Another salvo in the ongoing battle between “new” and “old” media, fired by Manifest Destiny.

No Princesses Here tries to show her daughter that there’s a big, wide world out there, regardless of how much caffeine it takes to get there.

Hipsters versus the “Creative Class”? Parsing the distinctions between the two, if there even are any, at Diatribes by Joah.

Your humble editor has always had a tortured relationship with math. It seems that I’m not the only one, too. Scribes & Scoundrels falls in, out, and in love with math.

Ooh, if acupuncture is as amazing for sleep inducement as Lemon Gloria says it is, I am so, so there.

The sweeping saga of Mme de Florian reveals an apartment suspended in time, as The Blog of the Courtier shows us.

Like the GLAA Forum, this contributing editor finds Virginia Thomas’s call to Anita Hill asking for an apology totally creepy.  PunditMom, in her piece on the Stir, wants Mrs. Thomas to get over it already (“after all, you won”).

Angela Roberts, in her blog Nine Ravens, remembers her father and his death, slightly more than ten years ago.

We all forget things.  Candy Sandwich recalls knowing how to do things and knowing things that she no longer knows how to do or just no longer knows.

The Washington Humane Society has a team running in the Marine Corps Marathon.  If you love your furry friends (come on, everyone’s very important, but if it weren’t for cats, dogs, and other critters, no one would be all that happy to see most people in this town), why not sponsor the team at $1 per mile (total $26.20)?

What is it like to be a hesitant person (those who are impulsive really want to know)?  Nine Ravens discusses her temperament, not always happy with the results.

And Parenting by Dummies (and if most parents were honest, wouldn’t that be most parents?) is holding an (un)Haunted Halloween Photo contest.

Frank self-examinations of one’s sexuality are rare, and even more so when accompanied by scrutiny of relationship history. The Heartbreaker behind the I’m Gonna Break Your Heart blog has an unexpected experience that does just that. She learns about being literally and metaphorically cold-blooded.

DC Femmela is up for a Youtopia Award. Help out a local in her efforts to win a grant.

The differences between the United States and the United Kingdom are well documented and well known. Not Enough Tequila in the World explores some of the lesser known distinctions.

The Slow Cook examines the issue of feeding poor children at our public schools while simultaneously and perhaps unintentionally shinning a light on the unvarnished hate that bubbles to the surface of anonymous internet conversations.

The following post is from a now defunct blog, but is a worthwhile read nonetheless. What’s it like to be the Other Woman from Bourbon and Sympathy.

Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space wonders why DC has no systematic process in place to analyze pedestrian/automobile accidents in order to identify (and fix) particularly dangerous intersections.

All Life Is Local makes a case to ban leaf blowers in the District.

Forget KFC’s Double Down; Candid FitNut (reluctantly) introduces us to Burger King’s “NY Pizza Burger“.

Alice’s Wonderland’s sister goes above and beyond in the birthday gift department. 16,299 points for creativity.

DC’s 2010 Green Festival is coming this weekend; Herban Lifestyle has the details.

Brütalism fears for her husband’s future mistress.

Date the District makes a case for giving a guy a second chance after a hot mess of a first date.

Overall shout out: Six Degrees of Love: Boy meets girl. Girl moves across country with her two munchkins to live with him… and HIS four munchkins. Your modern day Brady Bunch, a la Alexandria. Enjoy. I have been.

How I became an atheist. A couple, Brock and Erin, write about their beliefs at Godless in DC. Coincidentally, the Los Angeles Times reports: The most rapidly growing religious category today is composed of those Americans who say they have no religious affiliation.

The Deletability of Frienships and The Social Network. Stirrup Queens

Confessions of an Aztec Law Student discovers a law school lesson: Being the Devil’s Advocate Ain’t Easy.

Cupcakes arrive in Anacostia. It actually happened, writes And Now, Anacostia.

Fall finds by the Curator of Style include a, tweed vest at the C & O Canal.

Have you seen the baby? Photo. Funny Farm

DC fashion: “a model for smart elegance“. I like it. (Via April’s PR Wrap Sheet.)

Finally, someone (DC Urban Dad) as excited as I am about Bojangles coming to Union Station.

Apparently, there’s some drama going down in the DC craft beer world… but DCBeer.com isn’t getting involved.

Lemmonex wonders what she is allowed to expect from her blog readers.

The restaurant Rogue States fought the neighboring law firm and, surprise, the law firm won. Malnurtured Snay reflects.

The Art of Observing considers her “lifetime balance sheet” in light of her 37th birthday.

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Tonic of Mount Pleasant needs your help. One of their own and his family lost everything in the tragic Mount Pleasant fire two weeks ago, and he, his wife, and their four year old daughter will spend months recovering in hospitals from their burns.

For more details about their situation and how to help, simply go to Tonic’s website and click the “Help Byron” tab at the bottom. Even $5 or $10 will make a huge difference as they try to recover from this. If you’re unable to help financially, help spread the word by posting the following on your social medium of choice:

Help the family who lost everything in the Mt Pleasant fire- click the “Help Byron” tab to find out how: http://tonicrestaurant.com

Fight HIV in DC notes that a Centers for Disease Control study has found that in male/male sexual contact, Baltimore has the highest proportion of men who are HIV positive. 

Normally haiku seems like a serene poetry form.  Normally.  Check out this Fifty First (J) Dates haiku. 

ScaryMommy isn’t the scariest poster on the web by far — she asks for support for a mother who lost her son (after hemorrhaging following circumcision) and is being attacked by “intactivists.”  Anyone who attacks a parent right after the parent loses a child is scarier by far.

Girl from the South criticizes Pundit Mom’s discussion of the Krystal Ball sex photo scandal and discusses the differences in conservative and liberal feminism, saying that conservative women have only had the last two years to build networks.

The Republic of T thinks that conservatives want you to have a pay cut.

Who has cab drivers offering a puff of marijuana at the end of the ride?  A Single Lady in DC.

Opinion Popcorn explains why Outsourced is about to be canceled.

Firecracker’s Follies is in a turf war with a first year law student who doesn’t understand the hierarchy of library space.

What happens when you live blog a first date? Fifty First JDates has an answer.

Tough love dating advice (to herself) from Hilarity in Shoes , who writes in the compelling format of, “What advice would I give a friend if she were in the same situation?”

People’s District gives us a moving, amazing account of what it’s really like to be homeless. Just another day for you and me in paradise…

The Foggy Dew , with a lesson on appreciating Eastern Market in photographic form (complete with technical knowledge, for those of you who do more with your cameras than just aim and snap like I do).

Celebrating a relationship’s first year, the good, the bad and the harrowing, with DC Princess .

When your bike is stolen, you lose more than a way to get around, as Just Up the Pike discovered from personal experience.

(with thanks to Restaurant Refugee for helping me aggregate today!)

la acera tells of her encounter with the “potty cop” at the McDonald’s in Adams Morgan, in the post, Exercising My Right to Pee.

A pet lover, sans pet, writes of her adventures in and out of the Dupont Dog Park. This Chameleon’s Life. Excerpt: The heavy black gate opens and slams shut beside me, shuttling in several newcomers who are warmly greeted by the cast of lucky characters to whom this park belongs. I’m acutely aware of my absurdity but can’t bring myself to go in. If this were a therapy session, I would hereby declare (after several long gulps), that I’m a … Pet-a-phile.

A former DC residents returns to some neighborhoods he hasn’t seen in a decade and writes (in a listserv post on Ibo-talk) about the change. Excerpt: What freaks me out more than the diversity of D.C., coming from Kansas City, are all the well-off young people. I just wonder if they understand that they are living in a bubble surrounded by a country that doesn’t enjoy their standard of living. The post: Gentrification Shock.

Soup is Not A Finger Food writes: This morning, something happened to me that I haven’t experienced in my 20 years in DC. As I was standing on my ascending escalator step, trying to get out of Dupont Circle, the escalator just stopped.

The Black Squirrel is serving more than beer. It’s writing a blog with a point of view. In Ticket Me This, it writes: Instead of implementing a bag tax, the city should have put the parking control officers on the Anacostia River. Given their dedication, they would have the river cleaned up in short order. Or they would fine it.

A note:

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The value of standing on your own two feet, no matter how hard it is, from On a Lobster Placemat.

On the eve of the Great Columbus Day Blue/Orange Line Shutdown, a tale of WMATA folks trying to do right in spite of surliness at The Anti DC.

On pain and boxing gloves at Not So Linear.

Love songs for grown-ups? Your humble editor likes the sound of that, and so does Alyssa Rosenberg.

I’m Gonna Break Your Heart… yeah, she lives up to the title today. Anyone who’s been there will feel this one.

In keeping with what appears to be my theme, here’s another advocacy idea. If you’re as bemused as I am with the “I like it…” meme on Facebook, join me and hey, love in taking some real action against breast cancer.

Whew. Today’s links are kinda heavy. What say we go out on a high note, courtesy of the GLAA Forum?