twist of fait accomplis

Last night I had a dream that I was talking with Chris about the big damn dam destruction coming up today in Fredericksburg. I asked whether he'd be taking his kids to go watch and he said, "Yeah, of course. But, Ryan, what are your thoughts on the issue?" And by "the issue" he was referring to some controversy about destroying the dam (of which there seems to be none—pretty much everyone is in agreement that the dam's destruction is a good thing since it's no longer needed and it will allow to Rappahannock to again flow freely). I felt embarrassed that I could only respond, "I don't know... I didn't even know about it until it was mentioned on the news tonight."

Totally separate from my dream, the linked article above refers to people from Fredericksburg as "Fredericksburgers." I can honestly say that in the four years I lived there, I never once heard that term. Thank goodness.