Hello everyone. You may notice that this post is not written in the same colorful prose that you may be used to. That’s because it is not written by Alligator Ed. I am the real-life brother of Alligator Ed who he referred to in several of his posts. I am very sad to say that Ed passed away on Saturday morning February 6. His death was unexpected and shocking although he had some serious health issues. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on Friday evening and died the next morning.

Hmmm. Safe? Better look around. Gotta be careful these days.

Yep. Things are lookin' good.

Dear communitarians and fellow Swampers, please excuse my absence from our friendly swamp (or wish it had been extended). As I reported last year, my Cousin Adalbert, who is a "fixer" in the D.C. Swamp managed to get me a swamp cleaning job in DC. In fact, I passed the physical, how much carp crap I could ingest while diligently working. Wasn't hard at all.