I couldn’t help getting a very strange feeling when I arrived last night at my dear sister Rose’s home. As regular readers of this Web log know, due to the mortgage crisis, Rose’s large and loving Catholic family has been host to her husband’s brother’s large and loving Catholic family for quite a while now,… Continue reading Greed, Pride, Lust, Envy – No, Wait, That’s Not Right…
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Dragnet Snares 400 Alleged Weasels
Last night, Cerise and I dined at a pricey and elegant restaurant which recently opened on K Street. For reasons that will soon become evident, however, I won’t mention the name of that establishment in this post. It came as a shock, I must say, when the sommelier approached our table. He approached from behind… Continue reading Dragnet Snares 400 Alleged Weasels
From Booty to Disaster
Like most members of the United States Civil Service, Snodgrass is an early riser. It’s a Civil Service tradition to be at work by seven o’clock, if not earlier, all the better, due to lack of a proper prior interval of sleep, to screw up royally for eight hours before going home. Not that the… Continue reading From Booty to Disaster
Say It Ain’t So, John!
When I arrived at the office this morning, and my private secretary told me that a gentleman named Blinkhorn from USO PAC had made an appointment for ten-thirty, I must confess I wondered what in the world the United Services Organization was doing running a political action committee. Was that even legal, I wondered, as,… Continue reading Say It Ain’t So, John!
Hillary’s Last Hurrah – or Not
Unlike last Saturday, Jason showed up for his cooking lesson today, and so did his mom and dad, as well as his girlfriend Paisley. They were on time, too, arriving promptly at ten o’clock, as I had requested in an e-mail to Rob Roy that I sent on Thursday. Usually, Jason and I start at… Continue reading Hillary’s Last Hurrah – or Not