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June 15, 2008 | Filed Under Main |

First – Happy Father’s Day. Dads rock!

I just got home from work and had to take a shower because it is nothing but wind and dust outside. If one more person tells me – “gosh, it’s not usually like this” – I’m going to thwack him.

What is with Heathrow Airport closing all the shops and bars at 9:30PM? My plane just gets in and I’ve got nowhere to grab a beer or a bite to eat. Same thing happens at Kennedy, so beware. Get sloshed on the plane.

Saw one interesting movie on the plane (because the selection sucked) – a British film called “The Bank Job”. Set in 1972 and starring Jason Statham, it was about a real robbery that was never solved and brought in some interesting (for me anyway) historical bits. Seems the British intelligence agency – M-5 – cons some thieves into breaking into this bank to steal the contents of one safe deposit box… which belonged to a black-power rebel named Michael X… who is seen knocking around town and hanging in Trinidad with another black-power disciple - Hakim Jamal… who during that time was “associated” with Jean Seberg! Supposedly, Michael X had photos of the promiscuous Princess Margaret. Robbers were never caught, money never found and Michael X was hung in Trinidad for murder. All true.

Sad about Tim Russert. I have a picture of him from when met him at a Bill Bradley rally in Iowa. He always seemed to know his stuff.

Sad about Cedar Rapids. I spent a day there knocking on doors during the Bradley campaign. The Quaker Oats factory sits there and the whole town seemed to smell of cinnamon, maple syrup and oats. They call it the “City of Five Seasons”. Iowa was a nice place to visit. I hope it is able to make it through the floods.

When will all this nastier-than-thou weather start to look biblical to all those biblical minded people? Repeat after me – It all started when Bush took office…

Go Celtics! Play Scalabrine!!!

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  1. Mom June 19, 2008 4:45 am

    Well, the Celtics did it!! Don’t you wish you in Boston for the big parade. It was a great game.

  2. mburma June 19, 2008 11:21 am

    We are very happy out here! At work, there are a number of Boston “refugees”. No one wore green, but we wanted to.