Washington had its first snow storm of the winter yesterday, followed this morning by an ice storm that has, predictably, paralyzed the place completely. Around eleven thirty, our new President remarked to reporters he’s quite amazed that a quarter inch of ice could render the capital city of the greatest nation in history a crippled shadow… Continue reading Good Thing that Cucumber Flunked the Audition
Category: Art and Culture
French Post Card Industry on Verge of Cancellation
As Fate and my appointment schedule would have it, I was sufficiently close by the Willard Hotel around lunch time, and after dining had about an hour to kill at the Round Robin Bar. There I spied Phil McCrakin, principal lobbyist for the Association of American Pornographers. Well, how about that, I thought to myself… Continue reading French Post Card Industry on Verge of Cancellation
First Family Redux
My three o’clock appointment today was one Randy Spassvogel, trade association representative for the Humorists’ Association of Cartoonists, Kibitzers, Stand-up Comedians, Allied Media Parodists and Satirists. Under the circumstances, I couldn’t resist. As he settled into the chair across from my desk, I just had to do it. “Knock, knock.” Spassvogel threw me a quizzical… Continue reading First Family Redux
Rock-a-Bye Recession
Today, I drove over to Fairfax and did my part as a good Catholic, attending the confirmation of a pair of twins. They were my sisters’s brother’s wife’s children, and no, I’m not their godfather, that honor fell to my sister’s husband’s brother’s wife’s brother, an Irish police detective from Chicago. All of my sister’s… Continue reading Rock-a-Bye Recession
Ya Pays Yer Money and Ya Takes Yer Chances
First thing this morning, I had an appointment with one Cassandra Wymiotowac, Senior Public Relations Advisor to American International Group, better known as AIG. The woman was all business, that’s for sure – she entered my office, shook my hand and got right down to brass tacks. “Mr. Collins,” she began, “this is just one… Continue reading Ya Pays Yer Money and Ya Takes Yer Chances