The Inaugural Reds Displaced Fan Club Meeting - Washington DC chapter

good considering i posted this on a saturday night…

I’ll bring my laptop if you want to connect to RR. They have wifi there.

I’m not yet settled in here – just completed my first week of work and realize how overwhelmed I am because I know next to nothing about the country of Lebanon aside from the fact that the politics there is schizo and makes Rush Limbaugh look sane. My boss is the niece of Jerry Reinsdorf. Seriously. He paid for her schooling. She just sort of casually dropped the line that her uncle is the owner of the Bulls like she was saying her uncle is a plumber for a living or something.

It would be nice if y’all Reds fans here in DC (you know who you are!!!) would show up.

I’ll come back in good spirits for game threads sometime soon – I’ve just been trying to learn the whole history of Lebanon and meet people and go to Congressional hearings and participate in a think tank working group all in one week and am overwhelmed. But happy. Amazing how getting out of my situation in Ohio has made me feel more like myself. And sorry for the last couple of months being insane and all.

1. the Golden Lamb
2. Lebanon Racewaqy
3. Lots of cheesy ‘Antique’ stores
4. Over 1,000 Negro families
5. Known as the model for ‘Harper Valley PTA’
6. Home to: Bruce Edwards Ivins, the government scientist who committed suicide while under investigation for the 2001 anthrax attacks
7.Lebanon is one of the handful in the nation that operates a government-run cable television, telephone, and Internet service provider.
8. Lebanon Chapter of: Who’s Queer in The Miami Valley The Queer Guide to Dayton, Ohio – A Rainbow Community Directory.
9. Lebanon is a different city that New Lebanon
10. Most well known Lebanonite – Marty Roe – member of the band Diamond Rio

Ok Hope that gets you up to date D.

My internet on my computer is shot, so I’m writing this from a library. But I’ll see y’all 7ish at Solly’s. Sorry for disappearing recently…I’ll be pretty disappeared for the next few weeks until I get a new computer for gradumacating.

South Lebanon Ohio

and say Hi to Mary Lou, and Bob Shreve and chickie too

I’m writing this at a public library, so YouTube is blocked and I can’t link to Poweman5000’s When Worlds Collide, a fine track from Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2.

So there were 2 RRs, a RedsZoner, a RedlegNation fella, and Daedelus. Solly’s doesn’t have Extra Innings anymore, so Daedelus made an executive decision and moved us over to MoMo’s, 3 blocks down. Extra Innings, FSN Ohio HD, and the most mediocre food and beer selection ever.

There was a bizarre Braves fan watching the StL-Atl game, nursing a coke and reading a book between innings. He was more interesting than the Reds offense. Lots of good-natured mockery of Rosales ensued, as well as discussion of a bar that does Bengals games and serves Skyline on fall Sundays. I won’t be here for another fall Sunday. This is sad.

It was fun watching Edinson, no doubt, and just as fun watching the Astros without Berkman. People were jovial, though missing a fundamental understanding of RR jokes. The RedsZoner mocked Dunn’s hustle, and a hush fell over the Reds contingent. The same guy also noted that Laynce Nix looks like every high-school jock, though. That was funny.

Good time, good baseball, and a lurker here came by (speak up, dude! I do and I don’t EVER have anything to add, its fun!) And if you’re ever in DC, MoMos will show you Reds games, nothing more, nothing less. Which on a Wednesday is alright with me.