Waldo Jaquith

Archive for August 2010

Congressman Perriello’s got cojones.

In Virginia Politics on 26 August 2010 tagged congress, hurt, perriello with 38 comments

Whatever one might think of Rep. Tom Perriello, only a fool or a liar would deny that the guy has cojones. Just look at what he did this evening: speak at the monthly meeting of the Jefferson Area Tea Party. Consider that for a moment. Perriello is, for the second year in a row, holding [...]

It’s a family affair.

In ShortLinks on 26 August 2010 with 5 comments

My brother has blogged for a few years now. My sister just started. She’s a neurolinguist who specializes in product branding, and that’s the topic of her blog. You know, for all of your neurolinguistic branding needs.

“Geographically Inclusive State Song of Virginia”

In Virginia Politics on 22 August 2010 tagged state song with 17 comments

This is Randolph Walker’s “Geographically Inclusive State Song of Virginia,” since the state lacks a song right now. Hey, it’s better than most of the crap other people have proposed. This was our last state song. It’s amazing that it remained the state song as long as it did. (Via Craig Fifer)

Can you identify these Virginia locations?

In General on 22 August 2010 tagged geography, Virginia Politics with 9 comments

Because I’m a big dork, when I encounter Virginia place names that I’m not familiar with, I like to look them up on Google Maps and see how many times I have to zoom out until I recognize what part of the state that the place is. Sometimes there’s a highway or a river that [...]

The year’s first corn.

In Photo on 21 August 2010 with 8 comments

This is the first corncob of our first year’s corn crop, picked this afternoon. We only planted a dozen or so stalks, just to see how it’d turn out. The cobs are a bit on the small side, but assuming that it proves to be tasty, I suspect we’ll be doing this again next year.

Conservative poll shows Hurt leading Perriello.

In Virginia Politics on 16 August 2010 tagged congress, hurt, perriello with 11 comments

I’m trying to figure out how to get back into the swing of things here after an extraordinarily trying month, but I do want to point out the first reasonable poll in the Fifth District. (And understand that I’m using “reasonable” loosely—this poll was conducted for the American Action Forum, a conservative group, making it [...]