Congressionally Starstruck
One of the neat things about living in the Biggest Little is the relative frequency you can run into your various elected officials a few times a year (alright, this is an extremely lame thing to be saying, I'm realizing as I type this). I think it's cool to see Jack Reed at the same restaurant as you, or to maybe see Patrick Kennedy push around airport employees in person. It really reminds you they're real people.
For instance, Congressman Langevin was two rows in front of me at Trinity's Christmas Carol two weeks ago (why does he get the good seat when I have to trudge up a bunch of stairs?! Oh, wait…) The week before that I was at the market* and there's Linc Chafee buying some groceries. I came thisclose to warning him about the space invaders who apparently do Steve Laffey's bidding, but I wasn't sure if that's the kind of thing you say to your Senator when he's in the check-out line.
I'm still waiting for people to come up to me at the market and say "Are you Bil Herron? I used to love your website before you completely abandoned it!" So, don't be embarrassed if you see me on one of those rare occassions I leave the house.
January 5th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
I will totally say that to you.
I’ve always wanted someone to say that to me, too, but no one even considers calling me Bil.
January 6th, 2006 at 10:34 am
Abandonment or not, I will still check the site daily. In a webbrowser. Instead of an RSS reader. Cause that’s how i roll.
January 6th, 2006 at 10:56 am
I still check daily as well. sometimes i check a few times daily, but i think that’s because i have no job and i have nothing better to do in between xbox360 breaks. Oh, that reminds me, i have some germans to kill in Call of Duty…
January 6th, 2006 at 11:14 am
Here’s something for you to read, Mikey, and it’ll give you a job. I need you to produce a show for me, cashing in on the house flipping shows that are all over TLC and HGTV and Discovery. Ultra Laser, my Dad and I are going to buy a few Katrina flooded houses in New Orleans, clean ‘em out, renovate and resell. It’s got the crazy housing market, the restoration of New Orleans, and my dad, who is, as you know, crazy.
January 7th, 2006 at 7:47 pm
hmmm, very interesting billy. i’ll see who i have to shop it around with at the various channels. I think my old boss is the director of programming at HGTV…
January 7th, 2006 at 11:38 pm
Wow, okay. This is my first time here but it sounds like quite a dedicated crowd. I am just trolling around the RI blogs, trying to figure out how to get more readers for my boss at kmareka.com. We have humor, politics, book reviews, and lots of other junk.
If I ran into Linc at the grocery store I’d ask the bro if he could do me a solid and hook the ri blogs up to some of that Halliburton money he’s been getting. Time to share and share alike, ey? :o)
January 11th, 2006 at 12:35 am
Welcome, “Troll”. You caught us on a good day. I’ll definitely be checking out your site!