This week I moved offices. My new office is about twice the size of my old one (which isn't saying much, as it was very tiny). I'm on the same floor, but on the front side of our building, which is a big deal.
The view out my window couldn't be any more different. Instead of watching bums defecate on the sidewalk and the comings and goings at the (now defunct) Korean brothel on K Street, now I get to look out at the hustle and bustle of Massachusetts Avenue.
But the best part: my office has a view of the Capitol.
Well, technically.
The picture above and to the right (click to enlarge) is the view out of my new office window. Look just to the left of the center of the photo. You'll see a church steeple. Slightly to the left of that steeple is a pointy thing rising above a long flat roof.
That "pointy thing" is the Freedom Statue on top of the Capitol building.
Here is an enlargement with the statue peaking above the roof (click to enlarge).
(The red circle was added by me--the Capitol isn't glowing or anything.)
Now, the building with the flat roof is the General Accounting Office (GAO), which prevents me from having a full view of the Capitol dome. The GAO are the folks that tell us how much of a debt we're running, how soon Social Security will implode, and how screwed-up our government is. So my vote: let's dispense with the buzzkills at the GAO, demolish their building, and improve my view!
So, there you have it--my office has a Capitol view.
Perhaps I should have been a real estate agent.
