The influenza is circulating among the residents of my home. I wish for an emergency trip to a tropical island.

It's wonderful that there is so little crime in Fauquier County that they can put it into a single jpeg image. Attempted theft on Rogues Road. Heh.

Daily commutes on Northern Virginia's hectic roadways shortchange civic groups by wearing you out and eating up your time.

As a result, "you don't have something that's truly representative of the community when you take half the people in this county who work out of the county each day."

Other "Living Here, Working There" articles are here, here, here, and here.

The blogroll has been updated. Visit the many fine blogs seen at the right.

Abitibi-Consolidated, which I've mentioned before, in a not so good light, is not doing so well. The various articles I read all include the possibility of substantial changes to or the sale of the Lufkin plant. I'd bet it will be the latter.