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jfdulac

  1. This petition keeps popping up in my timeline/inbox: Chuck Brown for the Rock Hall of Fame. An old campaign, reborn. bit.ly/JQIfdh
  2. "Aroldis Chapman's girlfriend tied up, robbed." (The Cuban Missile is dating somebody from Silver Spring?) cin.ci/KIr6Uc
  3. "I've done a lot of things, but that stands out. I mean, who gets to have sex on the Coliseum floor?" lat.ms/KvW4k1 via @SamSifton
  4. Congrats to @thewanreport — just named @washingtonpost’s new China correspondent. Filed some superlative stories on a previous China trip.
  5. Bob Dylan + aviator shades + Presidential Medal of Freedom = photo caption contest. twitter.com/jfdulac/status…
  6. @NewsFletch LOL!/sniff
  7. RIP my left shoe. So crestfallen, I couldn't even come up with a good joke about shoe-leather reporting. twitter.com/jfdulac/status…
  8. @brianvastag I didn't even get an employee discount
  9. My favorite Chuck Brown tribute T? The one that "borrows" the @washingtonpost's Godfather illustration, of course. twitter.com/jfdulac/status…
  10. @Chris__Richards Howard estimate: they were averaging 20 people per minute earlier. if they go all 11 hours at that clip, figure about 13K
  11. #WashingtonPostProblems twitter.com/jfdulac/status…
  12. The Howard has released the only official photo you’ll see of Chuck Brown’s open casket. (Chip Py for the Brown family) twitter.com/jfdulac/status…
  13. @AlgiersLady i believe the funeral on Thurs will be live-streamed on @washingtonpost's site
  14. I’ve seen a buncha people pass Chuck Brown’s casket in wheelchairs and w/ canes—and one infant in a car seat, too. Truly an all-ages wake.
  15. Outside Chuck Brown's wake, a woman is selling the @washingtonpost's Style sxn w/the big Godfather illo. $1 a pop. twitter.com/jfdulac/status…
  16. David Simon was a commencement speaker at Georgetown? Go forth and … sheeeeeeeaaaat! bsun.md/K1VE6t ht @michaelkruse
  17. “No matter where/who, put people on a baseball diamond and something great may happen.” @JeffPassan on That Catch. yhoo.it/L3j5YH
  18. @timcarman you forgot to add: “you hyper-sensitive capitalism-hating PC idiots!”
  19. “Victor, shake the fuck out of it.” @TomJunod on the mob boss who bought him a drink. ow.ly/b52kz ht @jsidman
  20. Anybody offended that a letter-writer was offended by @timcarman’s story on the guy who finds the Fojol Bros offensive? wapo.st/JsuZi6