Can it really be exactly a year since I started writing this column?
Not only can it be, it is. In honor of the anniversary today, I present this partial index to the 230-odd columns I've written since March 7, 2004.
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A License to Ask Silly Questions (The Washington Post, Mar 4, 2005)
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Sonnets for a Summer Game (The Washington Post, Mar 3, 2005)
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Stepping Up for Those Who Fall Down (The Washington Post, Mar 2, 2005)
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Laid Low by the Virtual Storm (The Washington Post, Mar 1, 2005)
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alligator head, among items in Metro's lost and found,
Feb. 16, 2005
Answer Man, his wish for a "safe and reliable" time machine,
Nov. 15, 2004
banjo, signed by Ronald Reagan, June 15, 2004
bicycle races, as places to find "attractive, athletic" men,
June 4, 2004
Bush, George W., use of buff-colored stationery,
July 5, 2004
cable company, why people hate it, Aug. 20, 2004
Caligula, March 23, 2004
" Charm City," how nickname acquired by Baltimore,
April 12, 2004
Chrysler Pacifica, as vehicle driven by inconsiderate people, Dec. 1, 2004; Feb. 7, 2005
Cicadas: poems inspired by,
June 10-11, 2004
proper way to pronounce "cicada," May 19, 200 4
sound of likened to 1950s sci-fi film, May 31, 2004
tour guide's fear of,
April 29, 2004
Civil War reenactments, as places to find "passionate" men who care about history,
June 4, 2004
country line dancing, likened to Pyongyang May Day Parade, March 16, 2004
" Deep Park," parking scofflaw's story told, motives explored, April 14, 2004
double doors, why some businesses keep one side locked, Sept. 21, 2004; Oct. 6, 2004
elk, running wild on Arthur Godfrey's old farm, May 3, 2004
Free State Square Club,
Oct. 25, 2004
Freedmen's Contraband's Cemetery, Jan. 24, 2005
Fresno, Calif., as unlikely destination for Virginia federal income tax returns,
Feb. 21, 2005
golf balls, injuries involving as compiled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, June 24, 2004
Government Hospital for the Insane, visiting hours for,
Aug. 19, 2004
Greater Washington Society of Association Executives, annual trade show of association of people who run associations, May 18, 2004
hand towels, "grossly misused" at Department of Agriculture, March 9, 2004
hat blocking, hoped-for revival of dying trade, April 20, 2004
Hatem, Pierre, subterranean watchmaker of Capitol Hill,
Feb. 15, 2005
Hotel Washington, identity of faces depicted in terra cotta medallions, May 24, 2004
hydrilla, whatever happened to? Nov. 15, 2004
Ikea, as perfect place to live,
Dec. 23, 2004
" Jeff From Reston," embarrassed by accidentally allowing dye pack to explode on first day on job as assistant manager at Tysons Corner bank, Feb. 17, 2005
Nazi submarine, sunk in Chesapeake Bay, March 8, 2004
newspaper, how to read,
Feb. 11, 2005
Overholser, Geneva, former Post ombudsman's dislike of punning headlines, Nov. 8, 2004
Kelly, John: affection for word "ovipositor," April 29, 2004
circumnavigation of Beltway by, Aug. 25, 2004
described by reader as "ratfink," April 23, 2004
heart attack anniversary celebrated with glass of red wine, July 16, 2004
His Lovely Wife's affection for dental sticks, Nov. 10, 2004
on danger of wearing a bow tie, Sept. 17, 2004
kidnap of Irishman by,
March 17, 2004
Levey, Bob, whereabouts updated, ability to multitask commented upon,
March 31, 2004
mercurochrome, Aug. 26, 2004
Metro: happy hour on as way to raise money, Oct. 8, 2004
poems inspired by,
Sept. 23-24, 2004
ways to make tourists stand on right side while riding escalators, July 30, 2004
Nepal, as home of five immigrants working at Montgomery Mall Subway,
Nov. 11, 2004
Neptune Room, much-loved D.C. restaurant, celebrated, mourned, March 15, 2004
necrotizing mediastenitis,
Jan. 11-12, 2005
Nikep, Md., Aug. 16, 2004
Pekin, Md., Aug. 16, 2004
Piney, funeral oration for family hamster, Sept. 29, 2004
police horse poop, how disposed of in D.C.,
Sept. 27, 2004
rip current, how to survive being caught in, May 28, 2004
schmutzdecke, as byproduct of water purification, June 7, 2004
Shepherd, Alexander " Boss," "corpulence" of, Jan. 7, 2005
Staunton, Va., correct pronunciation of, Oct. 1, 2004
Stephanson's Butter Tea Cookies, recipe for,
March 22, 2004
St. Luke #2 Duckpin Bowling Team, Dec. 22, 2004
Swiss flag, use by Smithsonian Institution as first-aid station sign, Sept. 16, 2004
Teenage girls, ability of to radiate "waves of sullenness," April 15, 2004
" Washingtonian," various definitions for, Nov. 19, 2004; Dec. 10, 2004
Watergate bandstand,
Dec. 13, 2004; Jan. 3, 2005
weather balloon, launch of by National Weather Service in Sterling, May 25, 2004
Wesolowski, Zdzislaw P., author of "Polish Orders, Medals, Badges and Insignia: Military and Civilian Decorations 1705-1985," Oct. 20, 2004
William, goat stolen from Cabin John basement,
Feb. 24-25, 2005
Williams, Anthony, Washington mayor's profile likened to that of Alfred Hitchcock, April 13, 2004
X-rays of interesting objects swallowed by children, Dec. 17, 2004
