Oddest thing…of all the posts buried in this blog, any post regarding Brian Connolly or “Strumpette” (but I repeat myself) tends to get 3-4x of the spam comment submissions of any other content on the site. For something that’s basically dormant, I just find it interesting. Go figure.
Meaning, ’subject of WaPo gossip column.’ I do wonder about this requirement to print ages of couples. Seems pretty odd.
Love, Etc.Engaged: Monica Goodling, 34, the former Alberto Gonzales adviser, to Michael Krempasky, 33, a top PR guy at Edelman and founding blogger with RedState.com. The betrothal of the Pennsylvania natives (first reported by the legal blog AboveTheLaw.com) proves that even a congressional subpoena can have a happy ending: The two dated just after college, then lost touch for a decade — until he saw her name last spring in the front-page stories about the controversial firings of several U.S. attorneys, and called to wish her well. He surprised her with a Valentine’s Day proposal at the same restaurant where they spent V-Day 12 years ago; no date set.
So…radio silence for quite some time. But on the bright side, it’s not a trip (business or guilt) that has drug me back to this old blog. Nope, much better than that.
Last night I asked a beautiful girl to marry me. For some (as yet inexplicable) reason, she whispered, “yes.” Truth be told, I don’t remember much after that. What I *do* know is that I can’t wait to read the next chapter of this most excellent love story.
Sitting here at DCA, waiting for my flight to Las Vegas for Blog World Expo. A tradeshow? For blogging? Have we arrived, or is this the sign that we’re on the way out? Dunno, but at least it’s in Vegas. Perhaps this will finally kick me in the rear to get me blogging again. We’ll see.
Godspeed and good luck in your future endeavors.
Kudos, Robert. He deserves the heap of scorn. As for me, a few nasty cc’d emails to colleagues and execs were met with laughter and he finally skulked away.
If you asked around DC long enough, you’d learn that “leading a significant conservative organization” does not necessarily equal, “folks I’d love to have a drink with” - but John Berthoud would prove the exception to that rule.
Prayers and condolences to his family, John passed away today. He will be deeply missed. As the head of the National Taxpayers’ Union, John was passionate and eloquent in his defense of liberty and limited government…and on top of that, he was just a damn pile of fun. He was my friend.
He wouldn’t tell you (although everyone else might), but John carried a PhD from Yale while retaining his underlying committment to freedom. He was really a reniassiance man, talented at every turn - and he led the NTU to always carry the torch of freedom, whether to friend or foe on the Hill. If you ever wondered how far you had strayed in the pursuit of compromise, NTU under John’s leadership was there with a friendly (or pointed) reminder.
Our side could do much worse, and our country will be much worse without him.
Tell me, where can I go to get that 90 minutes back? What a painful piece of crap that movie was.
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