Brush with government

[ellid]

A visitor showed up at my company today. I only got a glimpse of him, but when I spotted the Polar Fleece hat, well worn jeans, etc., I assumed that it was one of the typical aging professorial types who populate the Happy Valley.

I was wrong.

Our visitor was this fine gentleman, who had been invited to drop by last month during a perfect orgy of lobbying and conference attendance down in Washington. I'm not sure anyone expected him to actually *show*, but by God he did....

Comments

[varianor.livejournal.com]

Cripes, I remember when he got elected after Silvio O. Conte passed away. Eesh. Well, that's cool.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Would you believe he's in his 70s? He doesn't look it at all.

[wishwords.livejournal.com]

That's the problem with issuing invitations. They are likely to be accepted. Especially by politicians. ;-)

[ellid.livejournal.com]

True. Although this one was about as unpretentious as it's possible to get. He could be any elderly rural man in New England, and that's really nice.

[gardengirl6.livejournal.com]

Ah, but he *is* an aging professorial type! He and my Dad taught together in the Chemistry department at UMass way back when. So you weren't wrong - you just weren't completely right.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

One thing I didn't know: he's VERY tall, probably around 6'4" or thereabouts.

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

Can I pass this on to Anne (SCA: Anne de Northwoode) who is one of his DC staffers? She will be VERY AMUSED.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Absolutely!