So I was checking the logs to see where readers of this blog are coming from. The stats plug-in I use for wordpress records stuff like how many hits I get, where they are coming from if following links from other sites, what google and yahoo search terms readers are using to find this site and other stuff. On of the things it records is the ip address of computers that are coming here. The stats page has links to whois for each ip address, so you can see who owns the address. Most of them show comcast or sbc or some other huge isp. Occasionally I will find something interesting though. Like today I found the following ip reading my post on filibustering Sam Alito.

Search results for: 156.33.44.70

OrgName: U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms
OrgID: USSAA
Address: 2 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.E. 6TH FLOOR
City: WASHINGTON DC
StateProv: DC
PostalCode: 20510
Country: US

Interestingly (or not, who knows) whoever came here from the US Senate Sergeant at Arms office was also using Firefox.