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
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Rock-a-bye Controller, in the Airport Tower
Thursday, April 14 was unusually grueling – after putting in fourteen hours at my office in Washington, the last thing I needed when I got home to Great Falls, Virginia was yet another person asking for my advice. But that’s what I got – my land line rang not five minutes after I sank, exhausted,… Continue reading Rock-a-bye Controller, in the Airport Tower
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
Netocalypse – the Great IP Address Mess
As everybody in the consulting business in this town knows, never schedule consecutive meetings with an Israeli and an Arab. You always need to leave sufficient time between them so that they don’t run into each other outside your building, in the elevator or in your reception area. And that’s under normal circumstances; this week, it has… Continue reading Netocalypse – the Great IP Address Mess
$499 US Government Web Sites Worth Every Penny
Kotzkopf arrived nearly an hour early for his consultation yesterday, and I knew exactly why, too. It was so he could hang around my comfortably furnished reception area, splitting his time between playing Angry Birds in HD on an iPad and ogling Gretchen. I’d bet that those diversions did quite a bit to cheer him… Continue reading $499 US Government Web Sites Worth Every Penny