Crushin' on Shipwreck

G.I. Joe dreamboat Channing Tatum says:

"Let's go have a beer on the White House lawn."

May I join you, Chan?

The character Shipwreck from the franchise will not be featured in this summer's live-action film interpretation, but with sequels there's always hope. I had a crush on Shipwreck, probably because he was the only guy on the team with a beard.

John Quincy Adams is Tweeting from 1779! Word. Learn more about JQA at Twitter handle @JQAdams_MHS. This innovative mashup of past and present is brought to you by the Massachusetts Historical Society. A young museum visitor pointed out to curators that Adams was ahead of his time, writing his diary sidebar comments in short quips - perfect for the 140 character format allowed by Twitter. The diary entries track Adams' voyage to Russia. Two hundred years after Adams' journey began, accounts of his trip and his ensuing work as the first American ambassador to Russia will be chronicled daily on Twitter.

Have you noticed bluebirds tend to look drab these days? Researchers have found out 'feather-eating bugs' are dulling the birds' plumage.

I'm gettin' outta Dodge this weekend for a trip just outside the Beltway on Saturday and Sunday on the banks of the Shenandoah River on a private farm about 10 miles south of Front Royal, VA. It's put on by the LGBT-friendly FAB Festival and online camping group Gay Outdoors.

While the weather has normalized by DC standards to our regularly scheduled sogginess, the weather outlook for the weekend looks promising. At the very least it will be cooler out west towards the mountains.