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The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.

623p: Numerous storms in region but nothing severe close to DC at this time. Storm with tornado warning between Luray and Front Royal needs to be watched. Storms moving SW to NE. #cwgalert

Photo of a house decorated with a few strands of colored lights on the front porch rails and on a bush in the yard. A sign in front placed by judges of the annual contest for home decorations awarded them not “best lights” or “most charming” but “they tried”.

The town of Garrett Park, MD hands out several coveted awards for home decorating each year, but neither of us could recall seeing this particular Candy Cane of Hono(u)r before….

Lost dog in the Carderock Springs area of Bethesda, MD! Keep your eyes out for Skippy, missing since 5 p.m. Wednesday. Dec. 19.

YouTube video by Johnny Carson Johnny Carson & Doc Severinsen Talk Thanksgiving Plans on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show - 1979

Are you ready for Thanksgiving??

Arthur Frommer, 95, Dies; His Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses After publishing “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” in 1957, he went on to build an empire of guidebooks, package tours, hotels and other services.

A wonderful appreciation of Arthur Frommer in the NYT - don’t miss the memories shared by many happy travelers in the comments….

Finally!!!

Hi Bobby!!

Here’s a few things you can expect temporarily when there’s an outage:

- “Invalid Handle” everywhere
- Likes don’t seem to work (they’re just being slow)
- Your post isn’t showing up (same, just being slow)
- Random errors or blank screens, the usual app broken stuff

YAY!

Hanging in and hanging on!