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Race for House Office Space Begins

hagdawg — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:40:09 +0000

The race for space is on.

Freshmen House members began the great office scrum ritual Friday morning, beginning the first of many minor contests for supremacy to come. They gathered together in a large room in the Rayburn House office building where they waited for their names to be called, then gingerly made their way to the front of the room to draw a lottery number from a wooden box. Friday afternoon they will pick from available offices in order of their draw.

The 85 incoming freshmen, along with some staff and spouses, sat studying maps of the Cannon and Longworth buildings, on which offices that are up for grabs were noted with yellow highlighter. Others kept a list of the lottery numbers, Bingo style, and would mark them off as the numbers were called.

This process could elicit much excitement, as when Mike Pompeo, a Republican from Kansas, drew the number 2. He was engulfed in cries of “WHOA!!!!!!!!!!” and at least one high five.

Ben Quayle, a Republican from Arizona, sent his wife to pull his number, 22. Light applause. Next announcment, regarding one Reid Ribble of Wisconsin. “Mr. Ribble drew 54!” Silence.

Tim Scott of South Carolina made lemonade out of his rather lemony number 44, which probably means no view for him. “It was my high school football number,” said Mr. Scott, also a Republican. “It brought my some success before, so we’ll see. Anyway, it’s a drawing, it’s over and that’s the good news.”

Frederica Wilson, a Democrat from Florida, said she found her number 25 to be lucky. “I feel that I can find an acceptable office,” she said. Here’s hoping she doesn’t need space for her hats, as she vows to wear a new one every day. Friday’s edition: bright red, large brim.

Stay tuned until this afternoon, when the doling out begins.

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hagdawg — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:30:00 +0000

I have always liked looking at the stars and dreaming about going into space. I wish we had continued the amazing strides that we made when we landed on the moon. So it has always been very interesting to me. I found this video at petapixel.com it shows the Apollo 11 launch in super slow motion with an explanation of what is happening.

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