A man and his shrink-wrapped cucumbers are soon parted

Nothing like a little near-freezing torrential downpour to warm the cockles. Here’s Fairfax undersea:

Balloons

A little deflated

Well-packaged against damage and distress

Cable conduits – Vienna Metrorail station

Orange Line

It snowed today

and has continued dribbling.

and then, halfway back home, a Metrorail train exploded in Gallery Place!

Gallery Place, somewhere around 6:15-6:30, a Red Line train towards Shady Grove had some trouble with the onboard lights; after pulling into the station and opening the doors, a loud “BANG!” was heard, and smoke began billowing from the undercarriage of the second car of the train. Unfazed, Metrorail personnel inspected the train, directed everyone to re-board it, and sent the train along inside of ten minutes.

O, glorious day! O rapture unforeseen!