I was waiting for the bus to take me home today when I noticed two WMATA employees chatting to passengers at the stop while simultaneously monitoring radio traffic on their sets. Apparently, a series of manhole covers had exploded on 16th st, derailing traffic.

As they stood and joked with the riders, a car driving down 14th st hit his horn in frustration that some pedestrians weren't walking fast enough. Immediately, one of the WMATA guys looked over and said to the car, "Hey, where do you think you are? New York? This ain't New York! That's not how we do it!" to which the other riders all chimed in with their stories of how New York drivers stank, or of "that time" they saw someone in DC incongruously hitting their horn in a non-DC fashion.

Second only to our habit of waiting in lines patiently, people here simply do not use their horns. It's what makes DC such a great city. (The downside is that this similar level of politeness extends to the metro escalator system...DC riders never do more than simply cough when someone stands on the left-hand side)

If it's going to be this cold, it should snow. Falling snow in DC make the entire town seem different, somehow.

I'm hoping it will stick, but for all of you complaining about the cold, here's some july grass to keep you up:

For now, I'm hoping for more white flakes.

For some of us, MLK day comes late. But an icy cold sunny day is a good way to spend it.

And, if you had your head buried in the sand this morning, you may have missed the news that Obama is in. Count me on his team.

In somewhat less-than-inspiring-news, it appears Emily's List will support Sen. Clinton Ugh.

The Democratic wave keeps coming:

WASHINGTON — Sen. Wayne Allard said today he will honor his term-limits pledge and leave at the end of 2008, creating a replacement fight that should turn Colorado into one of the country’s biggest electoral battlegrounds.

We'll make Colorado solid blue yet, courtesy Udall and his impressive lineage.