Usually, my Department of Defense clients book their appointments well in advance. They also like to come in early, too; meetings at 06:00, as they like to call the unquestionably barbaric hour of six a.m., are not uncommon. In order to attend such a consultation, I am, of course, required to arise at what they… Continue reading Latest DoD Effort Proves No Threat to Gallup or Zogby
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Das Vedanya do Novy Streytch Russki Špionam
I scheduled cookouts on the deck for July third and Independence Day, too, so I’m certainly grateful that the weather here in Great Falls, Virginia is cooperating. It’s sunny, it’s dry and the temperature’s perfect. At least it was today, and the forecast for tomorrow indicates more of the same. That’s about as close to… Continue reading Das Vedanya do Novy Streytch Russki Špionam
The Sincerest Form of Folly
I only had about half an hour between consultation appointments in which to eat lunch on Friday, so I arranged for Gretchen to fetch me some sushi. There’s a place in Penn Quarter next to the Shakespeare Theater named SEI that she swears has the best sushi within twenty blocks, so that’s where she went. As… Continue reading The Sincerest Form of Folly
A Man with No Future and a Woman with No Past
I know I’m probably going to get a lot of nasty e-mails for saying this, but damn it, I’m sick and tired of Republicans trying to get something for nothing – at least when it comes to my consultation services. I readily concede that Democrats will occasionally button-hole me at a social function and try… Continue reading A Man with No Future and a Woman with No Past
Famous Potato Head Loses Bid for His Own Private Idaho
And here we have Idaho Winning her way to fame. Silver and gold in the sunlight blaze, And romance lies in her name. Last night, Cerise was suppose to meet me at the Capital Grille on Pennsylvania Avenue for dinner, but duty called her away at the last minute. I have a wine locker at… Continue reading Famous Potato Head Loses Bid for His Own Private Idaho