Order from Chaos

Ninety-two years.  That's a long time to wait.  1924 was the last time that a Washington baseball team won a post season series.  And it...

It's Sunday October 14 and normally hockey season would be underway.  However, for the third time in about 20 years, the NHL owners and ...

I've written this post while I await a friend to pick me up to drive to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference ( MARAC ) Spring 2...

April is a grand month. On Monday afternoon, I kept the streak alive by attending the Washington Nationals home opener. So far, I have not...

The Brave Astronaut family is off to Charleston, WV for the Spring 2009 MARAC meeting . Tomorrow night is also the first night of playoff h...

Today is the first day of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) Fall 2008 Meeting, being held here in Silver Spring, MD. It...

Tonight I am off to the movies (Get Smart), taking full advantage of the MIL Babysitting Service (as are the OSGs) but I thought I would mak...

Tonight, I went out to Nationals Park for the first time since Opening Night (and again I went with OSG). This was the first outing on t...

I will not speak of last night other than to say, I am saddened by what I saw. Do not count out that team, they will be back and hoisting t...

Because I can't help myself. I can't stay away from all you fine people. As Mrs. Brave Astronaut would say, "I am my own wors...

I currently have 48 blog posts in draft form. Granted that most of them (more than half) are future presidential posts. I even have a fair...

I'm back "on the grid" after about 20 hours in the dark. We had some heavy duty wind and rain on Friday night and Saturday th...

I grew up near a Jericho . But not the one in Kansas that is the focus of the series returns Tuesday night. I got hooked on the series la...

Thank goodness the nursery where the new member of the space crew arrived was just a "holding nursery" and the baby stayed with us...

I thought you might like to see what has become the Brave Astronaut Christmas Tree (living room edition). You have heard the saga , here is...

So it's fairly clear that Glen Hanlon had a crappy Thanksgiving and Bruce Boudreau had much to be thankful for. On Thanksgiving Day, G...

Because I didn't have enough to do, I went to the Washington Capitals game tonight with ADR . It was a good time, but bad hockey. The ch...

Tomorrow is October 20. While Mrs. Brave Astronaut and I will be heading into the wilds of Pennsylvania for the wedding of two good friends,...

Today is Memorial Day in the USA. It is a day that we have set aside to remember our veterans and honor their sacrifice. My family and I wen...

A couple of random observations from the weekend. On Saturday, I had the opportunity to usher at Ford's Theatre again. Devoted readers ...