Watching Pottery Throwdown and remembering how Gustav Klimt and his artistic cohort did a hard reset on my brain a month ago, for example with Karl Mediz's Solitude Let me know if he shits himself!

A brief recap of the commentary last night:

"Car-centric design is creating a public health crisis in the US" AT LEAST ONE GUY EVERY TIME THIS COMES UP: so you wanna BAN cars?? You want your jackbooted thugs pull me over and stand on my balls til they're red? For driving? I don't even OWN a car but you wanna punish MY balls?? For driving??

Congrats to ALX Skeets on the big win, we'll see you at City Hall (Del's Version) for the appeal, coming soon! I could hear a muffled version of @volcanojw.bsky.social comments but I hear she did a great job!!

Anyone who uses the argument "we don't want to cause drivers to get mad" are quivering, gutless little cowards.

Broke: Converting to Catholicism to be an epic right wing weirdo like JD Pants Bespoke: Converting to Catholicism to lead an army of Holy Roman bike cavalry and teach these Lutherans why being against bike lanes is heresy

I like how the Good Shepherd people are whining about their precious ADA accessible parking spot needing to be exempt meanwhile during the RCA meeting one of the attendees left their car parked there meaning it only serves a single vehicle for possibly an entire day

I visited all of the polling stations on my bike ride today, not sure why everyone made it sound so hard to do! 🤔

Trailz update for my commuters- the Mt Vernon Trail is back in business between 4 mile run and the 14th st bridge! There are a number of snow patches with 1 narrow lane through it but I took a picture of the worst one. If you want to skip all that, the new Long Bridge Connector trail's fully melted

To steal a quip from Jeremy Clarkson- the Potomac is looking lovely right now which is amazing considering how many turds are floating in it right now

I love the little automatic search that shows up at the bottom of TikToks like "Why does Godzilla love Mothra" It's because she's a cutie patootie- Godzilla has eyes children, have you considered that

It's 30° and "feels like" 30° this morning, what is this- July???

the bushes were people 😂

Trailz update: the ped/biking trails in Chirilagua between Commonwealth and Mt V Ave are all clear, neat! Probably the best way to access the 4 mile run trail You can get to Pentagon but the access is fully iced. Met a Cabi rider from DC saying everything was clear past that part to cross the river

TRAILZ UPDATE: took a mental break from work to do a look at the state of things in ALX. The Jamieson bike lanes are now for parking and all of Mill st is iced except for in front of the Metro ops building. All of Eisenhower and Holmes Run are cleared, at minimum Bobcat plow width.

A report to users of The Paths, especially bike commuters- the PY trail (not pictured) is cleared from Braddock to terminus near VTech but large portions only parts of lanes are clear so it can be tight for passing. MT Vernon trail is totally covered still- all ramps on 4 Mile Run are fully iced.

@sarahbagley.bsky.social appreciation post, just typed this in a group chat and realized it should be shared to all of ALXSkeets

People are driving like absolute freaks, I may need to acquire my bazooka before my bill reaches Spanberger's desk- aggressively mean mugging and flipping cars off is not doing enough

a la Parks & Rec Alexandria is the Pawnee to Arlington's Eagleton and we will continue to be a scruffy pile of malcontents about it

Hard to capture but Budapest was truly amazing- and we barely even got to the Buda side!!

Loving everyone's snow pics- my only outdoor activity today was to wake up at 11:30 and get a takeway Döner Durum wrap.

Good morning ALXSkeeters- we're in balmy Vienna (Austria, not VA) so I'm requesting snow and sledding pics Here's some pictures from the Science ball in exchange

To avoid jinxing it I waited until after leaving the ball to announce to my skeeters at home I didn't realize until far too late that my tuxedo pants have no belt loops and I sure as shit didn't have suspenders on hand- got through the entire night and my pants stayed UP 😅

Forget me, look at this dazzler!!

Two firehouse primary Tuesdays in a row that the Yellow and Blue line have been absolute shit shows, WMATA needs to be investigated for attempted voter suppression 😔

Seeing the news of the upcoming mini-The Sphere and @tomvanantwerp.com this is your time, your moment

My summary: Anna Karenina is the story of a man so sauceless that he drives his wife insane

On my ride yesterday I was reminded of the insane Google maps route if you wanted to say go to the Bestway on Telegraph, just south of 495. It wants you to take an overpass that has you merge across exiting interstate traffic as opposed to the asphalt side path marked in red- incredible

I'm told a certain Michigan transplant is throwing his hat into the ring for EBP's delegate seat!

It's 2026. You barely need to crack a book to know that anyone saying this, or believing it, is a chump or selling you something

A nice day for a ride, minus my tire deciding to give up on my penultimate ride of the year (going on strike??) This section of the Mt Vernon Trail is not the worst spot to get briefly stranded at least!

My brother got this very Chef's Table shot of me assembling a bite of everything bagel/cream cheese/salted cuke/pickled onion/salmon roe/dill so I'll be opening my pop up very soon and expecting all the Michelin stars

Day 24 of #ALXBeercember and while I will miss the comradery and fun pics these beers have been...eh!! Last pic is crochet Gudetama and the boyz with a very thicc looking stout

Really exercising my Dutch ancestry by putting my stroopwafel in my jersey pocket so it's nice and melty when I take a break on my bike ride 🧇🚲😋

Day 23 of #ALXBeercember it's selfie time for all the white bearded jolly dudes- the Barrel Aged Christmas Bomb performed as advertised, I felt like I got hit by a holly jolly airstrike!

Day 22 of #ALXBeercember the only thing scarier than a dark basement is ANOTHER HAZY IPA

Everyone should take a moment to do this survey! They're clearly using surveillance to create the choices because they included "find something to block the headlights on the GW Parkway" which has become an all consuming hobby horse after one (1) evening commute in the dark on the section near DCA

Day 21 of #ALXBeercember time to give my poor bike the gift of a clean drivetrain and scrape the mud off from the last few days of riding with my supervisor: Robot Santa's Christmas Ale

Day 20 of #ALXBeercember and it's big pinchin' time with the Colossal Claws 🦀🦀🦀

Day 19 of #ALXBeercember we're through the Stargate with America Solera, I'm seeing double!!!

Day 18 of #ALXBeercember reporting in from the party closet (???)

Day 17 of #ALXBeercember curl up next to a cozy can of Firelight's Aglow from Mast Landing or cuddle with a nice Octopus- your choice (or both?)

Day 16 of #ALXBeercember and I'm feeling as chipper as this lil dude about getting a nice light lager!

Day 15 of #ALXBeercember and we hit our first pour out of the season, yikes!!

Day 14 of #ALXBeercember back on the IPA conga line. Pork project today was a bust but salvageable, not great for the vibes/Sunday scaries

Day 13 of #ALXBeercember and I am as the label says full of Gratitude because this Robust Porter from Eredità is perfect for December drinking and a welcome change from the IPA conga line

I think the greatest theater going experience of my life was opening night of Snakes on a Plane at the AMC Tysons Corner- the moment where Samuel L Jackson says The Line and the whole house went INSANE, ✨MOVIE MAGIC✨

Day 12 of #ALXBeercember and the beer is Phase 3's Swells, what's really swell is being home from work before the sun disappears AND it's fridaaaaay

Using this as an opportunity to let this bee out of my bonnet- my jimmies are still rustled by the RCA meeting on the Braddock Rd changes. Specifically it was the fearmongering & pearl clutching about needing parking over pedestrian and cycling safety from a church called "Good Shepherd"- yuh huh

ITS COMING HOME LADS