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South Carolina photos

jimbo

I had a lovely time in South Carolina, and stocked up on peaches on the way back home today. There was an alligator just outside our condo:I didn’t spot any new bird species, but got to see more Louisiana herons…

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“These aren’t the oysters you’re looking for…they’re MINE, bitches!”We are having a blast down here in South Carolina. The surf is like bathwater and the food and scenery are great. There are giant spiders and alligators here too, but my…

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Sometimes - if you’re lucky - you can see the Wondrous Dancing Fountains of Shaw at the intersection of 7th, Rhode Island and R Streets, NW DC. The geysers of fresh water have been a local phenomenon ever since the…

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Olympics roundup: fur from Russia, synchronized swimming this Saturday - with inspiration from “O,” and a pole vault primer. I can’t believe women’s softball lost to Japan! That’s a whole lot of depressed lesbians. This weekend on the way back…

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Fire Island National Seashore did not disappoint, although I didn’t see many of the historic sites in the parkland as I was carousing and Ascending most of the time. In case it rained all weekend, we brought plenty of reading…

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touring the city

jimbo

We’ve been enjoying freakishly glorious August weather here in DC lately, with temperatures in the 80s with little to no humidity, which was great for walking the length of the National Mall.I tried to show Kieran the Dubliner that awful…

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Go check out Joe Tresh’s Washington Photo Journal for a Bear Invasion 2008 photo roundup. And what does it take to round up a Bear? Nachos, apparently, according to Dogpoet. While I did not partake in any Bear trapping expeditions,…

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I finally found out what was getting into my pond and messing up all my irises and lily pads: Just kidding. That’s the Montauk Monster, the latest and best cryptozooic critter to hit the Hamptons. I love it and I…

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“I didn’t see him there,” says syndicated columnist and all-around asshole Robert Novak, after a pedestrian he hit in DC was splayed across his windshield. In 2001, Novak screamed at a pedestrian in DC. After the incident he was quoted…

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summer blossoms

jimbo

My garden’s first sunflower bloomed over the weekend, celebrating the hottest days of summer so far:The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye, or in this case sorghum. Rather than forming cobs on the side, the seeds will develop…

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