Readers, you must be overwhelmed by the news cycle these days! It seems like every political event is a blockbuster – dramatic reconciliations at the DNC, surprise VP picks, the RNC overturned by a hurricane. Is no one in Washington simply proceeding with life as normal?

Well, it turns out a lot of members of Congress are. To calm things down a bit, I’m happy to report on some highly mundane political activities of the past few days:

- Rep. John Salazar (D-CO) attended the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo.

- Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) toured a building at Dixie State College, which for some bizarre reason is located in Utah.

- Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) pumped gas for his constituents at a North Tampa filling station, and then presumably bought them some Slim Jims and Dr. Pepper at the little store.

- Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) visited a sinkhole!