Homeward bound

[rydain]

June, my unofficial 2012 month of Pittsburgh reunions.

The first was a meetup with some of my best friends ever at a noodle restaurant that hasn't changed since high school, from the menu to the blown-up photos on the striped orange wall. This week's occasion was my old neighbor's summer party. Her mom and my mom go way back, and we always got

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[midnightranter]

There actually wasn't much to Tyler's presidency since there was a lot of confusion about what was specifically meant about the vice president advancing to the office of president. People didn't know if it mean he had all the powers and office of presidency or was just acting in his stead. So, really, he didn't do a hell of a lot. Harrison (the hero of the battle of Tippecanoe, hence the slogan) died after 30 days in office. After he gave the longest inauguration speech in history during one of the coldest inaugurations ever, Harrison caught pneumonia and died. Being the first president to die in office, it created a quandary. Luckily, after the passage of the 25th Amendment and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 codified all of this pretty well and removes most of the confusion there used to be.