Today marks the debut of this blog on the live feed at DCBlogs. For this occasion, I would simply like to share some words (attributed to Norman Mailer but also paraphrasing E.M. Forster): “How do I know what I think until I write it down.”

South Sudan’s stamps–created in 2011–were done in and by the Peoples Republic of China as “a gift to the South Sudanese Government from the Chinese government,” according to curator Daniel Piazza of the National Postal Museum (postalmuseum.si.edu).

Local blog DCist has reported that landlord Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. has backed out of a deal which would have provided a one-year lease extension for BN’s Union Station storefront. The outlet is now scheduled to close at the end of February.