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Live-blogging the asteroid’s approach. NPR provided me...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:52:30 -0500

Live-blogging the asteroid’s approach. NPR provided me with protection. (Photo by Wright Bryan)

Vice President Biden did some holiday shopping today at...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:48:01 -0500

Vice President Biden did some holiday shopping today at Washington, D.C.’s first Costco store. He sure seemed to have a good time. Photos by Saul Loeb of AFP/Getty Images.

datanews: Since Sandy left town, we’ve been downloading MTA...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:34:03 -0500

datanews:

Since Sandy left town, we’ve been downloading MTA subway-recovery maps to feed WNYC’s Changing Trains map. Our Steve Melendez put them together in a time-lapse GIF. Click through to the full-size image.

Perfect day for a bike ride. This is on the W&OD Trail, west...

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:52:19 -0400

Perfect day for a bike ride. This is on the W&OD Trail, west of Leesburg, Va. Did a little more than 21 miles. Question: How come it felt like the wind was in my face both on the way out and back? Also, how come it seemed to be uphill both ways?

Great ride.

Tuesday evening on Edinburgh’s royal mile.

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:37:29 -0400

Tuesday evening on Edinburgh’s royal mile.

Scotland’s glens are spectacular. This was on the way to...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:56:33 -0400

Scotland’s glens are spectacular. This was on the way to Loch Ness on Monday.

OK, my view @ #gop2012 has improved.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:24:14 -0400

OK, my view @ #gop2012 has improved.

My view of the GOP convention. (I’m up where hockey...

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:46:36 -0400

My view of the GOP convention. (I’m up where hockey writers sit at Lightning games; think I’ll have to move around some.)

This National Climatic Data Center map shows just how hot...

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:38:39 -0400

This National Climatic Data Center map shows just how hot it’s been. Every red dot is on a place where a record high daily temperature was broken during June. More here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/07/06/156369399/how-hot-is-it-all-you-need-to-see-are-these-two-maps

Sunny and 65 in WVa!

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:27:58 -0400

Sunny and 65 in WVa!

Happy 70th Jim (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:42:17 -0400

Happy 70th Jim (Taken with instagram)

Try to out-cute this. From Imgur.

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:25:51 -0400

Try to out-cute this. From Imgur.

Great morning to ski in the Canaan Valley of WVa.

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:58:03 -0500

Great morning to ski in the Canaan Valley of WVa.

Sparkling snow, Canaan Valley; Jan. 29, 2012. (Taken with...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:12:30 -0500

Sparkling snow, Canaan Valley; Jan. 29, 2012. (Taken with instagram)

Not everyone may understand, but my Yorkshire pudding this year...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:30:04 -0500

Not everyone may understand, but my Yorkshire pudding this year was classic Memmott-style, if I do say so myself.

Our two great kids (and their cousin Jake in the background).

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:08:00 -0500

Our two great kids (and their cousin Jake in the background).

Celebrating an early Christmas Eve, Slovak-style.

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:06:47 -0500

Celebrating an early Christmas Eve, Slovak-style.

OK, I like snow. But it’s only Oct. 1. The view this...

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:41:19 -0400

OK, I like snow. But it’s only Oct. 1. The view this evening in the Canaan Valley, W.VA.

Oct. 1, 2011, and it’s already snowing on the mountain in...

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 09:50:57 -0400

Oct. 1, 2011, and it’s already snowing on the mountain in WVa’s Canaan Valley.

555 feet above the ground, atop the Washington Monument today....

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:09:58 -0400

555 feet above the ground, atop the Washington Monument today. Photo by Paul J. Richards /AFP/Getty Images. Video, more information here:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/27/140839487/happening-now-rappelling-at-washington-monument