Category: Society and Trends

Prospective clients, particularly foreign ones, often request that my initial contact with them occur some place sociable, and that was exactly the case yesterday evening.  After leaving the office, I made for the bar at the Washington Hilton, on Connecticut Avenue near DuPont Circle, where a fellow from Ghana is staying.  Not everybody from Ghana is poor,… Continue reading Battle of the Bucket

One thing I like about rental car companies these days is that they will come and pick you up when you rent one of their vehicles, subsequently dropping you off at your home when you return it to one of their business sites.  When I travel by air, I like to rent a car just… Continue reading Driven to Distraction

Herkheimer, who works at the White House, made a consultation appointment for very early this morning.  He and I were, I think, pretty much alone in the building where I lease my office space, except, perhaps, for the cleaning staff.  It doesn’t really faze me when clients make appointments for odd hours, though.  I figure it… Continue reading Presidential Wall Side Chat

I had a feeling it was coming, that’s for sure – and my intuition did not disappoint.  Late yesterday while I was at home trying to get caught up on some work I’d brought from the office, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright called: Tom: Hello? Wright: Who is this?  Is this Tom Collins? Tom: Yes, it is. … Continue reading Wright On, Bro!