It was pretty late on Friday afternoon – I was in the office by myself, getting ready to call it a week, when the phone rang. It was Fuhrberger, over at Treasury. He’s the type, who populate Washington like mosquitos on the summer Taiga, that usually goes home around 4 o’clock, so I figured something… Continue reading Fuhrberger versus Moore – Nolo Contendere
Category: Art and Culture
Waltzing the Journal
Wednesday evening, I worked late downtown, and after a particularly stressful meeting with some gentlemen from Africa, I decided to stop by the Library Bar at the Melrose Hotel to unwind. Nobody can say that the Melrose is anything less than first-rate, but I was nevertheless astonished to find Bancroft sitting at the bar, downing… Continue reading Waltzing the Journal
Losing Their Marbles
This morning, a representative of the Greek Embassy in Washington paid me a visit. A Mr. Unpos Aspasuos, Special Attache for Culture, camped out in my private secretary’s office starting at 7:00 a.m. (that’s when she usually arrives). Around 9:30, my schedule had a hole in it, so into my office Mr. Aspasuos came. He… Continue reading Losing Their Marbles
Friday the 13th – Power of the Internet
Tires screeched in my driveway. Someone pounded at my front door. WTF, I thought, slipping the custom 9 mm magnum auto cabriolet pistol stuffed with an oversize clip of depleted uranium bullets I keep in my bedroom into the silk-lined holster sewed into the tight, wide band of the full cammo Canadian commando jumpsuit that… Continue reading Friday the 13th – Power of the Internet
Kill One for the Gipper
Some clients want results, some clients want miracles. The International Football Advisory Council is definitely in the latter category. This afternoon, I contended with three inches of newly fallen snow to reach the IFAC offices on K Street. That’s enough snow to paralyze Washington DC, because Washington is a city where about sixty percent of… Continue reading Kill One for the Gipper