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There were a bunch of rude folks and weirdos on the bus today, such as one guy who put his wet umbrella on the seat next to him and another guy who picked his nose and didn’t care who was looking. But the guy who kept scratching his crotch was the worst offender. At first […]

BE CAREFUL ABOUT this guy who is often found in the area between Farragut Square and Foggy Bottom and uses a variety of costume gimmicks — sometimes he’s the “out-of-work construction worker”, sometimes the “flower seller”, and a friend who works nearby swears she once saw him in some kind of lab coat. There’s also […]

So the metro was a disaster today and I was an hour late to work – -I work in Rosslyn, so I had to get off at farragut north and walk to farragut west. As I walk into the station there is a newspaper guy passing out papers. He corners me and asked if I […]

One night last week, I was walking home from work and traffic was backed up on K Street. As I walked toward a car on the crosswork, the man in the car said “Mmm, I would like to taste that!” and licked his lips at me. I kept walking but I wish I had taken […]

This happened about five years ago, but reading the incessant requests to “SMILE” on this blog, I was reminded and had to share. I had just gotten out of the oral surgeon, two wisdom teeth lighter, and wads of cotton shoved into the bleeding holes, but I was still swallowing a bit of blood. But […]