Another vignette, Lis and me

Lis is getting ready to leave on a jet plane, to go to North Carolina for a conference. (After which she will come home for one day, then go to London.)

LIS: I think I'm going to be stupid, and wear sandals today.
IAN: No, you're not.
LIS: Just for on the plane. Why not?
IAN: First, it'll just be one more thing to keep track of. So, you should. . . .
LIS: [looking past me, out the window] AAAIGGH!
IAN: [looks out the window. It's snowing.] See? That's a good reason not to wear sandals.
LIS: It's . . . snowing. . . it's not even November. . .
IAN: [to the window] Okay, you can stop now; we've convinced her not to wear sandals! Really. Now you can stop. Okay, now. . .

I just thought of another similarity between the Nixon White House and the Bush White House

George W. Bush asked Dick Cheney to figure out who would be a good vice-president running mate for him. The veep ended up being Dick Cheney. George W. Bush asked Harriet Miers who would be a good Supreme Court associate justice nominee. The nominee ended up being Harriet Miers.

And Richard Nixon asked Mark Felt to find out who was this "Deep Throat" who was leaking information to Woodward and Bernstein. And "Deep Throat" turned out to be Mark Felt.