http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/one-protester-tased-arrested-at-occupy-dc/2012/01/29/gIQAxqRKaQ_blog.html
I was walking through the park when this happened yesterday, so got to see it all go down. My verdict:
(1) The guy was definitely a little crazy — screaming & yelling in his pajamas and no shoes (on a chilly day) and stomping around tearing off the the police warning messages on the tents. He definitely needed to be calmed down.
(2) The cops were definitely a little heavy-handed and too quick on the Taser trigger. They had just started to try to cuff him and bring him down (during which he was fighting it) when they tased him in the back (with a cop already on each of his arms).
Pretty exciting Sunday walk in the park for me.
Bonus — I got asked by another spectator “so, you’re obviously an undercover, right?”
I finally made it to the Grand Canyon, and it’s as amazing as all the hype tells you it will be. The only problem is I can’t stop thinking about when the Brady Bunch came here.
The DC Occupiers are acting up so I came down the check things out. I had to leave, though, to get a refill of my Starbucks & get a bunch of cash from the Wells Fargo nearby.
Movember 30th: Rise of the Pornstache
Movember 28th: Training Wheels
I’m thankful for the Mt. Vernon trail — what a gem.
Quite an interesting week for me: First it was a Jay-Z & Kanye West concert at the Verizon Center (trust me, that’s them); and then authors Gregory White Smith & Steven Naifeh (shown with Greame) discussing their new book about Vincent Van Gogh at Politics & Prose.
Despite what this commercial tells you, scooters are cool. I know this because of all the thumbs-ups that I get from teenage fellas when I’m riding mine.
This is why I came back East
The National Arboretum in DC is actually pretty nice. These are columns from the Capitol before it was expanded in 18blahblah.
Don’t: Drive in to a carport with your bike on the roof rack — it angers the bike and really pisses off the rack (and car)
Do: Buy your bike @bikerackdc — they give you free lifetime adjustments, including those necessitated by driving in to a carport
Ignore: A bike mechanic’s warning that the damage to the carbon fiber in the bike increases the chances of a “catastrophic failure” — flashback
The ultimate magic trick is the best thing I have ever seen.
Found a great spot on the water in DC — and about the only place in town that isn’t crawling with cops
The new one is a good one
I bought a new toy. It’s so much fun.
