I made a field trip this afternoon to the local courthouse. It was slightly unscheduled (and a boring story to boot) but there you go. I had to take care of a ticket that I thought I’d already taken care of.

Now, I don’t know about you, but I don’t frequent local courthouses. So I sort of stood around with a dazed look on my face until I figured out where to go. There were a fair amount of people milling around.

And it seemed odd that there were so many televison trucks parked in the lot. But who was I to question? Maybe television trucks routinely park in the lot of the local courthouse. And set up tents. I had no idea.

But they do, apparently, at local courthouses where Larry Craig is due to appear the next day.

I certainly lucked out—I don’t think I would have gotten anywhere near the place had I showed up on Wednesday.

But it might have been a better story if I had.