almalone.bsky.social
Classical music critic in my spare time, father, husband, Silver Springer
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I laughed out loud several times while reading this, well done
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Happened to me too
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I’ve been in single-family detached, dorms, two high rise apartment buildings, a townhouse, and another single-family detached (in succession, not all at once). Hoping to get into another apartment when I get old(er)
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I’m glad you both are OK. It does seem like many people do not care about stop signs around here. Which means they don’t care about people (and dogs), ultimately
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I’ve lived here for 40 years this June and lots of people still think my opinions are wrong, though they normally have to find another way to say so after I tell them that
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I think a lot of it is nostalgia for when the team was good. If they had won a couple Super Bowls in Landover, no one would be pining for RFK. Nostalgia is not a good basis for land-use decisions, obviously
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Season 1 of Vigil, a murder mystery on a nuclear sub with people yelling at each other Scottishly, was a banger, but then season 2 was not on a sub for some reason
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I confess you were the first person I thought of when I read the news that Susan Soorenko was looking for a buyer
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You got to see quite a dramatic game (that the Nats won)
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Booooo! Go Nats!
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At least your brain is apologetic
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Seven Corners is crazier - just a matter of geometry
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Here's the blog post where I talk about what rap songs the concert made me thing about and which cookies are best at Wolf Trap: dmvclassical.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/f...
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Yes, it is a lot better to try to be happy and enjoy being with other people than to sit around and judge
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Grieg was the first one I thought of
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Yes, the county seems willing to make the bus cheap, or electric, but not faster or more frequent, which are what everyone wants. I admit I do love riding the electrics, though
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One time I had a nice conversation with the guy working at Shuga Ice about how much Silver Spring had transformed to have cool businesses like that one. We both grew up here. Would be nice if local white people celebrated things like that
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It’s all worth it when the concert is rewarding!
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They could back out of this and re-create the domestic Champagne industry www.ttb.gov/import-expor...
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A bad rhyme!
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You are quite a fine writer
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I assume this is bait
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apologies, shoulda looked it up myself
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It has a what now
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Like I am watching talented musicians not actually making music
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Oh, I sure do
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Mondays were a great day. I used to get the $3.99 small for lunch when I was in high school and feeling fancy. That specific Jerry’s was terrible toward the end though
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I’m with you
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Also they have not actually seen a cat on a bus, which should probably have been a prerequisite for writing that the cats are taking over
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You just want to fasten your seatbelt when you see all those random words capitalized
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Ours is still up and two neighbors have commented on it
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Pretty sure there’s a similar take to be told for MoCo teachers, of course. Glad some legislative body may be equal to the challenge of increasing housing supply
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I ran into a tree out sledding with my son and my body has been standing over me shouting “SCOREBOARD” this whole week
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It’s over! www.wsscwater.com/essential-use
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When it’s yellow, let it mellow; when it’s brown, flush it down
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The people need to know exactly why Terry McLaurin is so awesome