Unless you know me offline, you probably didnt even notice I was gone, but Ive been out of town for the past four days. Family business. One of my brilliant nephewsa scholar and a three-sport athletegraduated with honors from high school Monday. Family convened down in Maryland to celebrate and watch him give a commencement speech. Despite his Uncle Bernies decidedly pro-left and anti-war proclivities, in two weeks he reports here to begin officer training. He just might change that entire place. By 2010 he’ll be a 2nd Lieutenant; Joint Chiefs of Staff should happen by 2030.
Getting out of New York City is always a beautiful thing, but for four days I was away from Internet, newspaper, television and radio news coverage. I returned to 250 emails on my main account, about 100 spam messages on a secondary account, another 150 spams hit my blog but were caught by the filter and I even had a full snail mail box.
Trying to catch up, I realize I missed a lot.
Ive been missing most of this, including this and this.
I also missed this sad story, that at least had a positive ending.
Shockingly for me, I even missed this. I may have jeopardized my good standing in the society of theatre queens.
Although there was no Triple Crown at stake, I missed this, but also this and this, although Ive caught a few minutes and know that Dallas looks pretty damn good. Props to Avery Johnson, not only for the great coaching job hes done this year, but for proving that unheralded college players can turn into great NBA players and later coaches. Nobody gave him an easy path to the success hes achieved. Hes earned every bit of it.
I got back to town too late to attend this. I hope some of you did.
And who knew that this happened, on of all places FOX News!
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French Open…didn’t miss that?
I have you know that I noticed your lack of online activity. Sounds like you need a laptop and a good broadband solution for travel.
You had a lot “this” links. But that Fox clip is a hot mess.
Glad to hear that you got out of the city for a festive occasion! I was sad to hear about the beating of Kevin A. I also saw a little bit of the Tony’s ceremony and was impressed by the winner’s speeches & LaChanze looked fierce.
Andrea, I didn’t pay much attention to the French Open and it happened mostly before I left town. I’ll follow Wimbledon and the US Open.
J, I want and need a new laptop (that new MacBook is my first choice), however I was too busy to log on. There are times when you can’t even check email.
Ms. World, this is the first time in ages I’ve missed the Tonys. It is one of the few award shows I actually watch.
welcome back Uncle Bernie!
(PS: I will henceforth address you as such.)
Ju hear about Saturday’s march & rally?
I did indeed hear about it, Larry.
When you visit family out of town why are you always without internet and tv?
It’s not that they aren’t available. It’s just that we’re too busy doing family stuff to spend time getting online or sitting in front of a tv all day. I’m not a vegetable, like I am at home.