Ahh, NoVA.

The Post reports today that the Bristow area of Virginia's Prince William County has the longest average commute in the country. (WP)

"Number one, huh?" said homeowner Michael Kasun, 42. "I wish it was for something else, like oil in the ground."

Yeah, that'd be awesome! "Highest density of T.G.I.Friday's locations" would be pretty cool too.

Sorry; I'm not really a 'burb hater. But still.

Welcoming Virginia's fleeing gays

It should be no surprise that some gay Virginians are fleeing to the District. Virginia's state legislature passed an anti-civil-unions law in 2004, and there's an anti-gay-marriage constitutional amendment up for a vote this November.

But the Richmond-based Family Foundation, which supports such legislative action, is sad. Sad, I tell you! Its executive director says that getting gays out of Virginia is not the goal, and reassures everyone that the proposed amendment "wouldn't add restrictions on gays but would simply underscore the ways their relationships are already restricted." (WP)

It's so frustrating when one's efforts to perpetuate social injustice are portrayed as efforts to create new social injustice.