Personal Note: Inaugural

So, like a lot of other people, I'm watching the U.S. inaugural festivities -- in my case, streamed live over the Internet by C-SPAN, whose point-the-camera-at-the-event-and-let-it-run style I enjoy. You get to see and hear more interesting stuff that way. For instance, I'm not sure whose idea it was to include "The Liberty Bell March" among the Sousa tunes being broadcast over the Mall around 8:30 EST when I tuned in, but it amused me greatly to have my inaugural coverage begin with the theme from Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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