September 2011
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August 2011
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2011 Fantasy Football Draft Picks
QB: Vick, Cutler
WR: Nicks, Sims-Walker, Julio Jones, D. Bess, E. Bennett
RB: Best, Jacobs, Daniel Thomas, Leon Washington
TE: Finley, Hernandez
K: Bironas
DEF: Detroit Lions
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April 2010
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Traffic delays on 95
Radio traffic reports indicate that southbound I-95 is backed up from the White Marsh Blvd. area due to an overturned vehicle. Based on what I saw as I crossed it on the way to my train, Belair Rd., one of the major alternate routes around that mess, is experiencing heavy traffic and backups as a result.
No MARC reports of delayed trains today so far.
Afternoon Commute
No current MARC delays - MARC 853 was delayed earlier.
No DC Metro issues aside from Nuclear Security Summit disruptions.
How’s the traffic been this afternoon in Baltimore and DC?
F Street closure for the Nuke Summit
F Street NW between 14th and 15th is closed due to a security lockdown that is most certainly for foreign dignitaries staying at nearby hotels.
Morning Commute Update
So far, there has only been one MARC issue this morning - that was MARC 870 near Point of Rocks on the Brunswick line around 5:30. There don’t appear to be any follow-on issues related to that delay.
MTA reports no other delays.
Don’t forget, DC in the Mount Vernon Square area is a total mess today and tomorrow due to the Global Nuclear Security Conference. One issue not many people...
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Nuke Security Summit Restrictions in Place
Alert DC email:
Parking restrictions for the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit are now in effect until 12 noon on Wednesday 4/14. Street closings will take place by 10PM tonight, and will be in effect until Tuesday 4/13 at 8PM. Intermittent road closures in other areas of D.C. should also be expected through Wednesday. Mount Vernon Square Metro Station will be closed from midnight tonight until...
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A flashback from 2009 - this is video of the platform at Union Station as MARC Penn Line Train 503 arrived around 6:30 a.m. one morning. I videotaped the train arriving from inside the car and then my walk down the platform, through the station and to the Metro platform.
A New Commuting Blog
I’ve actually given a name to this Tumblr blog now besides my own name. The new name represents the new use I will be giving to this space. This blog will now solely focus on commuting issues in both the Baltimore and Washington areas. I will try to focus equally on all modes of transit, even though my current commute is rail (MARC) from Baltimore to DC and then either Metro or DC Circulator...
November 2009
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September 2009
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Fantasy Football 2009
Here’s the team I drafted last night in the only league I’m participating in this year:
QBs: Phillip Rivers, Trent Edwards
WRs: Calvin Johnson, Roddy White, Darius Heyward-Bey, Sidney Rice
RBs: Felix Jones, Rashard Mendenhall, Donald Brown, Shonn Green
TEs: Vernon Davis, Todd Heap
K: Garrett Hartley
Defense: Eagles
June 2009
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Metro Fail
I left my MARC Transit Link Card at home today (it had become demagnetized for Metro use already earlier this month) so I had to buy a Metro farecard when I got to Union Station today.
I went ahead and put $6 on the card and ended up missing the first Red Line train out of Union Station toward my transfer destination of Gallery Place because of an especially challenged Metro customer trying to...
May 2009
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The Saga continues
After my initial post last night, I decided to try to do something about my non-functional Transit Link Card (at least the Metrorail portion of it won’t work - apparently de-magnetized or never magnetized in the first place prior to the month of May.)
The MARC 503 Train arrived on time around 5:25 a.m. today and I headed for the Metro entrance at Union Station. I had to show my pass to get...
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MARC/Metro/VRE TLC Rant
I commute from Baltimore to Alexandria everyday. This results in me needing to ride the MARC Penn Line in the morning and then, thanks to MARC-VRE scheduling issues I will mention again later on Inside Charm City, I have to take the Metro from Union Station to King Street.
In the afternoons, thanks to the MARC-VRE cross-honoring policy, I can ride the counter-commute on a VRE train that hits...
getting tired of this diamond with a ? mark in it when I C&P into worpdress, even if I do it in HTML mode or to notepad first
RT @wcbstv: Boston Globe Facing Extinction Over $20M In Cuts. Times Co., Globe unions in talks over concessions. http://bit.ly/cKsq4
Archdiocese of Baltimore responds to swine flu: http://bit.ly/jvdm2 #swineflu
watching golf, hoping Lucas Glover can pull this off
RT @WhispersBedard: Washington Whispers: James Baker Backs Reinstating the Draft http://tr.im/kmte
FSU just turned a triple play - VT had bases loaded with no outs.
I’m at Perry Hall - http://bkite.com/076JD
Best Bar in Baltimore voting results: http://tinyurl.com/d4bbjt
Just sponsored @rsever1 in the Relay for Life - you should too: http://bit.ly/1afjsp
RT @shey: Report: London launches bid to host Super Bowl -… http://ff.im/2xYQT
DKos poll: 32% of Georgia Republicans favor secession http://bit.ly/vpYPf
RIP Jack Kemp
playing Wii Fit ski jump
I’m at Garnett Rd & Joppa Farm Rd, Joppatowne, MD 21085, United States - http://bkite.com/0756H
Detour on NB Belair Rd at Silver Spring - SB open - Balt. Co. PD making backup worse by letting light run and not directing traffic
Archdiocese of Baltimore has suspended giving wine at communion - only giving the wafer by hand #swineflu
Also - no handshake for sign of peace in Baltimore archdiocese - bow or gesture #swineflu
Sitting with my wife and @bcphipps prior to nieces first communion
I’m at St. Joseph (Fullerton) - http://bkite.com/074kn
getting ready to go our niece’s first communion today
I’m at Ledo Pizza - http://bkite.com/0730M
I’m at Franklin Square Hospital Center - http://bkite.com/072Yi
I’m at Union Station - DC - http://bkite.com/072Km
I’m at Public Opinion Strategies - http://bkite.com/071MA
Really pissed that my May Transit Link Card is already demagnetized - will have to see a station mgr to enter or leave Metro w/it all month