01 May 2001 ~ Lyndon B. Johnson, Postmaster General...

Poll of the day... Based on the following, is Helena a total dork?

There's a sign nailed to the exterior of the main post office in Binghamton which reads: "Established 19** [whatever year], President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, Postmaster General, Somebody Else's Name." Now, as a kid, I thought this meant that the President of the United States had established Binghamton's main post office [which IS pretty unlikely, but it is a rather big and impressive post office], and that Lyndon B. Johnson was the Postmaster General. When I was fifteen, I heard Lyndon B. Johnson's name in some sort of protest song from the '60's, and was baffled as to why people would be appealing to the Postmaster General to change the world... Not to belittle the U.S. Postal Service, but why would anyone be so adverse to the Postal Service's stance on the Vietnam War?

Come to find out, Lyndon B. Johnson used to be the President when the Binghamton post office was built. Not quite as impressive as having the President personally build it, or having a Postmaster General with such a cool name as "Lyndon," but whatever.

Aaron thinks I'm dumb for thinking Lyndon B. Johnson was the Postmaster General for so many years... I don't think I'm dumb! I think Aaron's dumb for singing "...There's a bathroom on the right..." to the tune of "Bad Moon Rising" (which goes, "...There's a bad moon on the rise...")

Was thinking about these things today when I was in the post office mailing Tommy a postcard and the music playing in the back room was "Bad Moon Rising." I miss Aaron. Maybe nobody except Aaron appreciates my inherent ignorance about United States history.

I'm off to work to make some fishsticks...

~Helena*