Good morning. On the, last man aboard, 7:33AM into the City. But, for fancy footwork and strong lungs go I.
I’ve been home for the last few days. As any parent of pre-teen children will attest, one of the perils of maintaining a young family is that for six to seven hours a day, they navigate through a veritable Petri dish of rhino- and adeno-viruses at their school. They bring these respiratory nightmares home to unsuspecting parents, just back from a long slog in the salt mines just so the little gamers can continue watching how-to internet videos for Minegurps and Carjacker5, or whatever they’re playing now.
I was an innocent victim of an infestation after coming home early from a field-office visit last Thursday and been bed ridden until Sunday morning.
Well, enough about my health. An Observer (from Fringe) is here. The perfectly bald gentleman looks like Vincent Price’s “Egghead” from the 1960’s Batman TV Show. He is incognito, wearing comfortable brown loafers over black socks, khaki pants, a white shirt with pinstripes (sets of three; each set about an inch apart; each pinstripe about an eight-of-an-inch apart) and a trendy black fleecy vest. He looks like he just came out of a JJ Pea catalogue. Except that he really is one of twelve beings from the future here to observe this time period a head of an invasion force.
Right. Continuing with the bald theme, Ari Fleischer is here. The former Press Secretary to President George W. Bush is fast asleep in a window seat across the aisle and five rows back. He has a wonderful tan! Evidently the hush money paid to him by Haliburton after he left to “spend more time with his family” netted him some beach time in the Pacific. Good for you, Ari!
Also here is an ex-Marine looking fellow who seems to be chewing tobacco. He is also band, but has a military buzz-growth at the top, kind of like a brown moss growing on a sun-dried stump. This burly fellow is looking out the window lazily, but seems to be aware of his surroundings in a very tactical way. He reminds me of a football linebacker suffering from too many shots to the head.
Also here are Al Bundy, Bryan Cranston, Celine Dion, and Duke Ellington. All are armed.
Happy Monday. Safe travels.
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