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so i’m sitting here watching late night television … again. on leno, i saw sir sean connery shake hands with a rapper who goes by the name chingy. surreal. (and no, i don’t watch leno, but sometimes suffer through five minutes of his lame schtick while waiting for conan to come on.) and now on elimidate, some ass clown just uttered this classic: “when they found out i was a fireman, their panties burned off them.” if you’re living in china right now, this is the kind of sublime crap that you’re missing on american tv.

but that’s not what i’m writing to tell you about. i’m writing to tell you to look at the 39 photos i uploaded from my recent visit to my nation’s capital. click here and you will see:

* a glimpse inside the capitol building.

* liam casey, son of my friends jeremy and heather and one of the cutest kids on earth … he should be hearing from the folks at michelin any time now.

* a strange night (early morning, really) at a strange sushi joint owned by a strange knife-wielding man who used the following line on my friend audrey: “your teeth are so shiny and pleasant.” would you believe that it didn’t work?

* fourth of july fireworks as seen from the capitol building. through my friend ansley, i managed to get a spot on a balcony reserved for friends of house majority leader tom delay. thankfully, no one talked politics on the balcony … and mr. delay was nowhere to be found. it was an amazing place to watch the celebration (which, by the way, featured the breasts and vocal stylings of dolly parton). every so often we had to stop and remind ourselves that the balcony on which we were imbibing was attached to one of the most important buildings in united states history.

again, click here to see the photos.

07.18.2003, 4:09 PM · Photos, Summer Tour 2003, Television

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