Comments on: Random Reader Rant and/or Revel

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:57:56 +0000

Odentex: I didn’t feel like re-reading the article, but I did search the article for “assault”, “weapon” and “15″ and didn’t find anything. Where does it say that in the article?

By: Odentex

Odentex — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:03:34 +0000

OldManClem: Read the article a little closer. Murder rates are down but the much more common crime of assault with a weapon are up close to 15% in DC. Don’t start celebrating. Gun crime is getting worse, not better, in DC.

By: Prince Of Petworth

Prince Of Petworth — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:49:48 +0000

@normally not anonymous I’m really sorry to hear this. If you’d like I can walk you home from the metro a few times until you start to feel more comfortable. Please don’t hesitate to email me at princeofpetworth (at) gmail (dot) com

By: Normally Not Anonymous

Normally Not Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:38:50 +0000

Kalorini, yes a police report was filed. The officer told me if I ever saw the group of girls again to contact him and he gave me his card. I ended up in the ER for a few hours today because of my injuries. An ambulance did come Friday, but I declined it thinking it was something ice and Motrin could heal.

These girls have taken my freedom and ruined my life. I can no longer feel safe.

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:40:45 +0000

Rant: The incompetents who hacked off /”pruned” the crape myrtle trees on the Metro property at the corner of New Hampshire and Randolph and then rather than cleaning up their mess left the dead, drying branches on the ground. The litter has been there for almost 2 weeks now.

Rave: Great wk/end with the kids in the backyard and at the Kenilworth Water Lily Festival.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:37:36 +0000

Rave: Had a great time at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens Lotus Water Lily Festival. Gorgeous day with beautiful scenery in full bloom, as well as nice family friendly festivities free from any corporate sponsorship
http://www.nps.gov/keaq/planyourvisit/lotus-water-lily-festival.htm

By: H

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:24:41 +0000

Rant: Nick, just this afternoon I was walking along W, almost to the intersection at 15th. (NW) My friend and I watched 2 dudes reaching through (straining, really) a gate to pick somebody else’s ripe peppers and tomatoes off the vine. We yelled at them, they made a face and walked away. Come on.

Rave: Amsterdam Falafel for lunch, simply divine.

By: So, Just Sayin'

So, Just Sayin' — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:15:13 +0000

RANT: Is Piney Branch the junkyard of the Rock Creek Park? I take the biking/running path that runs alongside Piney Branch Parkway as my route to Beach Drive, and it depresses me every single day to look down at the babbling brook and see FunYuns wrappers, old blankets, and other detritus of the city.

Seriously — has anyone bothered to clean this thing up, ever?

By: oldmanclem

oldmanclem — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:06:16 +0000

Nick- I feel your pain. Last summer I had a whole herb garden of pots taken from my front yard over the course of a couple weeks. Really frustrating. And, if it helps to understand, I found one of the pots (one of my favorites that I’d had since college) smashed against a brick wall a few blocks away.

Kills me to have to buy herbs during the summer.

By: Warder Kid

Warder Kid — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:35:05 +0000

@ Jimmy D- Thank you! Best laugh I have had all day!