At the Wilson and Rosslyn voting precincts in Rosslyn this morning, voting was going smoothly. I arrived at 7:25am, and got in a long line. But the line moved quickly and I voted at 8:05am.
The voting was well organized. Many paper and electronic voting stations were in use. For the first time, voting registration was checked with flatpad computers, rather than large paper registration books. Overall, an impressive operation of democracy.
Riders, supporters, and motorcycles gathered in the Pentagon parking lot yesterday for the 2008 Rolling Thunder ride. This, the twenty-first annual Rolling Thunder ride, brought together hundreds of thousands of motorcycles and many more supporters to remember veterans, especially those missing-in-action and prisoners of war.
Rolling Thunder began in 1987 with a few men who wanted to show concern for prisoners-of-war left behind in Vietnam. They came up with the idea of a motorcycle ride through Washington. One founder recalled another looking toward Memorial Bridge and saying, "It will be the sound of rolling thunder coming across that bridge." Rolling Thunder has been heard across Memorial Bridge on the Sunday before Memorial Day ever since.
Rolling Thunder is more than just motorcycles. It's part of America in action. If you missed Rolling Thunder this year, check it out next year, Memorial Day weekend.
A large field of fearless athletes gathered for the 2008 DC Idiotarod this past Saturday . About noon, the sky opened with a deluge that could have turned a well-oiled shopping cart into a rusting duck. Gale-force winds blew timid souls all the way to Potomac Yard. But Idiotarod participants came out in high-spirits for an event that seemed like a high-school parade that collapsed into chaos, a highly distributed Halloween Party, an over-the-top Hash, and a mini-Marine Corps Marathon, all rolled into one. All in all, crazy good fun; much better than a dog race.
At the Wilson and Rosslyn voting precincts in Rosslyn this morning, voting was going smoothly. I arrived at 7:25am, and got in a long line. But the line moved quickly and I voted at 8:05am.
