The Curious Engineer

Waldo Jaquith

2008–2026

1,460 posts

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2026 23

October 2026

  1. Looking back at the first decade of the Canadian Digital Service.
  2. Repetition Builds Mastery
  3. Incremental versus iterative.

September 2026

  1. Canada has a chance to rethink government technology.
  2. NYC can improve service delivery through better software procurement.
  3. On the types of vendor capture.

August 2026

  1. The State Decoded v1.2.

July 2026

  1. I made a new bot (feat. Super Cat).
  2. Going beyond plug-in solar.
  3. The iPhone is the best webcam for the Mac.
  4. A “public interest test” for government insourcing.
  5. “I don’t want the government working efficiently, because that’s how you get to a dictatorship.”

June 2026

  1. Solar overtakes coal in the US.

May 2026

  1. Pooling funding for government software.

April 2026

  1. Independent government cost estimates are essential.
  2. A standing disclaimer about my Agile procurement writing.
  3. Delivery deadlines are a mistake.
  4. Detailed deliverables are a mistake.

March 2026

  1. Capital funding poisons software projects.
  2. The Intergovernmental Software Collaborative has a forever home.
  3. How to foster better collaboration.
  4. Why government software is so expensive.

February 2026

  1. One neat trick for buying software that isn’t trash.

2025 19

November 2025

  1. The past-performance trap.

October 2025

  1. No, your agency’s developers cannot “help” your vendor’s devs.

September 2025

  1. A GitHub pull request model for outsourced software projects.

June 2025

  1. Custom or COTS, either way it’s almost entirely open source software.

April 2025

  1. A model for IV&V that’s actually useful.

March 2025

  1. Why I work in the open.
  2. Don’t outsource control.
  3. Toward a proper IT funding approval process.

February 2025

  1. An RFI is not a substitute for market research.
  2. A systemic fix for terrible specialized agency software.
  3. Embracing Agile implicitly means a major shift in project control.
  4. Avoiding the “past performance” trap.

January 2025

  1. Don’t ask for references—seize them.
  2. Agile and IGs don’t have to be opposed.
  3. What if IV&V was actually useful?
  4. “Customized COTS”: When government demands to be lied to.
  5. The Frankenstein of Theseus.
  6. Why government software costs hundreds of millions of dollars.
  7. Explaining the risk of major software projects.

2024 4

June 2024

  1. Agencies must not outsource compliance to their vendor scrum team.

March 2024

  1. Org. chart chasms cause custom software project failures.

January 2024

  1. Beyond the stoplight chart: How to perform Agile oversight at scale.
  2. Preventing lousy vendors from bidding on your custom software project.

2023 8

December 2023

  1. Publishing your agency’s software as open source puts you at a major advantage.

August 2023

  1. Budgeting for software projects in “scrum team years.”

May 2023

  1. How an agency principal should oversee a major custom software project.
  2. “Agile” versus “agile.”

March 2023

  1. The work before the work: what agencies need to do before bringing on an Agile vendor.

February 2023

  1. “Customized COTS” is the worst of both.
  2. Why governors put this over here, with the rest of the fire.
  3. An Excel error caused a $202 million state budget shortfall.

2022 3

December 2022

  1. Pity Francis M. Wilhoit.
  2. Car buyback offers are bad CX.

January 2022

  1. Apple Card account verification considered harmful.

2021 4

June 2021

  1. Procurement smells.

May 2021

  1. The disconnect between software development and government contracting.
  2. Never contract for story points.

April 2021

  1. Reduce bid prices by reducing uncertainty.

2020 4

December 2020

  1. Government should procure custom software as open source.

September 2020

  1. Vote ”yes“ on VA’s redistricting constitutional amendment.

August 2020

  1. Make sure your UI modernization plan includes an open source clause.

February 2020

  1. How to stop failures of major custom software procurements.

2017 1

June 2017

  1. My videoconferencing setup.

2016 4

November 2016

  1. Truth, earned credibility, and a publisher’s responsibility.

July 2016

  1. I want you to become a government tech vendor.
  2. How I built a chicken coop.
  3. Term-limiting your organization can be a gift to future you.

2015 4

October 2015

  1. How to get started with continuous integration.

September 2015

  1. Shuttleworth fellowship.
  2. I am two dogs old.

June 2015

  1. “Accidental APIs”: Naming a design pattern.

2014 7

June 2014

  1. Dynamic electrical pricing demands dynamic price data.
  2. What’s wrong with Puckett’s resignation?
  3. Ethics and tobacco meet again in Richmond.
  4. Opening up Virginia corporate data.

February 2014

  1. Cloud corporations.

January 2014

  1. Modern tools of business.
  2. Announcing the U.S. Open Data Institute.

2013 21

November 2013

  1. Open your data.

September 2013

  1. “I put Algernon’s body in a cheese box and buried him in the backyard. I cried.”

July 2013

  1. McDonnell’s Rolex.
  2. Déjà vu.

June 2013

  1. Kluge subpoenaed.
  2. Bullshittery and bad candidates.
  3. Randy “Duke” Cunningham has been released from prison.

May 2013

  1. Ethics training in the governor’s office.
  2. A Virginia campaign finance API.
  3. Cuccinelli’s self-inflicted FOIA gunshot wound.
  4. Make money from home! (Even if your home is the governor’s mansion.)
  5. New site, new datasets.

March 2013

  1. I am one dog old.
  2. $500 speech transcription bounty claimed.
  3. $500 bounty for a speech transcription program.

February 2013

  1. Why fresh-squeezed orange juice turns bitter.
  2. Everything you want to know about gun violence in the United States.
  3. That “fresh squeezed” orange juice is anything but.

January 2013

  1. Senator Henry Marsh’s big day.
  2. Muller concludes that humans are behind climate change.
  3. 3-D printers are a nightmare for the NRA.

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December 2012

  1. Turn-of-phrase inflation.
  2. “Opening Up State Legal Data.”
  3. Neither Cuccinelli nor McAuliffe can win. And yet one of them must.
  4. Michigan’s filmmaker tax break boondoggle.

November 2012

  1. Top Florida Republicans admit that “voter fraud” laws are about suppressing turnout.
  2. Just a coincidence, one assumes.
  3. Obama’s secret UN-led mind-control plot revealed.
  4. Government can’t create jobs. Except when McDonnell does it.
  5. George Allen says he’s done running for office.
  6. What’s next for the Republican Party after last night’s many defeats?
  7. On the proposed constitutional amendments.
  8. The New York Times is looking at Virgil Goode.

October 2012

  1. A conservative Virginia activist has been sending anti-Obama SMSes.
  2. You say Missouruh, I say Missouree.
  3. “Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America.”

September 2012

  1. The politics of beer or the beer of politics.
  2. Feda Morton has been barred by a court from campaigning.
  3. Don’t average voters deserve a little representation?
  4. “TV News Search & Borrow.”
  5. Sweet land of liberty.
  6. Bush White House actively ignored September 11 warnings.

August 2012

  1. OpenCourt Wins Legal Battle Over Streaming Proceedings
  2. Request for Awesome.
  3. Hurt is failing his campaign promise of beating Perriello’s accessibility record.

July 2012

  1. 63% of Republicans still think that Iraq had WMD in 2003 and that the president is not an American.
  2. Muller concludes that humans are behind climate change.
  3. New Virginia Decoded features.
  4. 43% of Philadelphia voters lack photo ID.
  5. There is no voter fraud in Pennsylvania.
  6. Unsurprisingly, Medicaid helps people.
  7. “Yeah, no.”
  8. Racial resentment correlates with support for voter ID laws.
  9. The NRA just keeps going too far.
  10. Sunlight Foundation “OpenGov Champion.”
  11. Wikipedia: South Asian numbering system
  12. UVA hijinx.

June 2012

  1. DNA analysis finds huge rate of wrong convictions in Virginia.
  2. Michigan representative barred from speaking on the floor for saying “vagina.”
  3. Finish VDOT contract work quickly, get laid off quickly.
  4. Tracy Thorne-Begland appointed to the bench.
  5. 2012 is the hottest year ever.
  6. PolitiFact fact-checks Bob Marshall. (Hint: He does poorly.)

May 2012

  1. Congress declines to let people download copies of bills.
  2. Scientific American: NC Makes Sea Level Rise Illegal
  3. Opening up Virginia campaign finance data with Saberva.
  4. Our new ladies.
  5. Gay sex, civil rights, and star-spangled axes.
  6. Answering legal questions with Google.
  7. Plus ashamed bigots makes 51.
  8. Who can account for the missing nineteen legislators?
  9. The ten delegates who knew better.
  10. Romney’s classmates recall his assault of a gay student.
  11. Greene County Republicans call for armed overthrow of the government.
  12. Why the USPS is running out of money.
  13. Don’t miss the Tribune’s exposé of the flame retardant industry.
  14. Everything is turning into iron.
  15. How to decode law histories.
  16. U.S. Route 58
  17. A big clue has been found in the mystery of the Lost Colony.
  18. Virginia enters the 21st century with online lobbyist registration.
  19. Rep. Pete Stark accused—then retracted—a charge against a journalist.
  20. Miami created a park to create a legal reason to banish homeless sex offenders.
  21. Blogging at State Decoded.

April 2012

  1. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
  2. Anonymous $10,000,000 donation funding Crossroads GPS.
  3. Belief in evolution graphed against per capita income.
  4. The trajectories of life-bearing meteorites from Earth.
  5. March was the warmest March ever.
  6. Unsurprising research finds that some homophobia is rooted in homosexuality.
  7. Reliability is the most important professional trait that you can cultivate.
  8. Why you can’t infer the content of a law from the legislation on which it is based.
  9. House Republicans are looking to bring back the earmark.

March 2012

  1. Finally, a link has been shown between pesticides and colony collapse disorder.
  2. This isn’t how medical privacy is supposed to work.
  3. There is no correlation between domestic drilling and fuel prices.
  4. Freshman House Republicans aren’t the voting bloc that they’re presented as.
  5. Why must we insist that Bales “snapped” before murdering Afghan civilians?
  6. Scotts Miracle-Gro has pleaded guilty to selling poisoned bird seed.
  7. This American Life has retracted their story about Apple.
  8. jQuery.dotdotdot.
  9. The White House’s Ethics.gov promo video.
  10. AP calls out White House officials for anonymized press conference.
  11. Introducing Virginia Decoded.
  12. Not with a bang, but a whimper.
  13. PPP’s survey of likely Republican voters in Mississippi and Alabama is really something.
  14. That little waving cat sculpture in Chinese restaurants is called a “Maneki Neko.”
  15. Announcing Ethics.gov.
  16. Peanut allergies are fantastically rare, even among people who ostensibly have peanut allergies.
  17. CBS News calling a spade a spade.
  18. The final vote on 2008’s budget bill (SB30).
  19. The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled against Cuccinelli in climate case, with prejudice.
  20. An archive of reports issued to the General Assembly.

February 2012

  1. The other reason that the ultrasound bill crumbled.
  2. Clouds are getting lower.
  3. List of the most common U.S. place names.
  4. It turns out that AIDS/HIV deniers still exist.
  5. The notion that the Bible prohibits abortion is more recent than the invention of the Happy Meal.
  6. Sixty people coordinated the largest-ever organ exchange.
  7. A strikingly effective way to ensure the success of disadvantaged students in college.
  8. 5 perhaps unanticipated effects of declaring fetuses to be “persons” under Virginia law.
  9. Pew quantifies the rise of interracial marriage.
  10. The New York Times points out an untruth.
  11. Virgil Goode is running for president.
  12. Apple, Cisco, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
  13. An admirably concise definition of “life.”
  14. Possible Neanderthal cave paintings have been discovered.
  15. How Del. Marshall’s “personhood” bill would render the Code of Virginia absurd.
  16. I’m speaking at tomorrow’s Jefferson Jackson event in Richmond.
  17. A private open data reference for medications.
  18. Congress has earmarks again, they just call them something different.
  19. The AP demonstrates how to point out an untruth.
  20. The USDA has mapped out food deserts.

January 2012

  1. Warren Olney is emblematic of what’s wrong with modern journalism.
  2. Records about those pardoned Mississippi killers have gone missing.
  3. VDOT tracking snowplows via GPS, sharing their position.
  4. The Chicago Sun-Times will no longer endorse candidates.
  5. Disqus research finds that “pseudonyms drive communities.”
  6. Scientific American: The Impracticality of a Cheeseburger
  7. I seem to have this website.
  8. New York Times: Inside the Fed in 2006—A Coming Crisis, and Banter
  9. The New York Times is wondering if they should provide the truth.
  10. ESPN: Shotgun Golf with Bill Murray
  11. The Lookout: The Texans who live on the ‘Mexican side’ of the border fence—‘Technically, we’re in the United States’
  12. ABC News: Expert—Wastewater Well in Ohio Triggered Quakes
  13. Wikipedia: Academi

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December 2011

  1. Links for December 25th
  2. Links for December 19th
  3. My new project, just out of beta.
  4. Links for December 5th
  5. On the impracticality of a cheeseburger.
  6. Links for November 30th

November 2011

  1. Links for November 25th
  2. Links for November 23rd
  3. Links for November 15th
  4. My new job and its effect on my blogging.
  5. Links for November 13th
  6. Links for November 11th
  7. Links for November 10th
  8. The booming small wind industry.
  9. Let’s run party leaders in unopposed races.

October 2011

  1. Are we really the Saudi Arabia of coal?
  2. Links for October 31st
  3. Links for October 27th
  4. Links for October 24th
  5. Calculating my home’s energy inputs and outputs.
  6. Links for October 20th
  7. Links for October 19th
  8. Links for October 14th
  9. Links for October 11th
  10. Hurt: It takes 150 times longer to start a business now than in 1987.
  11. Links for October 6th
  12. Links for October 5th
  13. Links for October 3rd

September 2011

  1. Links for September 29th
  2. Adorable puppy available for adoption.
  3. Links for September 27th
  4. Links for September 27th
  5. Links for September 23rd
  6. Links for September 20th
  7. Did Connaughton lie to the CTB and Albemarle about the Western Bypass price tag?
  8. Some of the questions raised by the approval to toll I-95.
  9. “Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.”
  10. It only took Allen a week to prove himself a hypocrite.
  11. Links for September 15th
  12. Links for September 12th
  13. Links for September 9th
  14. Allen says it’s bad to leave Virginia.
  15. An independent has joined the 59th House race.
  16. Links for September 8th
  17. Links for September 6th
  18. Eastern Shore ticked off the Commonwealth Quest list.
  19. Links for September 5th
  20. Links for September 1st

August 2011

  1. Links for August 30th
  2. Links for August 29th
  3. Links for August 27th
  4. Links for August 25th
  5. Links for August 19th
  6. Links for August 17th
  7. Links for August 11th
  8. Links for August 10th
  9. Congressmen are upside-down in a new CNN poll.
  10. Links for August 6th
  11. Links for August 4th
  12. More on my White House adventure.
  13. The merits of government apps contests.
  14. Links for August 2nd

July 2011

  1. Links for July 28th
  2. Links for July 25th
  3. Links for July 24th
  4. Links for July 22nd
  5. Links for July 19th
  6. Links for July 16th
  7. Links for July 14th
  8. “Federal default might be what it takes to right the nation’s fiscal ship.”
  9. Links for July 12th
  10. Links for July 9th
  11. These geologists who support Virginia uranium mining are familiar.
  12. Links for July 8th
  13. Links for July 7th
  14. “The American people.”
  15. Links for July 6th
  16. Cuccinelli has found support for a UVA ban on firearms, but I’m not sure he’s got it right.

June 2011

  1. Links for June 27th
  2. My new adventure: The State Decoded.
  3. Links for June 16th
  4. Links for June 15th
  5. Creating an API for the commonwealth.
  6. Links for June 11th
  7. I got an award from the White House.
  8. 97° of global warming.
  9. Links for June 7th
  10. Jeff Frederick running for senate.
  11. Links for June 2nd

May 2011

  1. Links for May 30th
  2. Links for May 25th
  3. Links for May 22nd
  4. Claudia Tucker, Wilkins’ eavesdropper, is running for senate.
  5. Links for May 18th
  6. Links for May 16th
  7. Links for May 13th
  8. Links for May 13th
  9. On trying to buy American-made jeans: A success story.
  10. Links for May 11th
  11. Links for May 10th
  12. Most Virginians support gay marriage.
  13. Links for May 8th
  14. Links for May 6th
  15. Links for May 5th
  16. Links for May 5th
  17. Links for May 4th
  18. Links for May 2nd

April 2011

  1. Links for April 28th
  2. Links for April 27th
  3. Links for April 26th
  4. Links for April 22nd
  5. Links for April 19th
  6. Hurt is “on the same page” as the Tea Party.
  7. My 15th anniversary of blogging.
  8. Links for April 15th
  9. Muzzle Awards announced.
  10. Links for April 13th
  11. Links for April 12th
  12. Federal employees as a percentage of the population.
  13. Links for April 10th
  14. Links for April 7th
  15. Links for April 6th
  16. State Government Finances in the U.S.
  17. The background to the redistricting process is starting to emerge.

March 2011

  1. Links for March 31st
  2. First thoughts on redistricting.
  3. Links for March 29th
  4. Links for March 28th
  5. Links for March 25th
  6. Tea Party disappointed by Hurt’s inaccessibility.
  7. Links for March 24th
  8. Virginia Redistricting Competition winners announced.
  9. Links for March 21st
  10. Links for March 19th
  11. McDonnell on open government.
  12. Commenting bug fixed.
  13. Everything that’s wrong with publishing.
  14. Links for March 16th
  15. Links for March 15th
  16. Links for March 14th
  17. Links for March 11th
  18. Links for March 9th
  19. Links for March 8th
  20. Links for March 7th
  21. Links for March 3rd
  22. Links for March 2nd
  23. Links for March 1st
  24. Bigger textareas mean longer comments.
  25. The Virginian Pilot’s verified commenting system.

February 2011

  1. Links for February 28th
  2. Links for February 24th
  3. Links for February 22nd
  4. Links for February 21st
  5. Links for February 16th
  6. Links for February 16th
  7. links for 2011-02-15
  8. links for 2011-02-14
  9. links for 2011-02-11
  10. How I OCR hundreds of hours of video.
  11. links for 2011-02-10
  12. Good for Senator Webb.
  13. links for 2011-02-09
  14. links for 2011-02-08
  15. links for 2011-02-02
  16. links for 2011-02-01
  17. That went better than expected.

January 2011

  1. links for 2011-01-31
  2. Legislative video sponsorships.
  3. Both legal and dumb.
  4. links for 2011-01-26
  5. How Instapaper works.
  6. links for 2011-01-24
  7. links for 2011-01-21
  8. links for 2011-01-20
  9. CNS does it right.
  10. links for 2011-01-19
  11. Memo to Virginia journalists.
  12. links for 2011-01-18
  13. Beagle Puppies for Adoption
  14. links for 2011-01-12
  15. links for 2011-01-11
  16. McDonnell straps on his redistricting fig leaf.
  17. links for 2011-01-10
  18. links for 2011-01-07
  19. links for 2011-01-06
  20. links for 2011-01-05
  21. links for 2011-01-03

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December 2010

  1. links for 2010-12-30
  2. 2009 McDonnell vs. 2010 McDonnell.
  3. links for 2010-12-22
  4. I want to capture this moment.
  5. Photography is not a crime.
  6. links for 2010-12-21
  7. links for 2010-12-20
  8. AMBER Alert API?
  9. Richmond Sunlight’s JSON API.
  10. links for 2010-12-17
  11. McDonnell is attacking public broadcasting (again).
  12. links for 2010-12-15
  13. links for 2010-12-13
  14. links for 2010-12-10
  15. links for 2010-12-09
  16. links for 2010-12-08
  17. links for 2010-12-07
  18. links for 2010-12-03
  19. links for 2010-12-02
  20. links for 2010-12-01

November 2010

  1. links for 2010-11-30
  2. links for 2010-11-29
  3. The unstructured structure of the Code of Virginia.
  4. Gilmore’s Secretary of Finance has been convicted of defrauding the state.
  5. JLARC: McDonnell’s ABC privatization proposal is full of holes.
  6. links for 2010-11-23
  7. links for 2010-11-22
  8. How will we keep an eye on redistricting?
  9. links for 2010-11-18
  10. links for 2010-11-15
  11. links for 2010-11-10
  12. Redistricting considerations.
  13. links for 2010-11-05
  14. links for 2010-11-04
  15. Bachmann can’t name anything she’d cut from government.
  16. links for 2010-11-01
  17. Hurt has filed a $1M lawsuit over a campaign ad.

October 2010

  1. links for 2010-10-29
  2. Hurt says he’d be more accessible than Perriello.
  3. links for 2010-10-28
  4. About the three constitutional amendments on the ballot.
  5. Cuccinelli: Obama says Perriello is his favorite Congressman. Really?
  6. links for 2010-10-27
  7. links for 2010-10-26
  8. Pre-mortem on Hurt.
  9. links for 2010-10-22
  10. Robert Hurt, flaming liberal?
  11. links for 2010-10-19
  12. links for 2010-10-18
  13. links for 2010-10-15
  14. Can your tap water do this?
  15. That explains why Hurt didn’t want to debate.
  16. Well done, WSLS.
  17. links for 2010-10-13
  18. McDonnell faked the moon landing with Elvis.
  19. links for 2010-10-07
  20. Clark has abandoned his professed beliefs for his own ambitions.
  21. links for 2010-10-06
  22. links for 2010-10-04
  23. links for 2010-10-01
  24. The Waldo Jaquith approval committee unanimously endorses this blog entry.

September 2010

  1. links for 2010-09-29
  2. links for 2010-09-27
  3. links for 2010-09-23
  4. links for 2010-09-22
  5. Virginia Laws.
  6. Gone metaphorically fishin’.

August 2010

  1. Congressman Perriello’s got cojones.
  2. It’s a family affair.
  3. “Geographically Inclusive State Song of Virginia”
  4. Can you identify these Virginia locations?
  5. The year’s first corn.
  6. Conservative poll shows Hurt leading Perriello.

July 2010

  1. links for 2010-07-30
  2. links for 2010-07-29
  3. links for 2010-07-28
  4. links for 2010-07-27
  5. links for 2010-07-22
  6. links for 2010-07-20
  7. Poll: Voters are confused.
  8. links for 2010-07-16
  9. links for 2010-07-14
  10. links for 2010-07-13
  11. links for 2010-07-12
  12. links for 2010-07-09
  13. links for 2010-07-07
  14. links for 2010-07-05
  15. links for 2010-07-02
  16. links for 2010-07-01

June 2010

  1. links for 2010-06-30
  2. links for 2010-06-29
  3. links for 2010-06-28
  4. links for 2010-06-18
  5. Hurt will, won’t debate his opponents.
  6. links for 2010-06-17
  7. links for 2010-06-16
  8. links for 2010-06-14
  9. Laurence Verga’s got junk.
  10. How we got our mortgage. Or: Why so many people bought houses they couldn’t afford.
  11. links for 2010-06-11
  12. links for 2010-06-10
  13. links for 2010-06-09
  14. Learn about Cuccinelli v. UVA at this Tuesday night event.
  15. links for 2010-06-04
  16. links for 2010-06-03
  17. links for 2010-06-02
  18. links for 2010-06-01

May 2010

  1. The RPV, caught in a lie, won’t even admit it.
  2. links for 2010-05-28
  3. links for 2010-05-21
  4. links for 2010-05-20
  5. The RPV doesn’t dare speak badly of gay rights.
  6. links for 2010-05-14
  7. links for 2010-05-12
  8. links for 2010-05-11
  9. How to have a house built with your sanity intact.
  10. The house is nearly complete.
  11. links for 2010-05-06
  12. links for 2010-05-05
  13. Family Research Council founder goes a’twinking.
  14. links for 2010-05-04
  15. links for 2010-05-03
  16. The state seal used to have more nudity.
  17. The Attorney General is censoring the state seal. Srsly.

April 2010

  1. links for 2010-04-29
  2. links for 2010-04-28
  3. Is it worth the risk to drill off Virginia’s coast?
  4. links for 2010-04-26
  5. links for 2010-04-23
  6. links for 2010-04-22
  7. links for 2010-04-21
  8. links for 2010-04-14
  9. The Post profiles Creigh Deeds post-election.
  10. links for 2010-04-13
  11. links for 2010-04-12
  12. links for 2010-04-10
  13. Sheila Johnson just can’t be surprised by McDonnell.
  14. links for 2010-04-09
  15. links for 2010-04-08
  16. links for 2010-04-07
  17. links for 2010-04-06
  18. links for 2010-04-05
  19. links for 2010-04-03
  20. links for 2010-04-02

March 2010

  1. links for 2010-03-31
  2. links for 2010-03-30
  3. links for 2010-03-29
  4. Perriello Virginia’s most frugal congressman.
  5. links for 2010-03-27
  6. And I won’t take money from Millerites.
  7. links for 2010-03-26
  8. links for 2010-03-25
  9. “Don’t Retreat, Instead—RELOAD!”
  10. Perriello threatened.
  11. links for 2010-03-24
  12. Gas line severed at Perriellos’ house.
  13. Teabaggers threaten congressman’s brother.
  14. “Proposal To Shoot, Stuff Long-Winded Legislators Beaten”
  15. links for 2010-03-23
  16. links for 2010-03-22
  17. links for 2010-03-21
  18. Teabaggers upset with Perriello for agreeing with them.
  19. links for 2010-03-18
  20. links for 2010-03-17
  21. links for 2010-03-16
  22. links for 2010-03-15
  23. links for 2010-03-12
  24. links for 2010-03-11
  25. links for 2010-03-08
  26. Our house is insulated with newspapers.
  27. The Senate killed a bill to put their own voting records online. So I did it for them.
  28. links for 2010-03-05
  29. Verga clarifies. Kind of.
  30. Orange County has sued a couple who xeriscaped their lawn.
  31. Scooby snacks are made out of fetuses.
  32. Video of Laurence Verga’s racist remarks about the president.
  33. links for 2010-03-03
  34. links for 2010-03-02
  35. links for 2010-03-01
  36. The status of our house.

February 2010

  1. Laurence Verga, racist.
  2. National Journal Agrees: Perriello’s a centrist.
  3. links for 2010-02-26
  4. links for 2010-02-25
  5. The fig leaf comes off.
  6. links for 2010-02-23
  7. Bob Marshall, alienating his base.
  8. links for 2010-02-22
  9. Tom Perriello, demonstrably centrist.
  10. General Assembly Twitter aggregator.
  11. links for 2010-02-19
  12. Sen. Hurt is, in fact, the most partisan member of the senate.
  13. links for 2010-02-18
  14. links for 2010-02-17
  15. links for 2010-02-16
  16. YA5DR declares candidacy.
  17. links for 2010-02-15
  18. Steele connects with the middle class.
  19. Somebody explain σ 2 to the RPV.
  20. links for 2010-02-04
  21. links for 2010-02-03
  22. links for 2010-02-02
  23. The bill cosponsorship matrix explains the SB714 crossover vote.

January 2010

  1. links for 2010-01-31
  2. Bob McDonnell on The Daily Show.
  3. links for 2010-01-29
  4. Perriello proposes prohibition on foreign corporate donations.
  5. links for 2010-01-28
  6. The Tea Party: Just like any other political party, only hopelessly naïve.
  7. links for 2010-01-27
  8. McPadden on “when the going gets tough.”
  9. links for 2010-01-26
  10. links for 2010-01-25
  11. A majority thinker.
  12. Seriously. Get some.
  13. Siting our house.
  14. links for 2010-01-13
  15. links for 2010-01-12
  16. links for 2010-01-11
  17. links for 2010-01-10
  18. 7 West has wrapped up.
  19. links for 2010-01-09
  20. links for 2010-01-08
  21. 5CD Republicans have started their debate debate.
  22. links for 2010-01-07
  23. links for 2010-01-02
  24. links for 2010-01-01
  25. A General Assembly pre-filed tag cloud.
  26. The RPV’s revisionist time-machine.

2009 437

December 2009

  1. links for 2009-12-31
  2. Never mind the Republican whinging about the cost of a primary.
  3. links for 2009-12-30
  4. Another 3rd party congressional candidate.
  5. links for 2009-12-26
  6. links for 2009-12-25
  7. links for 2009-12-22
  8. links for 2009-12-21
  9. Robert Hurt has signed on with the free-lunch crowd.
  10. links for 2009-12-20
  11. links for 2009-12-19
  12. Crouching beagle, hidden wienerdog.
  13. links for 2009-12-18
  14. What will McDonnell do to fund transportation (if anything)?
  15. links for 2009-12-17
  16. links for 2009-12-16
  17. links for 2009-12-15
  18. Ditch your voicemail. Get an answering machine.
  19. links for 2009-12-14
  20. links for 2009-12-13
  21. 5CD Republicans will hold a primary.
  22. links for 2009-12-12
  23. links for 2009-12-11
  24. WSJ joins in questioning Goldman Sachs guns story.
  25. links for 2009-12-10
  26. Yet another 5th District Republican (YA5DR) running against Perriello.
  27. links for 2009-12-09
  28. Should voting histories be private?
  29. Gaming the frequent flier mile system via the U.S. Mint.
  30. links for 2009-12-08
  31. links for 2009-12-07
  32. links for 2009-12-05
  33. links for 2009-12-04
  34. links for 2009-12-03
  35. links for 2009-12-02
  36. Are Goldman execs arming themselves? (Hint: No.)
  37. Two political actions that I insist that you stop taking.
  38. links for 2009-12-01

November 2009

  1. links for 2009-11-30
  2. links for 2009-11-29
  3. High, Wide and Handsome.
  4. links for 2009-11-28
  5. links for 2009-11-26
  6. links for 2009-11-25
  7. links for 2009-11-24
  8. links for 2009-11-23
  9. links for 2009-11-21
  10. links for 2009-11-20
  11. links for 2009-11-19
  12. links for 2009-11-18
  13. The Hamilton case has gone federal.
  14. links for 2009-11-17
  15. The burning of Rep. Perriello has been cancelled.
  16. links for 2009-11-16
  17. links for 2009-11-15
  18. links for 2009-11-13
  19. links for 2009-11-11
  20. links for 2009-11-10
  21. links for 2009-11-09
  22. links for 2009-11-08
  23. With These Hands.
  24. links for 2009-11-06
  25. links for 2009-11-05
  26. Steve Shannon’s special IP addresses.
  27. links for 2009-11-04
  28. Campaign result apps blooming.
  29. links for 2009-11-02
  30. Share this precinct-finding widget.
  31. links for 2009-11-01

October 2009

  1. A prayer for Bradley Rees.
  2. links for 2009-10-30
  3. links for 2009-10-29
  4. “Jobs governor”?
  5. links for 2009-10-28
  6. Daily Progress: Cuccinelli uninterested in “agenda-driven change.”
  7. Groundbreaking.
  8. links for 2009-10-26
  9. links for 2009-10-25
  10. links for 2009-10-23
  11. links for 2009-10-22
  12. Bell accuses Perriello of negative campaigning.
  13. Profile of Eddie Cassidy, part 2.
  14. links for 2009-10-21
  15. Medical marijuana is legal in Virginia.
  16. links for 2009-10-20
  17. A profile of Eddie Cassidy.
  18. links for 2009-10-19
  19. McDonnell doubts global climate change exists at all.
  20. links for 2009-10-17
  21. The latest in a series of random guys is running against Perriello.
  22. links for 2009-10-15
  23. McDonnell loves, loathes gays.
  24. links for 2009-10-14
  25. VPAP is conducting their annual survey.
  26. links for 2009-10-13
  27. Norfolk vs. Vivian.
  28. FactCheck weighs in against McDonnell.
  29. links for 2009-10-12
  30. Giant puffball mushrooms.
  31. links for 2009-10-09
  32. With enemies like this, who needs friends?
  33. McDonnell caved on this business of a no-tax pledge.
  34. links for 2009-10-08
  35. Hurt jumps into the fray.
  36. links for 2009-10-07
  37. links for 2009-10-06
  38. links for 2009-10-05
  39. links for 2009-10-04
  40. links for 2009-10-02
  41. Limiting *nix program runtime.
  42. links for 2009-10-01

September 2009

  1. links for 2009-09-30
  2. A fifth Republican packs into the anti-Perriello clown car.
  3. links for 2009-09-29
  4. Cuccinelli: Shannon was once in the same room with a guy who knew a guy who was a communist.
  5. links for 2009-09-28
  6. Del. Bell is warping the minds of our children!
  7. More on McDonnell’s invented $500M from ABC privatization.
  8. The Post has highlighted McDonnell’s fuzzy transportation math.
  9. links for 2009-09-26
  10. links for 2009-09-25
  11. “Don’t be like that, baby. I’ll get you DMB.”
  12. links for 2009-09-18
  13. Cuccinelli logic fail.
  14. Sen. Deeds is pulling even with McDonnell.
  15. “Mass hysteria” at the Deeds/McDonnell debate.
  16. links for 2009-09-17
  17. Eliminating “waste, fraud, and abuse” won’t close our budget gap.
  18. links for 2009-09-16
  19. links for 2009-09-15
  20. Cordel Faulk will pass on challenging Perriello.
  21. links for 2009-09-14
  22. links for 2009-09-12
  23. McDonnell defends himself from himself.
  24. links for 2009-09-11
  25. links for 2009-09-10
  26. Perriello challenger Rees just got convicted on a guns charge.
  27. links for 2009-09-09
  28. The SBE will charge $25/filing for paper campaign finance reports.
  29. Shorter sessions and zero pay for Virginia legislators?
  30. links for 2009-09-08
  31. No complaining about sign vandalism.
  32. links for 2009-09-07
  33. links for 2009-09-06
  34. “Who cares?”
  35. links for 2009-09-05
  36. links for 2009-09-04
  37. We’ll look back and see this as the week that McDonnell lost the race.
  38. links for 2009-09-03
  39. links for 2009-09-02
  40. links for 2009-09-01
  41. Bonner & Associates lying about letter-forging scandal.

August 2009

  1. links for 2009-08-31
  2. links for 2009-08-29
  3. links for 2009-08-27
  4. links for 2009-08-26
  5. links for 2009-08-25
  6. The Hamilton scandal tells us it’s time to overhaul the General Assembly.
  7. links for 2009-08-24
  8. From the Department of Unlikely Studies of Virginia Electoral History.
  9. links for 2009-08-21
  10. links for 2009-08-20
  11. links for 2009-08-19
  12. links for 2009-08-18
  13. McDonnell will build HOT lanes with Monopoly money and pixie dust.
  14. McDonnell’s getting squeamish about abortion.
  15. Kris Amundson’s new job.
  16. links for 2009-08-17
  17. Tucker Watkins just making stuff up about Perriello.
  18. Some odd characters are lining up to challenge Rep. Perriello.
  19. Del. Marshall explains the constitutional exception to bill limits.
  20. links for 2009-08-15
  21. The RPV is distancing themselves from Crabill.
  22. links for 2009-08-14
  23. links for 2009-08-13
  24. links for 2009-08-12
  25. links for 2009-08-11
  26. links for 2009-08-10
  27. links for 2009-08-08
  28. A second candidate is running against Rep. Perriello.
  29. links for 2009-08-07
  30. links for 2009-08-06
  31. links for 2009-08-05
  32. links for 2009-08-04
  33. Astroturfing update.
  34. links for 2009-08-03
  35. Some questions for Bonner & Associates.
  36. Tim Heaphy nominated for U.S. attorney.

July 2009

  1. links for 2009-07-31
  2. Energy bill opponents forged letters to Rep. Perriello.
  3. links for 2009-07-30
  4. Where are the grownups in the transportation debate?
  5. links for 2009-07-29
  6. links for 2009-07-28
  7. Goode declines to run for his old seat.
  8. links for 2009-07-24
  9. links for 2009-07-23
  10. Republicans are lining up up to run for Saxman’s seat.
  11. Kaine’s DNC travel revealed via FOIA.
  12. A venn diagram of instability.
  13. links for 2009-07-22
  14. Teabagger is seeking nomination in the 20th.
  15. links for 2009-07-20
  16. links for 2009-07-19
  17. links for 2009-07-18
  18. links for 2009-07-17
  19. Del. Saxman stepping down.
  20. links for 2009-07-16
  21. Goode raises $154.
  22. Del. Saxman’s very complete campaign finance filing.
  23. links for 2009-07-15
  24. George Allen’s book, The Triumph of Character, is due out in June.
  25. links for 2009-07-14
  26. links for 2009-07-13
  27. links for 2009-07-12
  28. links for 2009-07-11
  29. Scott Rigell is running against Glenn Nye.
  30. Sarah Palin looks to the “Department of Law.”
  31. Virginia’s SSN protection doesn’t particularly protect them.
  32. Why I donated $100 to the RPV.
  33. Don’t trouble your pretty little head over Palin’s motivations.
  34. Teabaggers held a protest at Rep. Perriello’s office.
  35. Goode to make up his mind on a Perriello challenge soon.
  36. No filibuster, no imperial measurements.
  37. From the department of mixed metaphors.

June 2009

  1. You should follow this open government Twitter feed.
  2. Commonwealth Quest update.
  3. Perriello’s opponent is touting his qualifications.
  4. Kris Amundson is retiring from the General Assembly.
  5. Chris Anderson’s Free contains what is apparently plagiarized text.
  6. McDonnell refuses to sign an anti-tax pledge.
  7. Catching up with Abu Zubaida.
  8. The effects of VDOT’s budget problems are coming into focus.
  9. Saving money by downgrading asphalt to gravel.
  10. Fear and loathing at an Albemarle County precinct.
  11. Random guy running against Perriello.
  12. Eleven-year-old “terrorist” released from Guantanamo.
  13. Dionne: Advantage Deeds.
  14. The NRA’s endorsement quandary.
  15. McDonnell’s unenviable position in this race.
  16. Election stats.
  17. Republicans considering ’10 Congressional challenges.
  18. The Democratic primary got 46x greater turnout than Republicans’.
  19. “Democrats nominate and vote for politicians while Republicans nominate and vote for leaders.”
  20. Wikipedia’s role in Sen. Deeds’ nomination.
  21. The legislature’s most prolific copatrons.
  22. On underestimating Creigh Deeds.
  23. 5 things Terry McAuliffe plans to buy with his millions of dollars in the last 24 hours of the primary.
  24. SUSA: Deeds is crushing McAuliffe and Moran.
  25. PPP survey has Deeds dominating his opponents.
  26. Another newspaper endorsement for Deeds.
  27. Gubernatorial/presidential election correlation: Past is not prologue.
  28. Analysis bears out notions of Republicans in the House and Senate
  29. Gubernatorial supporters’ debate tonight.
  30. Guerilla SCOTUS website redesign.
  31. Data geeks uncover congressional corruption.
  32. Suffolk U. poll is a love letter to Deeds from VA Democrats.
  33. Governor’s race trend lines.
  34. PPP poll has Deeds in the lead.
  35. Dick Cheney backs gay marriage.
  36. Cheney admits the obvious.
  37. Is the local food movement a passing fad for the wealthy?

May 2009

  1. The Bristol Herald Courier has endorsed Deeds.
  2. Moran promises to fight Marshall Newman.
  3. The NRCC’s foolish claims about Perriello.
  4. Deeds is demonstrably more bipartisan than Moran.
  5. “Why journalists deserve low pay.”
  6. Burning my nonexistent Terry McAuliffe bridge.
  7. McAuliffe asks us to “think of the children.”
  8. Shunpiking.
  9. Is “conservative nightlife” an oxymoron?
  10. I’m leaning towards Mike Signer for LG.
  11. Jandd is a company worth buying gear from.
  12. Recommended: Jon Henke’s writings at “The Next Right.”
  13. The straight dope on the Sotomayor nomination.
  14. The American poor are the most charitable income bracket.
  15. Followup: The coming Wikipedia election.
  16. Conservative radio host surrenders after six seconds of waterboarding.
  17. The Washington Post has endorsed Creigh Deeds for governor!
  18. Congress enacts gift card regulation.
  19. Study: American prisoners more likely to reoffend than Guantanamo detainees.
  20. California demonstrates why ballot initiatives are trouble.
  21. O’Bannon’s giving conflicting budget stories.
  22. VPAP now provides sliced-and-diced election history data.
  23. A chemist has demonstrated how RNA developed.
  24. Norm Leahy is looking into the Faith and Family Alliance.
  25. Pigeon-guided missile.
  26. McDonnell. Kettle. Black.
  27. The new RPV chair smeared Eric Cantor in the 2000 primary.
  28. But why a moth to flame?
  29. Jeff Frederick isn’t running for RPV chair, but maybe HoD.
  30. A state medical site was vandalized, and the vandal claims he’s stolen 8M records.
  31. Lt. Gov. candidate forum on Wednesday night.

April 2009

  1. SUSA numbers show why McAuliffe would be such a poor nominee.
  2. VPAP is hiring.
  3. An overview of Virginia’s freedom of information laws.
  4. Indigent dental care in Virginia: An update.
  5. Oil industry knew in 1995 that they were causing climate change.
  6. The RPV’s new and improved newsletter.
  7. Torture OK was “a perfect storm of ignorance and enthusiasm.”
  8. Friendship extends lifespan.
  9. Mark Penn says there are 500,000 professional bloggers in the U.S.
  10. Microsoft screwing up Windows 7, too.
  11. Thomas Garrett is now representing himself.
  12. An xkcd collection is coming out.
  13. McDonnell opposes establishing a prison for Guantanamo prisoners in Virginia.
  14. This just in: Brian Moran is seeking the governor’s seat.
  15. Obama has named VA Secretary of Technology the nation’s CTO.
  16. North Korea: If you so much as look at us, it is on.
  17. Bowerbank’s campaign is raking in the big bucks.
  18. Sen. Deeds was right to skip the Shad Planking.
  19. “You know you’re a peasant when you worship the very people who are right now, this minute, conning you and taking your shit.”
  20. The new homesteaders movement.
  21. Number of pirates killed by each president.
  22. 5 musical acts I’ve recently been surprised to find that I really like.
  23. The sad fall of the Republican Party.
  24. Aggregators transitioned.
  25. Spring is here.
  26. 5 likely candidates for the new RPV chair.
  27. Left of Center: Poverty in Charlottesville
  28. Is Sen. Webb planning to be a single-termer?
  29. DoJ drops charges against Ted Stevens.
  30. DMB rewards scary stalkers with studio tour.

March 2009

  1. Poll puts Deeds at top among 18-29 year olds.
  2. Sen. Deeds’ position in the race.
  3. Candy Review: Hershey’s Thingamajig, Wildly Cherry M&Ms.
  4. Feds can’t ID the source or destination of our food.
  5. Contemporary account of 1999 loosening of banking restrictions.
  6. The White House is planning a victory garden.
  7. A return to Waldo.Net?
  8. I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time.
  9. How does a Republican win in Fairfax? Don’t be a dick.
  10. Gubernatorial candidates “working” for law firms.
  11. Deeds has opened his HQ in Charlottesville.
  12. Goode is positioning himself for a rematch.
  13. “Put On Your Water Wings, the GOP Tide is Coming!”
  14. A thinker.
  15. Do Senate Republicans help or hurt Frederick?
  16. Del. Clarke Hogan is retiring to spend more time with his business.
  17. Mt. Rushmore in a half-million years.
  18. A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.
  19. Random guy no longer running for LG.
  20. Buckingham’s Willis Mountain.
  21. Replace Jeff Frederick…with whom?
  22. Public Citizen, the VA ACLU, and the TJ Center are representing me.
  23. Republicans are getting burned on the mag lev talking point.
  24. Wanted: Open government heroes.
  25. Kaine’s successful start as DNC chair.
  26. Snow day.
  27. Tuesday’s LoC meeting topic: Remote Area Medical.

February 2009

  1. Parallels.
  2. Bubby Boobop and the Grand Duke of Razzmatazz.
  3. It’s all X to me.
  4. White House finds Bush’s hidden $2.7T deficit.
  5. Stimulus RSS.
  6. RTD calls out House Republicans on gerrymandering.
  7. The widening Republican rift on display in the House.
  8. Why we need enhanced lobbyist disclosure.
  9. Flickr is auto-IDing astronomical objects.
  10. Weekly spot on “Weekend Virginia.”
  11. The false hope of vitamin supplements.
  12. A new blog you’ll like: 123cantwait.
  13. Lamarck’s comeback.
  14. General Assembly holidays.
  15. Columbus discovered Facebook.
  16. Looking back on the Gore presidency.
  17. JJ Dinner Capital Correspondents Association videotape.
  18. “Motion to Compel” in Garrett subpoena
  19. Japan’s oyoku sound trucks.
  20. Sorensen is seeking applicants for three programs.
  21. God bless Jeff Frederick.
  22. NRO Columnist: Republicans’ immigration stance is dooming them to be a minority party.
  23. stimulus.virginia.gov
  24. Republicans in congressional delegation bail on meeting with Kaine.
  25. Autism/vaccine study authors faked results.
  26. Johnny Chung Lee’s newest project.
  27. McAuliffe: We must reverse this trend of victory.
  28. A history of Three Chopt Road.
  29. Del. Valentine’s Route 29 Bypass Bypass bill.
  30. Grisham running for…nothing.
  31. Far-far-far right-winger running against Del. Vanderhye.
  32. McDonnell resigns, effective Feb. 20th.
  33. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press joins in the subpoena fray.
  34. Left of Center: Reforming Virginia elections.
  35. “A Touch of Wonder,” indeed.
  36. An extinct ibex brought back from the dead.
  37. Our Democratic nation.

January 2009

  1. Motion to Quash in Garrett v. Better Publications.
  2. 1920s-1960s Richmond photo archives on Flickr.
  3. Harvard’s CMLP has got my back.
  4. Wyatt Durrette on House Republicans’ tone deafness.
  5. A new study says mercury is commonly found in corn syrup.
  6. RPV “dysfunctional.” News at eleven.
  7. I got subpoenaed.
  8. Joe Stanley’s policy blog.
  9. Sen. Obenshain’s miscarriage criminalization bill.
  10. Democratic Central closing.
  11. His shoes were made for walkin’?
  12. Will your core beliefs switch with the presidency?
  13. robots.txt you can believe in.
  14. The Onion’s spot-on forecast of the Bush presidency.
  15. Werkheiser challenging Albo again.
  16. Help me rename part of Richmond Sunlight.
  17. Comparing Bowerbank and Wagner’s fundraising.
  18. Attorneys general have concluded online predators aren’t a problem.
  19. White House can’t meet its own terrorist prosecution standards.
  20. State senators form the Commonwealth Caucus.
  21. Edwards is apparently considering running for AG.
  22. The most gerrymandered districts.
  23. Moran paying for signatures.
  24. I need an LA as a Richmond Sunlight guinea pig.
  25. “I am five dogs old.”
  26. They’ve got sunlight at The Daily Progress .
  27. AT&T’s “American Idol” text message spam.
  28. Our vacant suburbs.
  29. I need an LA to interview.
  30. RPV claims Tim Kaine is breaking campaign finance laws.
  31. Mmmm….constitution…
  32. Sen. Deeds on local food and energy.
  33. House Republicans agree to live floor session feed.
  34. Another potential LG candidate.
  35. Two things I want from Apple.
  36. Phoning it in.
  37. Del. Athey’s wrong-headed university funding plan.
  38. A nation turns to frugality.
  39. Goode promised nonexistent funding to Southside groups.
  40. Del. Frederick says he doesn’t plan to run for reelection.
  41. “Nevermind that unitary executive thing.”
  42. Looking back on Goode.
  43. McAuliffe is a candidate now, for reals.
  44. Fishwick exits AG race.
  45. Saturday’s drive.
  46. Unanimity in the legislature.
  47. Gov. Wilder has taken to blogging.
  48. Congress matters.
  49. My top 2008 listens.
  50. Albemarle’s useless DUI checkpoint.

2008 380

December 2008

  1. On Monday night, learn how Tom Perriello won.
  2. Astronaut boots.
  3. Del. Howell’s conflicting mobile phone ban.
  4. Del. Scott may get primaried.
  5. Zefrank’s “from52to48withlove.”
  6. 1B pairs of glasses for the global poor.
  7. Far Side reenacted.
  8. Tim Craig on the governor’s race.
  9. Is Boucher a harbinger of an urban/rural split?
  10. Some random guy running for LG.
  11. Cranwell won’t run for LG.
  12. Perriello wins!
  13. Goode floundering before foundering.
  14. A tweetable legislature.
  15. Apportioning electoral votes via the buddy system.
  16. Fannie Mae renting out foreclosed homes.
  17. House Republicans agree to halt secret votes.
  18. Moran gives up his seat; the fight for upstate money is on.
  19. The coming Wikipedia election.
  20. “Broken Government.”
  21. The truth behind auto worker pay claims.
  22. Lloyd: Should Spruill be paid extra to do his job?
  23. The C’ville Chamber has yanked the rug out from under Del. Bell.
  24. Democrats’ curious payments to Lionell Spruill.
  25. Christmas remixed.
  26. Blagojevich arrested on corruption charges.
  27. Overhauling the government/internet interface.
  28. Perriello outspent Goode by 50%.
  29. This weekend’s Obama moments.
  30. Rep. Jefferson loses in runoff.
  31. The RPV Advance is filtering out Shaun Kenney’s blog.
  32. Two new Democratic group blogs.
  33. Podcast: My interview with photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson.
  34. Frederick defends his Obama/Osama comment as “true.”
  35. 5th CD recount scheduled.
  36. House facing 15 bill/delegate limitation.

November 2008

  1. MZM investigation expanding.
  2. Tom Perriello needs your help for the recount.
  3. Perriello wins; Goode seeks a recount.
  4. Shaun Kenney takes my Jeff Frederick bet.
  5. Raising Kaine concludes their four-year run.
  6. Who will bet against me on Jeff Frederick’s reelection promise?
  7. Obama wins the loamy soil vote.
  8. The coming mammoth.
  9. Deeds watches the McAuliffe-Moran battle begin.
  10. How the Fifth was won and where it got us.
  11. The calls for Jeff Frederick’s ouster have begun.
  12. Dave foster
  13. McAuliffe: “It’s not whether I win or not.”
  14. Dave Albo vs. Wikipedia.
  15. A British tale of a conservative fall and rise.
  16. An observation on miniaturization.
  17. Media and bloggers fall for clever hoaxer.
  18. The Supreme Court is taking a religion case.
  19. Pruning real estate blogs from Charlottesville Blogs.
  20. Lady Bird naps on a 20-gauge.
  21. Richmond Sunlight on Facebook, Twitter.
  22. Maybe Goode spent -$1M on the race?
  23. 42nd district went Democratic, too.
  24. Democrat weighing a challenge to Del. Bell.
  25. The 58th’s move leftward.
  26. Incentives for G.M., not a bailout.
  27. Recommended bills on Richmond Sunlight.
  28. House Republicans to oppose nonpartisan redistricting?
  29. The dying gasp of the RPV.
  30. Martinsville: Stuck with the check and a worthless building.
  31. Perriello vote-counting JavaScript.
  32. A Goode imponderable.
  33. It’s composed of eleventeen countries.
  34. No write-ins for moi.
  35. Watching the Goode/Perriello tally.
  36. Obama’s and Democrats’ victory.
  37. Albemarle turnout report.
  38. How Tom Perriello’s race against Virgil Goode became an even match.
  39. Obama’s grandmother dies.
  40. A tired, happier McCain in these final days.
  41. SUSA: Perriello, Goode within MoE.
  42. Candy bars I have eaten recently.

October 2008

  1. The R&B has endorsed Perriello.
  2. What’s really going on with Goode and “Eden’s Curve”?
  3. Gerson: Republicans are a victim of their enormous success.
  4. Vern Rupright for VP ’16!
  5. The R-TD endorses Gilmore at arm’s length.
  6. Political philosophy of candidate, by top marginal tax rate supported.
  7. Fifth District gets competitive, at last.
  8. Flier tells Hampton Roads Dems to vote Nov. 5.
  9. Linwood Duncan quits working for Goode.
  10. “In Defense of White Americans.”
  11. A steady hand: Why voters are breaking for Obama.
  12. Can you help with some Richmond Sunlight technical needs?
  13. FiveThirtyEight visits town.
  14. From the annals of little-known survey biases.
  15. New year’s resolution update.
  16. Palin is the biggest reason voters are hesitant to support McCain.
  17. Have a very Annie Christmas.
  18. McCain enabling socialism?
  19. Common misconceptions.
  20. RPV/DPVA newsletter tag clouds.
  21. “Filth and Wisdom” panned.
  22. Black and white dreams.
  23. Kilgore’s tracker running McCain’s VA campaign.
  24. McCain has invited “Joe the Plumber” to join him on the campaign trail.
  25. Have there been any repercussions for Republicans supporting Warner?
  26. Richmond Sunlight needs some money.
  27. McCain’s vetting process fails him again.
  28. NYT creates a campaign finance API.
  29. “Tap Water’s Popularity Forces Pepsi to Cut Jobs.”
  30. “Goode Linked to Gay Movie.”
  31. Who is already sick and pale with grief.
  32. Open SQL Camp in Charlottesville.
  33. The economy has a well-known liberal bias.
  34. Meanwhile, here in the reality-based community…
  35. Frederick, speaking for McCain’s volunteer base.
  36. Bush-supporting Redskins are now “a blue state.”
  37. Republican rally audiences are riled up.
  38. Congress adds persistent bill URLs.
  39. Goode refuses televised debates.
  40. This American Bailout.
  41. Dusk weinerdogging.
  42. Bush hits 70% disapproval.
  43. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”

September 2008

  1. Halsey Minor: Not running for governor.
  2. I’m fighting mightily against using the phrase “flip-flop.”
  3. No winners, just a debate.
  4. Conservative columnist: Dump Palin.
  5. These Palin interviews, they hurt me.
  6. “Did I ever tell you what my mommy says about fighting?”
  7. The great schlep.
  8. “The Palin Institute for Pediatric Neurosurgery.”
  9. Super McCain to the res—. D’oh. Too late.
  10. The contest?
  11. Biden and bankruptcy.
  12. The ongoing Palin disaster.
  13. Our socialist president?
  14. This financial bailout plan is fishy.
  15. “The economy, stupid.”
  16. Halsey Minor for governor.com.com!
  17. Come to the annual Albemarle Democrats BBQ.
  18. Saving me the trouble of writing a punch line.
  19. McCain’s confusion sparks an international incident.
  20. The RPV’s newsletter takes a turn for the worse.
  21. Cousinly fun.
  22. Richard Cohen on McCain’s tactic of lying.
  23. “Americans are addicted to oil.”
  24. Berkshire Hathaway: An Owner’s Manual.
  25. Frank Rich on the presidential race.
  26. McAuliffe’s new accent.
  27. The unbearable lightness of tumors.
  28. Virginia’s leftward trend in a national context.
  29. Corn syrup industry on the defense.
  30. Goode doesn’t know who’s throwing his fundraiser.
  31. VA House Dems’ podcast series.
  32. Palin: Five colleges in six years.
  33. Obama ahead in polls.
  34. Why is the SNP missing a chunk along 33?
  35. Blue Ridge tour report.
  36. McCain camp can’t cite any Palin foreign policy experience.
  37. A Labor Day Blue Ridge tour.
  38. Irony, thy name is anti-tax Republican.
  39. Executive Experience: President of the PTA.

August 2008

  1. The RPV’s changing veepstakes logic.
  2. Terry McAuliffe considering a run for VA governor.
  3. “Farewell, Mr. Hooper.”
  4. Earthquake civilizations.
  5. Experiments with eliminating traffic signs.
  6. C’ville Democratic nomination party.
  7. Governor Bolling: Good for Virginia Democrats.
  8. Freeing us from technology.
  9. Lazy journalism.
  10. Sir Nils Olav the penguin.
  11. RoofRay solar calculator.
  12. Perriello/Goode debate, poll.
  13. “The weight of war on telephone lines is heavier every day.”
  14. Help me get clemency for Aleck Carpitcher.
  15. AG: “Not…every violation of the law is a crime.”
  16. GAO: Most companies pay no taxes.
  17. FBI admits to spying on reporters.
  18. The New Yorker’s fiction is terrible.
  19. Manhattan’s carless experiment.
  20. Now it’s real.
  21. Attu Island, Alaska.
  22. Come see Del. Bob Brink in C’ville Tuesday night.
  23. Contribute to Tom Perriello’s campaign.
  24. The halfway half-gallon I never had.
  25. Manufacturing to make a return in Southside?
  26. It’s time to tap into our vast offshore energy reserves.
  27. How not to unseat Virgil Goode: The Hummer story.
  28. “Hipsters: The dead end of western civilization.”

July 2008

  1. My Virginia belt.
  2. I passed the Goodling test.
  3. Promises gone by: a Bush budget retrospective.
  4. Spam assassin.
  5. Evolutionary forms.
  6. Replacing Twitter with a .plan.
  7. Murat Williams’ 1966 forecast of Virginia politics today.
  8. Michael Savage: Autistic kids just need to snap out of it.
  9. Confirmed: Iraqi PM endorsed Obama’s plan.
  10. On Amtrak.
  11. Trying to put the timetable genie back in the bottle.
  12. RNC, NRSC ignoring Gilmore.
  13. Christopher Cerf’s “The World’s Largest Cheese.”
  14. “Boggs: A Comedy of Values.”
  15. VDBA’s new director.
  16. Baarle-Hertog’s borders: stranger than Kentucky’s.
  17. Fundraising numbers.
  18. The wars so nice, we fought them twice.
  19. It’s funny. Laugh.
  20. Birthday pile in a sadness bowl.
  21. The Casio QV-10.
  22. No Twitter for you.
  23. On “On the Origin of Species.”
  24. Webb not interested in VP spot.
  25. Senate beer: Well aged, but with some compromises.
  26. 10% of Virginians are foreign-born.
  27. We’re parroting China’s own POW torture techniques.
  28. Deeds’ upstate endorsements.

June 2008

  1. Clever new milk packaging.
  2. Goode gets caught telling a tall China oil-drilling tale.
  3. Dominion won’t help you kick the habit.
  4. C’ville adding downtown WiFi.
  5. White House refuses to open EPA e-mail.
  6. Bob Marshall’s faux transportation bills.
  7. RTD calls out Republicans on VDOT audit demands.
  8. A lone vulture circles over the RPV.
  9. “We’ve squandered your money. We can have mor plz?”
  10. Your wish is JLARC’s command.
  11. Same-sex couple wed in Norfolk.
  12. Morgan Griffith joins Albo’s law firm.
  13. “Netroots Rising” website.
  14. Republicans are losing evangelical Christians.
  15. Ingraham spam, courtesy of the RPV.
  16. The newly-rendered heavosity of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
  17. No-bid oil contracts in Iraq? Whhhhhaaaaaa???
  18. Will nobody take the Gilmore Challenge?
  19. Ice on Mars!!ELEVEN!!!
  20. The snowballing of gay rights.
  21. One-word summaries of each day’s congressional record.
  22. £10k purse for proving homeopathy’s effectiveness.
  23. The first 2009 governor’s race poll.
  24. The Denton Valley offset explained.
  25. Taguba: The administration committed war crimes.
  26. “Dog on Fire,” it’s called.
  27. Comet Kid.
  28. If it changes color, call a dermatologist.
  29. An AFP injury.
  30. A challenge to Virginia Republicans regarding Gilmore.
  31. Del. Kilgore under investigation by the bar.
  32. Fear that new _____ smell.
  33. Goode snubs McCain.
  34. A bubbly review of VQR.
  35. Boston Globe on Vice President Kaine.
  36. “I’m Voting Republican.”
  37. Dems running in every Virginia CD.
  38. $1 pack baseball cards? Do I look like I’m made out of money?
  39. Bacteria caught evolving a major new ability.
  40. Snow Leopard.
  41. A happy ending for the kittens.
  42. C’ville water forum on Tuesday.
  43. Top Republicans hemming and hawing on Gilmore.
  44. Bob Marshall to join Hendrick Motorsports?
  45. State renting space in already-full prisons.
  46. McDonnell endorses a transportation tax hike.
  47. Speaking at the convention.
  48. Joined two boards.
  49. A reminder about “Warner Republicans.”

May 2008

  1. Frederick elected RPV chair; Dems to gain his seat.
  2. Warner launches general election ad campaign.
  3. Instantish aggregator updates.
  4. My RPV convention wish list.
  5. Do you really want to brag about that?
  6. XKCD NYT.
  7. On the merits of sales tax holidays.
  8. The first dance.
  9. Arctic ice shelf breaking up.
  10. Senate candidate walking across Tennessee.
  11. Virginia Republicans eating their own.
  12. Checking in with George Allen.
  13. Mama cat.
  14. I’m with Bush on the food bill.
  15. Foster family of kittens.
  16. Bob McDonnell’s statement on Kaine’s transportation plan, translated into plain English.
  17. Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade endorsed Bush.
  18. It’s Friday already?
  19. VQR nabs an Ellie.
  20. The cost of infrastructure is infinite.
  21. Oregon: “Our laws are copyrighted.”

April 2008

  1. Virginia political events calendar.
  2. VPAP relaunches.
  3. “Expelled”: No intelligence found.
  4. Talking heads controlled by the Pentagon.
  5. How much does a kilogram weigh?
  6. Brownlee resigning.
  7. I just elected myself chair of the Albemarle Democrats. It was a very small meeting.
  8. Elimination of the Automobile from Towns
  9. Our morality, shared and unshared.
  10. No need for those eight glasses of water.
  11. Global warming’s got nothing to do with the sun.
  12. Space Shuttle porn.
  13. “End women’s suffrage now!”
  14. Ol’ Virginia Soul.

March 2008

  1. Exercise slacker.
  2. 555-LIST.
  3. Gibson headed to Sorensen.
  4. Augusta Republican feeding frenzy.
  5. Our changing flag.
  6. New VA Republican theme: “No compromise.”
  7. Recorded on an answering machine? Really?
  8. Shall we require all children to eat their peas in order to have dessert?
  9. Database storage in a browser.
  10. Still busy with Richmond Sunlight.
  11. What 3am wake-up calls to the president?
  12. Speaking in C’ville on Wednesday evening.
  13. “He didn’t know me from a can of paint when he said all of that stuff.”
  14. Managing pests with hogs.
  15. Nearly 1M “terrorists” in America.
  16. Albemarle Republican chairman steps down.
  17. Republicans: We’ll fix transportation. By tomorrow.
  18. My (general) assembly line.

February 2008

  1. The coming suburban slums.
  2. Duplicate bill checking.
  3. Sunlight isn’t going anywhere.
  4. One in five statistics are invented on the spot.
  5. House video.
  6. House cuts drug court funding.
  7. The rise and fall of the RPV.
  8. AFP, Harris, Toscano and McDonnell. Oh, my.
  9. Lunar eclipse.
  10. Senate video on Richmond Sunlight.
  11. Mr. 19 percent.
  12. “Criminal Alien Sex Offenders in Virginia.”
  13. Swim little turtles, swim!
  14. On bullshit.
  15. Voluntary taxes.
  16. Necessary advice for House Republicans.
  17. 5 words my poetry professor used during today’s lecture.
  18. House Republicans start a video blog.
  19. Happy Financial Aid Awareness Month.
  20. Domino has a home.
  21. What’s not to like about stronger campaign finance laws?
  22. Local food forum Tuesday night.
  23. House Republicans boo C’ville Young Liberals.

January 2008

  1. Polydactyl cat needs a home.
  2. With pretty graphs!
  3. Joining the Commonwealth Quest.
  4. Virginian-Pilot on Richmond Sunlight.
  5. Legislator Google maps.
  6. An accidental drive.
  7. Dvorak. Feh.
  8. House Republicans who have withdrawn their own bills.
  9. A hand up is better than a handout.
  10. Bill versioning.
  11. Going all out with Richmond Sunlight data.
  12. Amundson hops on the Richmond Sunlight express.
  13. Legislation sniping.
  14. Whupped again.
  15. A great Photosynthesis portfolio.
  16. Senate in session.
  17. Visiting Richmond.
  18. VT at UVa.
  19. You let one openly gay man into the legislature…
  20. The bumpkinry of the Sahara of the Bozart.
  21. Reynolds is in the sunlight.
  22. Me and the Roanoke Times , we’re like this .
  23. Opencongress feature
  24. “I hope your sword is as quick as my x-ray machine.”
  25. Another delegate basking in the sunlight.
  26. On the importance of standards.
  27. Whupped.
  28. Del. Vanderhye integrates Richmond Sunlight.
  29. Legislators propose state budget website.
  30. Daily Press Integrates Richmond Sunlight
  31. Richmond Sunlight, meet blogosphere.
  32. Albo’s self-serving legislation.
  33. That does sound difficult.
  34. 5th CD Democratic candidate raising the big bucks.
  35. Tag clouds and portfolio listings.
  36. Photosynthesis: Now with rich commenty goodness.
  37. New year’s resolution.
  38. BMJ debunks seven medical myths.
  39. Tracking budget amendments.

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