Around eight o’clock on Friday nights, one can find any manner of Washington denizens crying in their beer at the Round Robin Bar – also celebrating, socializing or relaxing before dinner, too, naturally, but in that respect, a bar is like a Metro car. Board a Metro car and you will find some of the… Continue reading Cantor Sings the Primary Blues for His Staff
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Secret Service Seeks Sarcasm Sensitive Software
When my sister-in-law Katje gets a bug in her ear concerning a certain subject, she’s pretty much implacable. So when she called me on Wednesday to make arrangements for dinner at my place in Great Falls, Virginia Saturday night, and insisted on doing all the necessary shopping and making everything herself so my brother Rob… Continue reading Secret Service Seeks Sarcasm Sensitive Software
Don Darrell Issa Continues to Insist on Tilting at Benghazi Windmills
The sane and sensible residents of the Washington DC area – and yes, Virginia, there actually are such people – spent the Memorial Day holiday weekend at home, just like sane and sensible people everywhere. Instead of rushing off to a resort destination guaranteed, by definition, to be overcrowded with bozos who don’t know any… Continue reading Don Darrell Issa Continues to Insist on Tilting at Benghazi Windmills
SES, VA and Congress Recognize Veterans Just in Time for Memorial Day
I usually meet with Colonel Maximilian Sucer-Lesang Leech (US Army Ret.) to discuss information technology portfolio, enterprise architecture and capital planning policy at the US Department of Veterans Affairs. But during our regularly scheduled consultation Thursday morning, instead of that, he immediately launched into a tirade about Congress. “Those idiots on Capitol Hill,” he huffed,… Continue reading SES, VA and Congress Recognize Veterans Just in Time for Memorial Day
The Climate May Change, But Human Nature Never Will
Last night, Cerise arranged to meet me for dinner at La Taberna del Alabardero, which she recently discovered, and wanted me to try. It proves, she insisted, that world class dining doesn’t have to cost as much as I usually pay. I’m always up for new experiences, and well aware that there are some great… Continue reading The Climate May Change, But Human Nature Never Will