Monday, February 14

For another slow day, it is surprisingly easy to write this.

This week's Lunch 'n Learn was with Iowa's Secretary of State, Matt Schultz.  He described his campaign strategy which made him the first person to beat an incumbent in a statewide office in Iowa for something like 50 years.  He lives in Council Bluffs with his wife and two children (the third is due on Friday).  He commutes on Monday mornings, returns Tuesday night, commutes Wednesday morning, and returns Thursday night and works Friday from his (still-operating) law office.  And I think my 15-minute commute is bad.

The first highlight was that the prayer was offered by Pastor Bob Dishman of Park Church of Christ in Goldfield.  Apparently there is a special parking place for clergy.  After the pledge an announcement was interrupted by the warning system.  We all walked down the stairs in an orderly fashion - and that's when I saw it - some delivery man was sprinting up the stairs against the flow with a bouquet of flowers, probably hoping to receive a huge tip.  At least it was nice outside.

For the rest of the day, I ran a whopping 10 errands.