Starting right around eleven this morning, and continuing incessantly off and on all day, poor Gretchen had to contend with a long-distance caller from California trying to get an unscheduled appointment. It was Marilyn Davenport, member of the Orange County Republican Central Committee. Gretchen and I finally managed to squeeze her in between a Nigerian… Continue reading Photo Op for Bonzo
Category: Economics and Finance
Order Restored to Titanic’s Deck Chairs, Iceberg Still a Problem
Friday night, after dinner at Filomena in Georgetown and a performance of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband at the Shakespeare Theater, Cerise and I stopped by the Round Robin Bar in the Willard Hotel for some refreshments. We arrived just as word came that Congress had – pretty much literally at the eleventh hour –… Continue reading Order Restored to Titanic’s Deck Chairs, Iceberg Still a Problem
Blazing Faucets
Late Thursday afternoon, I received one Austin Houston Crockett Bowie Bonham III, who, regular readers will remember, is a tall, rangy, handsome fellow from the Lone Star State. The purpose of his visit this time was to represent Texans for a Better Environment, a non-profit organization of concerned citizens that had sent him to Washington… Continue reading Blazing Faucets
Tales from the Crypt – Newt Gingrich Returns
What with the Revolt of the Arab Street in full swing, national economies tottering on the brink of default all over Europe, and the US Congress having taken to funding the federal government in two week increments, I’ve haven’t had a day off since February 13th, and neither has Gretchen, for that matter. Not that… Continue reading Tales from the Crypt – Newt Gingrich Returns
Libya Goes Completely Gaddafi, Loses It in Front of Neighbors
Rather surprisingly, it was only forty-eight minutes after three o’clock on Friday (which is when he was supposed to show up) that I received a visit from Adarya Okhozidh Aqadumuhetchun, former Berber Matters Chargé d’ Affairs and current Supreme Policy Plenipotentiary of The Revolutionary People’s Bureau of the Great Socialist Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in the United… Continue reading Libya Goes Completely Gaddafi, Loses It in Front of Neighbors