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Arlington, fo’ shizzle

I came across this Remy video today about Arlington, Virginia, and had to laugh:

Thom and I lived off Columbia Pike, so our closest Metro station was Pentagon City, but I totally remember all those places in Clarendon (“Clizzle dizzle”?) and Ballston. Funny stuff.

Speaking of Arlington, a few months ago a Flickr photo of mine (of an “I Voted in Arlington” sticker, from about four years ago) was used as part of the cover of this year’s Arlington County Profile, an annual publication of the county planning department. A staff demographer had contacted me about using the photo, and I said sure. She recently sent me a copy in the mail (PDF available). Neat!

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My dad, Prince Caspian

Ah, fun with iPhoto Faces. I’d started to tag old photos of my dad from the early 1980s, and then iPhoto, in its fuzzy automagic wisdom, came across a photo of Prince Caspian from the Disneyland parade and wondered if that was him too. It’s the hair:

My dad, Prince Caspian

So is this where Julie Andrews shows up and whisks me away to Genovia?