“A Botanist Singapore Sling with Cointreau for Cerise,” Rose recited with a dulcet tone as she handed out drinks in the living room of the family home in Fairfax, “a coconut almond milk vanilla Stoli White Russian with Galliano Ristretto for Katje, a Rémy Martin XO and Grand Marnier Sidecar for Arthur, a double Talisker… Continue reading Thanksgiving Political Arguments Banned – Pigs Fly, Hell Freezes
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Dewey Defeats Trump
Veterans’ Day is one of those half-baked holidays – the stock market is open but the banks are closed; here in Washington, federal employees have the day off but federal contractors don’t, unless they work in a federal building that’s closed on Veterans’ Day, and so on and so forth. So normally, I would have… Continue reading Dewey Defeats Trump
In Their Hearts, They Would Know He’s Right (If Only They Knew Who He Is)
Another six day week had left me feeling entitled to a quiet Sunday, and it certainly started off that way yesterday morning. In the early afternoon, however, as my cat Twinkle and I lounged on the couch in the living room, my land line rang. Caller ID couldn’t tell me who it was, so I… Continue reading In Their Hearts, They Would Know He’s Right (If Only They Knew Who He Is)
Cows to Governor Brown: Who Smelt It, Dealt It, Jerry!
My two-thirty PM consultation appointment on Friday was with Dr. Arbre Étreinte Birkenstock, Division Director, United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation. Despite the autumn equinox on Thursday, the weather remained as warm and humid as summer here in Washington DC, and she arrived at my office wearing a sundress, sandals, and… Continue reading Cows to Governor Brown: Who Smelt It, Dealt It, Jerry!
Democratic Presidential Hopes Getting Scorched Feeling the Bern
My two o’clock consultation today was with Dr. Gwenyth Sguthan Gotsan-Cedors, Principal Technology Analyst for Developing Economies at the World Bank. I expected that we would continue our previous discussion of micro-banking strategies to provide water purification, solar energy solutions and Internet access at the village level in rural Africa, but when she primly set… Continue reading Democratic Presidential Hopes Getting Scorched Feeling the Bern