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<DIV>We had our first Grooism of the year. I detail it over at my blog (see link below), under the entry "Adventures in Homeland Security" (not to be confused with "Further Adventures in Homeland Security," detailing my first individual Grooing of 2004), but, in sum, we took a wrong turn and gate crashed The Pentagon on New Year's Day.</DIV>
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<DIV>We also decided it would be fun to wear our Groo shirts while touring the nation's capitol. Although we don't have a way to show them to you (unless someone has some website space to spare), we have pictures of us in our Groo t-shirts with the following:</DIV>
<DIV>Robert E. Lee's house in Arlington National Cemetery (me)</DIV>
<DIV>The Wright Flyer (Elie)</DIV>
<DIV>Oscar the Grouch (me)</DIV>
<DIV>An original Apple computer (Elie)</DIV>
<DIV>Archie Bunker's Chair (Elie)</DIV>
<DIV>(all but the first one are from the Smithsonian)</DIV>
<DIV>Also, though neither of us are in the picture, Elie got a great shot of a jerkin orange sign on the door of the Department of Agriculture that reads "Threat Level HIGH Code Orange Procedures in Place."</DIV>
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<DIV>Happy New Year, a few days late.</DIV>
<DIV>Janet</DIV>
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