Monday we had some truly memorable
thunderstorms blow through which may explain Buddy’s terrors.I think he may just be a little psychotic
which for some reason endears him to me even more.A dog with issues.I was sailing along at work when the Chairman
of the Board came into my office and asked me if I was attending the event
planned for the visiting US
Secretary of Transportation, Ray Lahood.I told him no that I hadn’t been invited and that I was fine with the omission.I’ve spent time at the White House and with
over ten years at the Pentagon and the DC environs I was not as excited as
everybody else seemed to be with the opportunity to rub elbows with a cabinet
secretary – I mean I had a blog entry I had to get out.My jaded contentment was subsequently
shattered when my boss came into the office and threw a set of keys at me
telling me I was going and that I was also driving the Chairman of the
Board.I think the Chairman thought he
was doing me a favor to insist I attend.Thanks.We all went down to Union
Station and I was wandering up some narrow back stairs when a US Congressman,
the Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor, and the State Secretary of
Transportation were coming down.I’d met
all of them before and they took time to stop and say hi (it’s an election year
after all) before heading out to greet Secretary Lahood.I actually enjoyed the speeches by both
Lahood and the congressman.They both made
the point that Washington
needs to learn how to get things done instead of constantly holding the party
line.It was extremely refreshing to
hear that but again this is an election year.They both hearkened back to earlier (Pre-Clinton) times when members of
both parties could reach across the aisle to get the nation’s work done.I’m hoping against hope that Washington has finally
heard the resentment I think most Americans feel with the lack of cooperation that
permeates our Federal civilian government.The proof will be what they do when they return to work and fulfill the
meaning of these welcome words.On a separate
front I heard that Jerry Sandusky’s fellow inmates serenaded him on his first
night in prison when the lights went out.They all sang “The Wall” by Pink Floyd – “Teacher leave those kids
alone!” Eloquently put.I also
finished the latest trilogy by Terry Brooks The Gypsy Morph
yesterday.It was the best book in the series
of six that I’ve read over the last month.There was constant action as the heroes fought desperate battles almost
from the outset to the conclusion.Findo
Gask (Brooks comes up with the best names) was finally and assuredly dealt with
– which was very satisfying.I thought
this would end my sojourn in the world of Shannara but apparently there is a duo
of books that follow this so Pahlaniuk will have to wait a couple more
weeks.
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