You know when you start a new job and you move into your new desk? There’s always something left over from the previous owner: some stray paper clips, maybe a key that never seems to fit anything. Then if you dig around way in the back of the drawer you might find a nasty surprise; perhaps an exploded catchup pack mixed in with mangled gobs of chewing gum and packs of soy sauce. It looks like a science project gone horribly wrong.
I wonder what Barack Obama will find in the top desk drawer of the presidential office when he moves in Tuesday afternoon. Do you think President Bush left a special little note? And what’s buried way in the back of the desk that past owners have forgotten? (Yeah, I know the cleaning crew went over the desk with a fine-toothed comb, but work with me here as I beat a metaphor to death.)
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