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.