TRUTH BEING STRANGER THAN FICTION

That is if you believe everything you read in the newspaper.  I believe this one that I will summarize.  Two very bright folks brought some body parts to a Boston medical conference hoping to sell them to the medical researchers.  OOPS--they did not know how to preserve them and the head that they brought was infected. Really.  Seriously.  People are so fucking stupid.

Along with that truth is this one--I am about to enter my 8th decade and will shortly celebrate a big birthday ending in a zero.  (You math whizzes can figure that one out--right, JF?)  I am determined to celebrate it for the next 11 months and already have a number of excellent adventures planned.  But, speaking of truth, it is very weird to think of myself at this age.  It cannot be true--I was just in High School and just turned 18.
Upstairs, in my head, I do not feel old yet my body belies that fantasy.  The obituaries that I read daily do not lie either.  Enough.

Ends and Odds
--Visited LA a while back and I am here to say you can have it.  Except for what might have been the best museum I have ever been in--that would be the Broad.  Eli Broad had a massive collection of the best modern art which he had either in his home, on loan, or in storage.  He tried to negotiate with existing museums to place these works.  But after getting screwed around a bit, he just built his own place--with free admission.  Gorgeous space and right next to the Disney Hall designed by Frank Gehry.  And the art--oh my, so hard to describe.  This is the same guy who donated 100 million to create the Broad Institute in Cambridge to support medical research.  A real mensch. BTW, gas is $2 a gallon more out there
--So let's be clear.  The impact of NH and Iowa in these primaries is disproportionate to their impact in the general election.  I mean, no offense, but no one lives in those places.  So who cares.  Talk to me after Labor Day and after the conventions.
--The news from Israel gets worser and worser.  Settlers in Hebron, with governmental support, have taken over 370 acres formerly belonging to Palestinians.  Palestinians attack Israeli civilians.  Yet more Jews are fleeing France to live there and are just the ones more than likely to support that villainous Netanyahu.
--What state do you think arrests more African Americans than White Americans for not wearing seat belts? It would be in the South of course.  and the "winner" is Florida.  Can they fuck things up any more--I mean the state is sinking and they got a jerky governor who does not believe in climate change and are stuck with Marc Rubio who is is an intellectual wasteland.
--Bully for the old U.S.A.--we have taken in nearly 2,500 Syrian refugees.  Out of hundreds of thousands who have fled that disaster.  And according to the Donald and the Cruiser, those of us not on the Mayflower would not get into America today.
--And if you think the Cruiser is dangerous, check out his father who is absolutely berserk, is campaigning in Iowa, and is a "minister". The Cruiser has managed to collect not one Senate colleague to support him--he is detested by them.  And he is scary mean.
--They saved money in Flint, you betcha.  And now a generation of children may have been intellectually damaged because of the lead in the water.  Michael Moore (who I can only take in small doses) finally opened up his yap and started some sort of drive to support the residents of Flint--after all he is from there.
--Strongly recommend "Straight Outta Compton" mainly because it gets to the social implications behind the music.  In the olden days (as a bright grandchild refers to my past), I took 4 adolescent girls to see NWA and the Beastie Boys with instructions to stay far away--I obeyed but boy was it loud.
--Brian Wilson, with the backing of the Boston Pops, will be playing the entire "Pet Sounds" album at Symphony Hall in June.  Gotta get tickets--it is one of the greatest albums ever made.

SPORTS TALK
I am not into finger pointing--the Pats got their asses kicked and if Mr. Brady is not still in rehab after the beating he took, I would be surprised.  Having said that, I do think the Eagles game and the Dolphins game hurt real bad--because I do believe they win at home.  Home is where the Bruins suck and I am getting tired of watching them.  Not so the Celtics.  I love watching them play because of how they play.

Adios