Accountants who went to the medical show suffered from overstimulation. But everybody agreed the meeting of the Pain Management Consortium was extremely useful. ... One of the best outcomes in this week's election was the legalization of pot in Washington D.C. That could end government deadlock—Can you just hear it on the floor of the Senate? "Hey man," I rise to a point of order. We're out of Cheetohs." Singer Willie Nelson pointed to the potential of pot to ease the stress. Hey, you know elected congresspeople and senators can't be arrested on their way to and from sessions of Congress—it's in the Constitution—so those smoke-filled rooms could get a lot more mellow. Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid will be seen arm-in-arm walking down Pennsylvania Boulevard singing "On the Road Again". For those who have a dim view of this, the National Associate of Drug Court Administrators was also at our hotel. ... A change in the weather report: Winnie the Pooh and the blustery day has been downgraded to a chance of showers and light breezes. ... Took the water taxi from the National Harbor, Md., to Alexandria, Va., twice this week. The rotating video promos for various tours shows "Pooches on the Potomac" featuring dogs (golden retrievers of course) on the boat. I presume it's held on the poop deck.