For lunch I went to see Comic Book Panel Discussion: Is "The Great Gatsby" more culturally significant than "Superman"? Because you can see all kinda stuff at the Liberry of Congress ( Read more... )

Saturday at the S Dillon Ripley Center next to the Smithsonian Castle went to a series of 4 lectures, basically all day, on the historical evidence or lack thereof for Jesus ( Read more... )

A huge snowstorm came from the plains states and dropped 15 inches of snow in the Shenandoah west of here. DC, thinking we were about to get snowed in, closed everything, including Federal offices for the day. Stay off the roads ( Read more... )

Yesterday at lunch, we hustled down the Hill just before noon to the National Gallery of Art, where we met SH's friend in the rotunda area. The friend, whom we shall call KJ, is a docent trying out one of her future tours on us, cultural learning guinea pigs. Wheek, wheek ( Read more... )

Went upstairs to get coffee because I'm sagging over here, and decaff has just enough zing. They brought out a tray of still-warm chocolate chip cookies while I was cruisng for something healthful to eat. Now, at my desk, I just ate one of those ooey-gooey things and am about to eat another. Ah. I can go on. Thank you, cookies and bakers of

Actually, if I develop real thought-bubbles in meetings, I am so screwed. I can see this one now ( Read more... )

Oh, meetings, how I have grown sick of thee. As part of my campaign to get more damn money, I have neglected to take a step back when volunteers are required, and now I am neck-deep in committee work. As a result I have memorized the eye color of every one on the committee, just from talking to them for so many hours. I could see their body ( Read more... )

At the staff meeting today, the boss says she is leaving, but is keeping the date of departure secret. Best part? She also announced that two of the three other people in my unit are retiring as of October 31.

Two thinks ( Read more... )

It is early September, so in DC, that means it is indistinguishable from August in Hades, or August in DC....

So I went back and read about the snowstorm just in February this year, and I feel cooler, calmer and a better person.

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