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the eagles on the Taft Bridge are mysterious May 10th, 2008

Taft Lightpole

   
Above is a photo of one of the light poles on the Taft Bridge on Connecticut Avenue. And here’s our theory about these eagle sculptures on top of the lamps… There are probably, say, 20 birds in total, one on each pole as they march along the side of the bridge, and all of them face inward towards the pedestrians, or the cars if you are driving. Except for one. Ah ha! On the west side of the bridge, closer to the Dupont Circle side, one of the eagles faces off toward the National Cathedral. Why is it turned? This is where the Illuminati landmarks come into the theory. I think they left a major component out of National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Actually, I never saw that movie because I already sawNational Treasure. But whatever Nicholas Cage was doing in DC in that movie he was probably doing it totally wrong. He should have been tracing a line between that misaligned eagle and the National Cathedral because who knows what is hidden in that line. It pretty much has to be part of the compass. If you know anything about the Freemasons then I’m sure you are following me here.
   
Anyway, if you are Dan Brown and you are reading this and you still don’t have the ending written for The Solomon Key you can feel free to use this material.

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happy mud trails to you February 27th, 2008


Rock Creek Park


   
Last Saturday afternoon was spent mud-trudging through Rock Creek Park. We took a *secret* entrance to one of the trails: straight downhill behind our apartment and apparently right through what looked to be a deserted homeless-person shelter/setup… tarps strung-up on strings and a lean-to, old tires, and other broken things. This was also the site where Matt and I both managed to slip on the same patch of mudslide.
   
At the base of that hill is the Rock Creek Park Mounted Police training facility, basically a large building and lots of hay and horse-smelly things around. We also found a sign showing where the very first bridge was that crossed the river, though I forgot the date. It’s hard to picture the little structure that must have superceeded the now massive piers of the Taft Bridge. Wandred a bit away from that area, and that is where the photo above was snapped!

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DC 173 February 19th, 2008

Bridge 173

   
This little DC 173 mosaic is on the 9th St Tunnel going southbound under the National Mall. I can’t find any information online about the numbering of DC’s bridges and tunnels, but I’m sure there is some sort of system in place, because I have seen more of these markings on other infrastructre.

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