According to the Chick-fil-A website:

Our founder, Truett Cathy, made the decision to close on Sundays in 1946 when he opened his first restaurant in Hapeville, Georgia.

He believes that all franchised Chick-fil-A operators and restaurant employees should have the opportunity to rest, spend time with family and friends and worship if they choose to do so.

That's why all Chick-fil-A restaurants are closed on Sundays. It's part of our recipe for success.

NOTE: These are from the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate web pages. They are not perfect because they may not reflect party switchers, deaths, and/or resignation in mid-Congress.

Mullfoto of the Day

Ok. These were the survival supplies I brought along for the trip (in Coach) from Washington to New York JFK; JFK to Amsterdam; Amsterdam to Dubai.

The story doesn't involve why I flew over in Coach it involves the young man who was sitting next to me on the flight from JFK to Amsterdam. This is the story:

He told me he was a history teacher at a high school in Queens and he was going to meet his brother, a law student at Columbia University, in Amsterdam.

They were going to spend a day or two there and then take the train to Prague.

I said that Prague was one of the prettiest cities in Europe, if only because no one had bothered to bomb it during World War II.

He asked if I knew that movie "Amadeus?"

I allowed as how I did.

He said that it was based in Vienna where Beethoven had lived, but because Prague looked so much like it, they had filmed it there.

I looked at him - in that uncomfortable way one does when looking at the person sitting next to one in ... coach - and said, "Are you kidding?"

"No," he said. "It was filmed in Prague."

"I mean about Beethoven."

He looked at me.

"Amadeus," I said, is not about the life of Beethoven, it is about the life of Mozart - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."

He swallowed and said "Well, it was someone else's story."

There's more.

After a few minutes he said, "Can I give you a geography quiz?"

Happy to let him off the hook I said he could.

"Ok. If you are standing on Montauk Point (the eastern-most point on Long Island), and you head east, which European Country will you hit first?

I have looked at a map or two in my day, so I knew the answer, but I took my time as if I had to think about it.

"Portugal," I said.

His shoulders sagged. "That's right," he said.

Here was a kid who was teaching in Queens and had been embarassed over the Beethoven deal and I could have said, "England" which he was expecting so he could get back to even and which would have cost me exactly nothing, but I didn't.

I gave him some Raisinets but I still felt awful.

Catchy Caption of the Day

Actual Caption:

Shannon Rowbury reacts after winning the women's 1500 meters with a time of 4:01.61 during the Adidas Track Classic at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., Sunday May 18, 2008.

She might have had a better time if she hadn't (a)been wearing that long, blue skirt and (b)doing the Macarena.

(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)