight.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/round_2_fight.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=round%5F2%5Ffight</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We are having another open house tomorrow, and probably another one over the weekend.&nbsp; To the shock of some of my current roommates, both of our top choices turned down a chance to live with us.&nbsp; Our very top choice would have taken it, but]]></description></item><item><title>Round 1: Fight!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/round_1_fight.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/round_1_fight.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=round%5F1%5Ffight</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The college student in my house is moving out at the end of the month (and it also looks like we are losing the future med student and the German by July), so we are looking for a new roommate right now.&nbsp;&nbsp; We had an open house last night, a]]></description></item><item><title>DC Kickball</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/dc_kickball.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/dc_kickball.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dc%5Fkickball</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yes, I am joining the kickball craze that is sweeping the nation.&nbsp; DC has the biggest kickball scene in the country, and I figured it was a good way to meet some new random people and get a bit more exercise in.&nbsp; After every game, there&#39]]></description></item><item><title>Fark Party</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/fark_party.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/fark_party.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fark%5Fparty</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two Fridays ago, I went to a Fark party.&nbsp; As you may notice in my links, Fark is an institution that I&#39;ve been reading for years, and it&#39;s a fantastic way to get a lot of news from tons of sources.&nbsp; But what people who know about Fa]]></description></item><item><title>Blackout for no good reason? [EDIT]</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/blackout_for_no_good_reason.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/blackout_for_no_good_reason.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blackout%5Ffor%5Fno%5Fgood%5Freason</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I saw this on a Mt. Pleasant message board  today:&quot;D.C. ELECTRICITY OUTAGE  Equipment Failure Cuts Power in Mt. Pleasant  Electricity was knocked out last night in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Northwest Washington when a 13,000-volt feeder]]></description></item><item><title>Spies Like Us</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/spies_like_us.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/spies_like_us.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=spies%5Flike%5Fus</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I also went to DC&#39;s International Spy Museum yesterday.&nbsp; It was interesting - even riveting at times.&nbsp; The first thing they do is have you memorize a cover story for your selected &#39;cover&#39; or false identity.&nbsp; Then you get to]]></description></item><item><title>Red &amp; Hot</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/red__hot.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/red__hot.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=red%5F%5Fhot</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I've been crazy busy -- and crazy sick -- for the past few weeks.  The seesawing weather has made me sick yet agai; when the hi/low temps for the day resemble lopsided football scores, that's when I'm at the highest risk for being sick.  No]]></description></item><item><title>Metro Woes</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/metro_woes.htm</guid><link>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/metro_woes.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://obsidianpotency.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=metro%5Fwoes</comments><dc:creator>jcabana</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There was a fire at the Farragut North Metro Station that delayed trains for about half an hour this morning on my way to work.&nbsp; It was also the FOURTH DAY IN A ROW that delays were caused at that station.&nbsp; wtf, mate?&nbsp; I'd like to get]]></description></item></channel></rss>