“Mr. Collins?” Gretchen softly spoke, poking her blonde head in between the oak doors leading to my office. “Did you drop off some dry cleaning down the street and forget to tell me about it?” “No,” I replied, “my latest load went to that place on Georgetown Pike in Great Falls.” “Okay,” she shrugged, “I… Continue reading North Koreans to Continue Wearing Clothes Until Further Notice
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White House White Washes Little Green Men
I was down at the Round Robin Bar in the Willard Hotel again tonight, having a couple of drinks after work, when I spied Wolfram, who works at the White House, downing a branch water mint julep all by himself. So I went over to his table and joined him. “No point in drinking alone,”… Continue reading White House White Washes Little Green Men
Occupy Wall Street Gets Street Smart
Columbus Day is a federal holiday, and, in my humble opinion, no other day is more suitable. After all, Columbus was dead wrong about the key assumption underlying his endeavours, that being the size of the earth. Every educated person in Columbus’ day knew it was round, of course – that realization went back to… Continue reading Occupy Wall Street Gets Street Smart
Rick Perry Possibly to Avoid Divine Retribution
Today, I received yet another visit from Austin Houston Crockett Bowie Bonham III, from Texas. He stopped by on short notice, but Gretchen managed to fit him in at three-thirty. “To what do I owe the pleasure of your company this time?” I inquired as he stretched his rangy frame on the couch by the… Continue reading Rick Perry Possibly to Avoid Divine Retribution
America’s Credit Score to Hit 300
My dear sister Rose is a school teacher in Fairfax, Virginia. Due to the type of budget problems plaguing even the most affluent public school systems these days, however, the county was not able to offer her employment between June and September. It has in the past, I must quickly note, and it does, in… Continue reading America’s Credit Score to Hit 300