Dan Gesmer stopped by DC a couple of weeks back. George Double Ya had his Yale class reunion, and because Gesmer is one of those Ivy League snobs, he was invited as a special guest. I was honored to be Dan’s host. It was his first time in Washington.
The reception lasted from 5 PM until 11 PM and I was supposed to pick up Dan on the corner of 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. It was 11:30 PM when I started to get worried. Around 12AM Dan called and said that he’s been at 15th and Pennsylvania for too long. Weird, coz I was standing at the same intersection. Maybe there are two? I started walking up Pennsylvania Avenue and saw Dan walk towards me two blocks ahead. We met at 15th and Pennsylvania, the THIRD intersection with the same name. I think it was around 1 AM. So, all of the intersections around the Whitehouse are 15th and Pennsylvania. The only logical explanation is the following. When two or more terrorists are to meet by the Whitehouse, they’ll have to agree to meet at 15th and Pennsylvania. Naturally, they’ll never meet on time and their operation will fail. I heard this antiterrorist trend is moving into NoVa, so all of the Fairfax County intersections will be 15th and Pennsylvania. How very convenient.
Dan is one of those not very well known celebrities who’s behind a lot of slalom action. I’m not sure if he got any sleep in Paris while working over 14-hour days. I saw him fall asleep at a couple of restaurants. In the middle of dinner. The last FCR race was very similar in terms of workload.
Here are a couple of pictures:
Your college SUCKS!
Free at last.
“Tank, I need an exit! Where’s the nearest phone?”
He does look like Neo, doesn’t he?
Vlad.