Barak the Inauguration

The day started at 5:30 am…getting up, braving the crowds at the Metro.  We were forced to walk down the 3rd street tunnel (this is the on-ramp to interstate I-395) to get to the gate for entrance into the ticketed area.  This is a video of the crowd in the tunnel…pumped up for Obama.

Random crowd shot.  It was pretty packed trying to get to our seats.  This is before we got to the ticketed area.

Me and Rob in our “seats” before the swearing-in ceremony.  Many hours already in the cold…many more to go before Obama came on the scene.  The crowd was still filling in.

This is the crowd in our section spontaneously breaking into the “Yes We Can!” chant!!!

Edward R. Burrow…

Lucky has taken to burrowing under anything that he can get his nose into.

Here is the latest proof..

Who does it best?

I might be biased, but my vote is for #2.

Bruised and abused

One day at physical therapy and this is the result…and I paid to have the doctor do this!

On the taxpayer’s dime…

At the DOJ training facility in Columbia, South Carolina.  I do my best legal reasoning at the top of a rock wall.

Richard in the “House”

That is me, on the balcony in the red shirt, doing the Richard Simmons hand roll.  Rich was on the Hill testifying before Congress on a childhood obesity law and Anne was kind enough to invite me to this once-in-a-lifetime event…Richard Simmons leading a group exercise event on the Cannon House Building steps…