Perhaps this is a story better suited for da fearmonger, unfortunately though, the following actually happened.At her request, I took my daughter to our nation's capitol in order that she could see the places she is being taught about in school. She has a longstanding interest in architecture, and for reasons know only to her, a particular fancy for domes. I therefore made the United States Capitol building one of our destinations.
Unfortunately, the Capitol building was closed pending the funeral of Gerald Ford. So, if we couldn't see the building from the inside, at least we could view the outside. We hadn't come to the political centroid of our fine republic to not see it.
That day, we both got an interesting civics lesson. Our approach to the building was blocked by barricades; I understand that just as the building closure was to protect the congress and visiting dignitaries, so might be the barricades. All this time I'd been dutifully taking pictures of the building itself. I next noticed the fine, young, Keanu Reeves wannabe pictured here. I figured this too was part of the funerary plans until one of my fellow citizens asked Keanu-oid who replied that this was his standing, ordinary post. I was surprised.
