The biggest threat to my neighborhood

I really love my neighborhood. I can walk to almost everything I need. Granted, it has its problems. The grocery store situation could be better. The restaurants and bars could be better. But, all in all, its a great place to live. The following is taken from my neighborhood listserv and nicely sums up the greatest threat we face here in Cleveland Park:

Unkempt Shrubbery Hazard
A local homeowner has allowed his/her shrubs to grow unbridled. The hard, unyielding plants now block a corner forcing strollers and wheelchairs to jump the curb and use the street. The intersection is a busy one … very busy … and the shrubs now are endangering lives. Notes to the owner have been to no avail. What City Department is best suited to handle such complaints? (PS, a manhole is also blocked by this towering, unkempt growth.)

Truly the intersection of hyper-concern for one’s neighbors, over-education, and nothing better to do than bitch and moan meet here in Cleveland Park.

See the Jefferson Memorial before it sinks

Jefferson MemorialRead this in the Post; the Jefferson Memorial (or at least the walkway near it) is sinking. I’ll save you a trip to DC. Check out my photos of it without having to fight traffic and other tourists.

Good picture, good article

Rarely when the Gourds appear in press to do they a) look this good and b) have an article this well written.

IBM Tivoli Identity Manager Self-Service UI Error CTGIMU504E

Anyone got the new Self-Service user interface working for ITIM.  I’ve got it installed properly, I think.   When I try and log I get:

An error occurred while processing the attempt to log in.

Any ideas?

Photography class has come to a close

I just finished a very good intro to digital photography class at the US Department of Agriculture. (For those of outside DC, USDA has a killer language and other continuing education program here in DC.) I have uploaded most of the pictures from my final, a portfolio of the assignment I went on over the course of the class.