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Aromas is a coffee shop located in downtown Williamsburg, Virginia. It has some very good coffee-based drinks, delicious fresh-baked desserts, and a decent selection of breakfast, lunch, and dinner fo...

A Williamsburg resident offers tips for how to park, on the cheap, in one of Virginia's hottest tourism spots

1408 is a horror/mystery movie about a terrifying night in an old New York hotel room. It is quite well written, moderately scary, not gory at all, and quite cool.

Food Corner Kabob is a small takeout/dine-in Afghan restaurant located on Little River Turnpike in Annandale, VA. The restaurant specializes in Gyros, which cost around $6, and Kabobs, which cost arou...

Hunan West is a small, pleasant Chinese restaurant in Springfield, VA. Its most notable feature is that it is filling - I usually go back for seconds and even thirds at buffets, but at Hunan West I co...

A wonderful alternative to Starbucks, Caribou Coffee provides courteous, prompt service, free wi-fi, and the atmosphere of a local coffee shop. The employees are friendly, and although the pricing is ...

At Sal's by Victor in Williamsburg, VA, for about $10-$15 for an entre and $7-$19 for a pizza (the pizzas can be customized to your taste), you can enjoy Italian cuisine with a wonderful atmosphere.

Why are people so opposed to gay marriage? It's not as though someone's asking them to get one. I can think of few things that effect the population at large less than two people's right to marry, reg...

A fantasy poem about a creepy old man with a knife.

The Shins' new album, "Wincing the Night Away," Has some good tracks, but is bogged down by some pointless synthesizer work. If you're a Shins fan, get the album, but if you only want one Shins CD, ge...

The bill expands the scope of federal anti-hate crime legislation to include crimes motivated by sexual orientation, gender, and those directed at the disabled.

There are simply far too many applications available on facebook. And most of them suck.

A stream of consciousness poem...

I somehow feel obligated to get my money's worth

I've had a MacBook now for over a year. It still runs great, does everything I want it to, and HAS NEVER CRASHED. (knock on wood).

A short poem about being tired

"May I marry your daughter?" The king kindly asked. "Not this Christmas," Came the reply.

An original sci-fi poem in loose iambic...

I've owned an iPod shuffle for a while now. To be honest, I'm not completely satisfied with it for a number of reasons

Today I met one of the cook's at the school cafeteria. He either belongs in a French restaurant or vaudeville.

Failing to talk about such topics as premarital sex, contraception, and abortion will not make these problems go away.

An aging knight meets a fitting end.

Sometimes things just don't work out...

A short story about a man's obsession with creating the perfect painting of a particular tree.

A review of SansAmp's Bass Driver DI box, based on personal experience and by a bass player who has toured and recorded with the device.