Random Nonsense of 10 April

1. Easter back home in Ohio: highly recommended. Also too brief. Also a bit misunderstood: at a familial gathering, I made reference to “being in the minority”–by which I meant working for a Republican under the Democrat majority in Congress. It was interpreted as being a white feller in the District of Columbia. Not what I meant.

2. The national anthem of North Korea, I must say, is a stately little tune.

3. My office compatriots and I are due at the White House tomorrow for a West Wing tour. I’m wavering on my desire for one; will have to be at work tomorrow earlier than I got out of bed this morning. Sleep is my friend. And it always takes me a few days to get back into the congressional grind after even just 46 hours in the sanity and serenity that is Ohio. Sleep–and the resulting lateness for work–is my preferred form of protest at having to leave home after so short a time.

4. Why, oh why, oh why-o…why did I ever leave Ohio?

5. I have yet to do my taxes. Not a smart or responsible thing, since the Man owes me money. I blame this on the congressional grind as well: if it’s not due in the next four hours, keep it off my plate.

6. There is no sixth item on this Random Nonsense list.

7. Why did I wander to find what lies yonder, when lif e was so cozy at home?

8. The national anthem of the Netherlands is also impressive.

9. I end up reading Exodus about once a year, for whatever reason, but can’t get my head wrapped around the Tabernacle construction just from the reading. I have to look at a picture while I’m reading. The Tabernacle construction bit is one of the most confusing parts of the Old Testament to me.

10. That, and “Nimrod was a mighty hunter before the Lord–therefore it is said: ‘Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.’” I take it that “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord” was a popular expression back in the day, and one day someone asked, “Hey–where did that expression come from, anyway?” and someone else answered, “Well, there was this guy named Nimrod, and he was a mighty hunter before the Lord. And that’s where that comes from.”

11. Wond’rin’ why I wander–why did I fly, why did I roam?

12. That Nimrod bit was funnier in my head.

13. It was funny back in college.

14. It was funny in the same way that Tony Trabert was funny one day in his U.S. Open coverage, when he helpfully explained that “if your opponent is serving and you break his serve, you’re said to have broken his serve.”

15. “Bruce Sutter has been around for a while, and he’s pretty old. He’s 35 years old. That will give you some idea of how old he is.”–Ron Fairly.

16. Oh why, oh why-o did I leave Ohio? Maybe I’d better go home.