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Above is the image Punté used yesterday for Beaker’s Super Bowl prediction.  Of course, blog commenters being what they are — that is, people who tend to ignore the forest to look at the trees (and leaves, and individual pieces of bark, and chloroplasts) — they instantly ignored the obvious bandwagon imagery and instead asked why Beaker was riding a D.C. Metro bus.

Anyway, from Maj’s annoying homerism for our nation’s capital (and Punte’s annoyance with it) was born a new meme: Beaker in D.C.  (Via KissingSuzyKolber)

I love seeing all the images people have put together for this meme.  Marion Barry’s famous image of drug use, Watergate, Washington Monument, etc.  Laughs abound.  Link.

Wow, I have fallen wayyyyy behind on these posts!  That leaves me with 2 options.

1. Save them and push them out slowly over time
2. Catch up with a few monster  posts, and hope you guys send more in.

Um, 2!

This first one comes to us from Systemic Meredith, who saw this little gem on the train or something.

Next up is from Systemic Bridget.  My fav has got to be the wheelchair dude.

This set was sent to me from Systemics Bryan, Jess, and Kim.  Hilarity does in fact ensue.

Still more from John, me, Ben, Heather, and more are in the docket.  Keep sending them in, guys!  I’ll keep posting them!  Remember, just shoot them over to systemcomic at gmail dot com.

Restaurants manifest the spirit of capitalist multiculturalism.  Entrepreneurship, international trade and migration, and cultural exchange all come together in these communal eateries.

In the last fifteen or so years, the Washington D.C. area has become a leader in ethnic restaurants.  We lag behind New York City and Los Angeles, but we vie with Chicago and the Bay Area for third place in the United States.  In some areas, such as Ethiopian cuisine, we are number one.

This guide is intended to help individuals enjoy good food, and keep my favorite places in business.  Effective consumer choice improves your eating and, in the long run, improves the quality of available restaurants. 

Tyler Cowen (Economist / Foodie) writes up a dining guide to DC that’s current and good.  Everything I see on there I agree with (that I’ve been to) but I really want to try some more now.  Yes, I live in the DC area so this matters to me, and probably not to most of you.  Tyler Cowen’s Ethnic Dining Guide – January 2009, 25th edition