The room was restive. Which is to say, the Boomers—whose minor prostate issues have them up early—and some of the Zoomers were trickling in from their parents’ places in Fairfax or Manassas. A few were just returning from their dens in the District. Some had done volunteer shoveling with the Building crew yesterday, and the […]

Snow Delays & Regime Change Windows Miles stood before the White Board like a man briefing a reluctant empire. STATE OF THE UNION – Tomorrow Night He tapped it with the marker. “With the USS Ford strike group still sliding east across the Mediterranean, and a prime-time address tomorrow, war with Iran probably can’t happen […]

Inline image Splash set the tablet in the middle of the Conference Table. The screen glowed blue — icy blues — snowflakes, rinks, and the sort of frozen theater that pauses a nation. He raised his hand over it, then pointed at Miles. Our Section Leader was reclined in his ergonomic throne, watching a faster […]

Men’s Olympic Hockey Gold in OT! We have some Michiganders in the crowd and emotion was high. The American men join the Women’s team as best on Ice in ’26! Elsewhere, shortly after midnight, a young man attempted to penetrate the security perimeter of the home of President Trump at Mar a Lago. He was […]

“Two shotguns, a pistol, ammunition, flamethrowers containing thermite, and a cell phone,” Miles announced to open the Saturday session. “Is that what we’re supposed to bring if we go to the VABC store before the next Bomb Cyclone?” Rocket asked. “The ice mound in the left turn lane off Leesburg Pike from January is still […]

If you were watching the Games, we were on the Big Screen at the business end of the Conference Room at Socotra House yesterday. There was a reason. Miles claimed he missed the production meeting due to an episode of sleep apnea. We suspect he was curled up in the Transient Suite on the 6th […]

(Sugarland Mail Order Moonshine, office chair and Dragonfire Tree) It was a surprise for the Boomers who trickled in that morning. Based on the messaging streams they were attempting to manage, there was already vigorous discussion about how to finish out the week. Splash was seated languorously at the end of the Conference Table, in […]

Miles was uncharacteristically abrupt at the Morning Meeting. “Something seems about to happen with the Iranians who are threatening to sink aircraft carriers. They’re still talking, though, so we probably won’t have to work too hard on military issues until next week.” He paused. “It is also Ash Wednesday. For the faithful, a time for […]

Splash looked over at the crowd at the north end of the conference table. The fog outside the east window bank swaddled the view in white nearly as thick as white cotton stuffing. “It is supposed to get to the mid-fifties later, so I think we will be done with the snow cover by this […]

We forgot it was a holiday today. We should have stayed in bed. This particular national holiday is one many of us tend to forget. Some would prefer to forget a few of the Presidents we honor along with it. Miles looked around at the Boomers gathered at the table. Splash, Rocket, Melissa and Vic […]