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Cody @cody.city · 28/09/2026

Sometimes I think my dog actually likes to walk past the house with the dog that barks at her from behind a glass door just so she can grumble about the insult.

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Cody @cody.city · 26/09/2026

I have not even entered the stadium and this is already the wettest Washington Spirit game yet (from the bikeshare).

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Cody @cody.city · 26/09/2026

There are children in front of the elementary school who are either being murdered or trying to get people to stop for a car wash fundraiser, it's hard to tell which from the shrieking.

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Cody @cody.city · 23/09/2026

Stopped for a few minutes to enjoy the spectacle of a state visit by Xi Jinping. There are a lot of organized spectators with Chinese and US flags on Pennsylvania Ave between the hotel and the White House.

A woman holding small US and Chinese flags. A man in a baseball hat is taking her photo. There are spectators behind a red banners with Chinese Mandarin characters.

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Cody @cody.city · 18/09/2026

Free flip flops from the dog walk

Tropical-patterned flip-flops with palm trees, sailboats, and colorful flowers on a navy background, leaning against the base of a light pole.

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Cody @cody.city · 15/09/2026

On my ride home this evening, I biked past a gaggle of press, a parked SUV, and various security. It turns out it was the return of Mitch McConnell. Every day life in DC. www.instagram.com/p/DdSRLQHDntM

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Cody @cody.city · 13/09/2026

I love it during warmups at the Washington Spirit game when the opposing team just continuously fires errant shots straight into the supporter section.

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Cody @cody.city · 12/09/2026

All the bands want to do armored videos, the latest is Twisted Teens. youtu.be/lfYH6XuHrhQ

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Cody @cody.city · 12/09/2026

Going to see Aldous Harding tonight, or as my family calls her, "the big hat lady." By all accounts, she will not be playing this song on this tour. youtu.be/QyZeJr5ppm8?is=NEQKS75Txf9…

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Cody @cody.city · 10/09/2026

Had a dream last night that Amazon was testing a new hypersonic ballistic delivery system, but it kept blowing people up as packages hit the central mass of the recipients.

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Cody @cody.city · 08/09/2026

When they say the walls have ears

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Cody @cody.city · 08/09/2026

Found a credit union ATM that doesn't charge a fee and dispenses $10s. What a time to be alive!

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Cody @cody.city · 05/09/2026

Gentrification empties

A large bottle of Leffe Blonde Belgian ale sealed with a cork, standing upright on a brick sidewalk next to a curb and garden fence.

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Cody @cody.city · 05/09/2026

Signing into my VPN. Verace Pizza Napolitana.

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Cody @cody.city · 04/09/2026

With all the downed trees and branches from last night's storm in DC, the bus ride into work through the neighborhood was like a mild to medium disaster tour.

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Cody @cody.city · 02/09/2026

It is tiresome to keep track of every gd subscription so your purchases aren't supporting anti-vax and anti-immigrant positions. This is about 1Password and their support of the Omacom Foundation of David Heinemeier Hansson. www.theverge.com/tech/988536/1passw…

theverge.com

1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project

The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.

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Cody @cody.city · 31/08/2026

A fun thing about living in DC is when you get a misdelivered package of counterfeit currency reports each with a fake bill. But because you live in DC, you know to call the Secret Service.

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Cody @cody.city · 30/08/2026

I think the Washington Spirit have solved the late August attendance challenge with today's Hello Kitty bucket hat giveaway.

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Cody @cody.city · 29/08/2026

Don't pack pork

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Cody @cody.city · 29/08/2026

It is fun to be boarding a plane while they are testing the warning messages in the cockpit. "Wind Shear!" "Terrain!, Terrain!" "Pull up!"

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Cody @cody.city · 27/08/2026

Sweatier Weather

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Cody @cody.city · 26/08/2026

[Crawling insect] Need the lanternfly laser attachment for the security camera. #CapitolHillBackyards

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Cody @cody.city · 25/08/2026

Walking the dog and appreciating a Dolly Parton essentials compilation on my earbuds.

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Cody @cody.city · 23/08/2026

The defining feature of seeing a band at the Quarry House Tavern is that they set up right in front of the restrooms. Check out Soft Palms.

A musician with dark hair sings into a microphone while playing an electric guitar on a dimly lit stage under colorful string lights. In the background, there is a restroom sign on a door.

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Cody @cody.city · 23/08/2026

Painfully early to a show again. You would think I would know better in my fifth decade. The bands are eating burgers.

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Cody @cody.city · 21/08/2026

[Mild S3 Silo spoiler] It is crazy how much crispy, bearded Tim Robbins in Silo resembles my dad.

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Cody @cody.city · 17/08/2026

Foo Fighters. Brought to you by AARP.

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Cody @cody.city · 11/08/2026

[Substack link] Dudes in their 50s with glasses catching strays in this interview with Madeline Babuka Black of Slippers. Slippers will be back in DC in November opening for The Tubs. #IndieMusic toneglow.substack.com/p/tone-glow-2…

toneglow.substack.com

Tone Glow 233: Slippers

An interview with Madeline Babuka Black about growing up in Georgia, the second Slippers album 'Slippers 08', and her new short film 'Papertowel Maxipad'

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Cody @cody.city · 10/08/2026

Somebody at work just blamed Copilot for messing up a list of people being recognized for an award, but I want to know who thought trusting Copilot was a good idea.

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Cody @cody.city · 08/08/2026

I was mistaken for someone's dad at the Washington Spirit game. And she was at least 35.

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Cody @cody.city · 01/08/2026

Greet the elite at

Red and white sign that reads

European Meat Boutique
Prime Ribeye Steak
Prime NY Strip Steak
Prime Skirt Steak

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Cody @cody.city · 01/08/2026

Rode the train up to NYC with my kid to see Ted Leo play a free show at Tompkins Square Park, but first Shellshag.

A man pointing toward the camera and a woman singing into a microphone perform on an outdoor stage next to a custom speaker stack.

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Cody @cody.city · 31/07/2026

Started the day by dropping one tiny pill on the floor. I finally found it, but when I went to put it back in the bottle, I hadn't secured the lid. I dropped the whole bottle and the rest went flying. I think I found them all, but good morning!

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Cody @cody.city · 30/07/2026

You think the NWSL leaving Victory+ means the games will move to a channel or platform you've heard of, but they will really end up on BZZR.

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Cody @cody.city · 30/07/2026

I am tired after staying up late for the weather-delayed Washington Spirit game vs Utah. The bus to work feels like a red-eye.

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Cody @cody.city · 26/07/2026

Baby got a zeppelin

Detail of a toddler holding a pointy dirigible from Spirit of Transportation by Carl Bitter at William H Gray Amtrak station in Philadelphia, PA.

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Cody @cody.city · 25/07/2026

Headed up to Philly on Amtrak for the second night of MTWB. Perhaps more surprising for a man of my age, I didn't pick the night Pavement was playing.

A high-angle photo of a concrete sidewalk covered in hand-drawn concert advertisements written in black paint. The poster announces "CONCERT WEEKEND at THE DELL" featuring Pavement and Rat Boys on Friday July 24, plus Kurt Vile & The Violators, They Are Gutting a Body of Water, and Twisted Teens on Saturday July 25. The graffiti-style artwork includes band names, logos (WXPN, RS/PROUD), decorative starbursts and doodles.

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Cody @cody.city · 24/07/2026

Just an ideal evening for a concert at Fort Reno in DC. We have been going to these off and on for 30 years.

Two musicians are silhouetted on a stage against a vibrant sunset, playing instruments at an outdoor concert.

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Cody @cody.city · 23/07/2026

Given all the "what kind of dude are you" discourse, I am surprised that jarls, karls, or thralls hasn't taken off.

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Cody @cody.city · 23/07/2026

Autocorrect wanted to change "teleworking" to "twerking." Somehow I prefer "Emergency twerking is authorized due to X."

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Cody @cody.city · 23/07/2026

It feels very "I Am Legend" when most co-workers are teleworking due to a high security VIP event in another part of the building.

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Cody @cody.city · 21/07/2026

The other day my kid told me I remind him of the dad from Calvin & Hobbes in terms of dad biking and making up elaborate false explanations for scientific phenomena.

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Cody @cody.city · 20/07/2026

We stayed in a new construction AirBnB carriage house in the Victorian Village of Columbus, OH last week. What is a bit crazy to me is that design standards must have required this fake, nonfunctional garage door on the exterior. Behind it was a bedroom.

Exterior front view of a two-story garage with olive-tan horizontal siding and white trim. A closed white paneled garage door sits below a black gooseneck light fixture. On the dark gray shingled roof above, a white dormer holds three black-framed square windows. White gutters run along the rooflines down to a concrete apron facing a gravel driveway.

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Cody @cody.city · 18/07/2026

🎶 Run to the hills, run for your lives 🎶

A "Mighty Flame" advertisement shows a cartoon propane tank character next to the text "RUN OUT AND GET ONE," with a man and woman running across a grassy hill in the foreground.

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Cody @cody.city · 18/07/2026

You don't know me, convenience store.

A store window features large blue letters spelling "ALCOHOLIC" superimposed over colorful slushie machine graphics, with a Powerball lottery jackpot sign visible in the background.

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Cody @cody.city · 18/07/2026

Obligatory Central Ohio roadside attraction stop: the Longaberger Basket Building.

This is the former headquarters of the Longaberger Company, an iconic example of novelty architecture located in Newark, Ohio. Designed to look exactly like the company's famous medium market basket, it is often referred to as the "Big Basket" building.

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