Queenkv’s Brainpickings

Exploring the other side of the rainbow

January 30, 2005

sleepy time…

finished up typing up a report of sorts for our congressional hunt assignment…every monday morning - we have a seminar about the government….

for the assignment - we were paired up and told to report back on something from the federal alphabet soup….I got GAO and CBO. My partner wanted GAO. So on Friday, I took the blue line down to Federal Center, SW - and walked into the Ford Building. The Congressional Budget Office is on the 4th floor. I’m pretty sure anybody could go up there. But I had my press id, just in case. On the 4th floor - there are these wooden shelves with reports on anything from defense spending to social security.

I also wanted a copy of the Budget outlook that was released last week. One staff member, who was out on a smoking break - pointed us in the right direction. He said you could smoke in the cafeteria….but that was a little weird to him…

past midnight and past my bedtime.

getting dark outside…

on the east coast….it gets dark here….faster than Chicago and LA…probably not as fast as London….In London - sunset was around 3 or 4….I ended up walking home by dusk….

spent an hour and a half on the phone with my station. Discussed interview questions and the future of broadcast. It was a long conversation….

now….back into limbo

according to m-w.com -
Main Entry: lim·bo
Pronunciation: ‘lim-(”)bO
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural limbos
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, ablative of limbus limbo, from Latin, border
1 often capitalized : an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
2 a : a place or state of restraint or confinement b : a place or state of neglect or oblivion c : an intermediate or transitional place or state d : a state of uncertainty