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Subject: [OM] Late to the Airport; AKA an alternative view of OZ
From: usher99@xxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:08:20 -0400


The hotel address was listed as 24th and M street. If it had been 
listed as "Somewhere along the Yellow- Brick Road," I may have 
reconsidered the decision to stay there. After the end of the meeting, 
a cab was due to arrive at the hotel. It was 20 min late. I checked 
with the concierge and there he said there is some to do today in the 
area. Thinking of Nathan's modus operandi, I grabbed a cam in my bag 
and went outside to investigate. Lo and behold there was the Wicked 
Witch of the West feverishly texting (?tweeting) on her Blackberry to 
her winged gremlins---"Abort the abduction of Dorothy, there is 
something curiously ASKEW." 
 
http://www.zoto.com/site/#USR.gordon9213::PAG.detail::f3f74307fa0bf46331da6d908d7bfd9c
 
 
And this is why: 
 
Dorothy is on the left with the Ruby Slippers. 
 
http://www.zoto.com/site/#USR.gordon9213::PAG.detail::734fc197572eae4f48d834809dc67def-019fa
 
 
I should have grabbed a better shot of her shoes. Drat, missed the 
shot; Nathan would have done better. 
 
Here is a close up confirmation: 
 
http://www.zoto.com/gordon9213/other_sizes/#420174004efdafacc3bd2119ac592301 ;
 
 
And then I spotted the Tin Man. 
 
http://www.zoto.com/gordon9213/other_sizes/#53adf547e91f48184087093bd32dceae-88168
 
 
 
Few hearts to be had here. Perhaps he had consulted the Scarecrow 
before he got his brain. The place is infested with 6000 
endocrinolo
gists. The cardiothoracic surgery meeting was 2 weeks ago. 
Note the people behind the Tin man. Clearly they use a different tailor 
than I. Anyway the cabbie finally made it and we exited OZ through some 
alleys and onto areas of Washington DC where only things that pass as 
normal were occuring. I did arrive with little time to spare to catch 
the plane home. 
 
This is the gallery: http://www.zoto.com/gordon9213/albums/19449/ ;

The Wizard is in there somewhere, I think.
Mike 
 
Lest I be misinterpreted, I have no issues with the parade though that 
lifestyle is by no means my cup of tea, except I did not wish to miss 
the plane.   More issues with the parade of lobbyists at the hotel--for 
one the hotel rates skyrocket even at the "meeting rate" when Congress 
is in session. 

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