Last week I detailed my first-ever Twin Cities book tour and teased the fact that some finagling friends snuck (sneaked?) me onto the House floor for a photo. Forgive the self-indulgence but here it is, fresh from the mail:
From left to right, House Majority Leader Tony Sertich (I served on his first campaign), me in a conspicuously green shirt, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher and another great Balsam Township resident State Rep. Tom Anzelc (whose campaigns I now run). I show this to you for a few reasons, mostly self-deprecating in nature. Let me share my first thoughts.
- You can probably tell I wasn’t expecting to do a formal photo that day. This is exactly how I dress all the time. It amuses me that I wear that same ensemble to the dump each week. I may look out of place here but I look out of place at the dump, too. I am the khaki highwayman.
- Really, Brown? You really needed three pens in your shirt pocket that day? Three pens of different colored ink? Gonna do some grading? Some grading on the House floor?
- Am I related to the Speaker? I didn’t think so, but this picture has me wondering.
- How the hell did I get shorter than Tony Sertich? Check his shoes. I declare shenanigans.
- I’m not used to seeing my friend Tom Anzelc all dressed up snappy like that. Up north our political consultations usually occur with him wearing an old Nashwauk-Keewatin sweatshirt or a plaid logging jacket. How do I dress back home? See #1.
- Should have held up the book. Should have held up the book. FAIL!
I realize that posting this picture puts me at risk of seeming partisan but let the record state that I would take the same picture with Chuck Norris, Michele Bachmann and Rush Limbaugh at a moment’s notice.
My next Twin Cities trip will be June 4. I don’t think I’ll be blending in any politics on that one, but if I do I just might wear an ironed shirt. No promises.
Speak Your Mind