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My housemates and I were at a car dealership just outside of Gaithersburg yesterday when I noticed this sign. I immediately thought it might be a good candidate for FAIL Blog.
Can anyone tell me why?

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On my way to brunch with Brian yesterday, I came across this setup outside the Museum of Crime & Punishment, a new tourist trap here in D.C. Oddly enough, it was the museum’s signage that first caught my attention — not this unintentional paean to bondage fetishists — and led me to think [...]

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The 8th Street entrance to Eastern Market’s East Hall last night. I don’t recall ever seeing the interior lights on at 9:30 in the evening when I took this snapshot.
Eastern Market extended its hours to 7 p.m. last week, to accommodate shoppers on their way home from work. Repairs to the South Hall [...]

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I took this shot two years ago from my bedroom window. These fireworks were not part of the official display at the Capitol, although my place is only about a mile away. This was part of a neighborhood display.
D.C. police are cracking down on illegal fireworks this year. When I first moved into [...]

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As I walked up the street with bagel and coffee in hand to my office, I caught this decal of sorts out of the corner of my eye. It’s affixed rather high up to the International Union of Operating Engineers building on 17th Street NW.

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So, here’s a quirky thing about my office. The non-security doors on each floor of our office building are usually held open by electromagnets. Each door has a hinged plate that is attracted to an electromagnet affixed to the wall.
This system is designed in such a way that if the fire alarm goes [...]

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As a follow up to my Tuesday post on the 227 television series, I thought I’d post a photo of the numbers on my front door.
As the show’s theme song said, “There’s no place like home. I mean no place child! (Ooh!)”

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Fire trucks arrived for a mid-morning incident at the downtown YMCA. I’m not sure what happened, but I saw a hose being brought into the building.

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In case you missed it earlier, here’s a shot of the double rainbow that appeared over the D.C. area this evening around 6:20 local time. Rainbows in D.C. are rare as is, let alone a double rainbow. My iPhone camera didn’t do it justice, but this was definitely one of the most vibrant [...]

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Taken above the passenger waiting area at Union Station. Yes, I dared to take a photo there, despite recent high-profile silliness.

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