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William F. Yurasko

@doubleuefwhy

Yet another Washingtonian pushing the ubiquitous Nats/DC sports, Penn State, transit, bicycling, #dckayaking, broomball, skiing, gin & tonic agenda. Raising a family in Alexandria. https://www.yurasko.net/wfy/ | https://www.dckayaking.com/

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we might be have wiffle-ball home run derby on Saturday afternoon...

10.03.2026 00:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was up until 5 a.m. two Thursdays ago, in part because the hosting vendor didn't pick-up the phone/check email for three hours.

Maybe the future mechanical engineer in the household will not have that kind of experience...

10.03.2026 00:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sunday, March 8 opening scheduled for Fountainhead in Fairfax County - DC KAYAKING Fountainhead Regional Park in Fairfax Station, Va. starts its kayak, paddleboard and jon boat rentals for 2026 on March 8.

The 2026 kayaking rental season has started. Fountainhead is renting 'yaks yurasko.net/dckayaking/2...

08.03.2026 14:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember the library being the first "big" ride with my oldest. He'll be in college in a few months.

Granted, the library was about 1.5 miles roundtrip, but it was a start...

08.03.2026 01:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One thing I feel ought to be discussed more is the fact that basically all rural and suburban places in the US are subsidized by cities. They resent cities. They insult cities. They elect politicians who abuse cities. But none of them could survive without cities.

07.03.2026 21:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 2447 ๐Ÿ” 482 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87 ๐Ÿ“Œ 53
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07.03.2026 14:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, I will never visit the Del Ray Cafe

07.03.2026 13:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

do they complain about Neil O'Donnell and Kordell Stewart? Do they praise Andy Van Slyke more than they should?

07.03.2026 13:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

in practice, the opposition believes that the city should prioritize an out of state car over an Alexandria resident on a bicycle or walking

07.03.2026 13:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A friend of mine from Belfast said "the Irish invented bagpipes. We didn't tell the Scottish it was a joke."

07.03.2026 13:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the #3 item in the first photo (Eisenhower Ave connection over Hoofs Run) is expected in...2028

That's 13 years if it gets back on schedule www.alexandriava.gov/transportati... for a 0.53 mile shared-use path

06.03.2026 23:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

how timely

05.03.2026 23:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spending weeks hyping that you moved a marquee home game to another city doesn't really impress me @dcunitedofficial.bsky.social

05.03.2026 22:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My grandpas (pictured) were both miners.

data miners

d'ohohoho

05.03.2026 02:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alexandra, Va. news - William F. Yurasko Aggregation of news and information from media serving Alexandria, Va. home to nearly 160,000 residents across the Potomac River from D.C.

i don't think there is RSS, so I can't embed this on www.yurasko.net/wfy/alexandr...

04.03.2026 23:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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04.03.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

with deflated tires - like her last Bike to Work Day on the council photo...

04.03.2026 23:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Look forward to Tuesday by registering for the District Broomball Winter/Spring 2026 season - William F. Yurasko Spring 2026 District Broomball registration is open through March 6. The league hosts games at Tucker Road Ice Rink on Tuesday nights.

Look forward to Tuesday night by joining District Broomball. It's like hockey in shoes. Never played? Next Tuesday, March 3 we have a learn-to-play pick-up game. Spring season begins March 10. It's Tucker Road Ice Rink. Details: www.yurasko.net/wfy/2026/02/...

25.02.2026 00:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When the Statue of Freedom was being refurbished back in the 90s, the sky crane carrying it flew right over my house in Vienna carrying it. I just happened to catch it threw the window one weekend morning while I was still in bed.

28.02.2026 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

8W - A25
8Z/21C - A28

Thankfully, the A28 is running more buses in the morning, so the trade-off of the longer, (sometimes snowcrete covered) walk is worth it, I suppose.

26.02.2026 01:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not building the BRAC building here instead of Mark Center will always be a blunder

25.02.2026 23:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if it was still the 8W it'd be fuller...

25.02.2026 23:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it probably takes 4 weeks to complete

25.02.2026 02:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

could be

25.02.2026 01:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Look forward to Tuesday by registering for the District Broomball Winter/Spring 2026 season - William F. Yurasko Spring 2026 District Broomball registration is open through March 6. The league hosts games at Tucker Road Ice Rink on Tuesday nights.

Look forward to Tuesday night by joining District Broomball. It's like hockey in shoes. Never played? Next Tuesday, March 3 we have a learn-to-play pick-up game. Spring season begins March 10. It's Tucker Road Ice Rink. Details: www.yurasko.net/wfy/2026/02/...

25.02.2026 00:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm so old I remember when the Free Lance star had a Nats beatwriter

24.02.2026 23:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, the Wizards radio PxP guy used to call out twitter uses commenting during games and one of them was named Budd Dwyer which blew my mind

24.02.2026 23:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

now, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time, but it came up a bit in class at at Penn State in the late 1990s

24.02.2026 23:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How many do you have in general?

I wish lots of places had as much community journalism as Alexandria has and I have so many thoughts about it all after 14 years in MSM and a media studies B.A.

24.02.2026 23:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I bet you would have edited the statement better than I did - fixed.

mixed-use *neighborhoods*

24.02.2026 23:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0