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Tnx to @badbanana for helping me to remember that under #GreatMovieDads, we forgot Jor-El (Brando or Crowe, though?)
Spare a thought for all the dads apart from their children today. There is no greater distance.
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Major regret: I was still broke-ass, fucked up and working a shellfish counter at a saloon when my Dad passed .
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When I see "Jordan Worries About Syria," I'm afraid my reflexive reaction is to wonder, "Is Scottie Pippen worried, too?"
Father's Day at @WholeFoods bkfst buffet: grits, tofu, cornbread, Moroccan chickpea salad, avocado sushi. Burp. Nap. Zzzz.
It's great on Father's Day to see so many quote my father ("Think Yiddish, dress British.") Brings his wit--him!--back.
-I'm told it's an old show-biz bromide, but was also used in rags trade (i.e. @TMLewin @cordingslondon @BrooksBrothers)
For all who would like to quote my father's advice: "Think Yiddish, dress British." Ernie Simon, comedian (1920-1968)-
Up ahead: @itsthepizz--John & Bucky, son & father, on the music they share, love, & play so well.
The memoir of murder @davidberg42 is talking about is not only a helluva story, but deftly written & quite moving.
Up ahead: setting the scene at the Bulger trial in Boston; then a remarkable new book about a murder in TX that stirs ghosts.
Fans of American music, tune in to @nprscottsimon: He's got Bucky and John Pizzarelli coming up.
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Up now: the protests in Turkey. How lawyers & media being blocked by gov't, & how a great Turkish writer sees this moment.
I do think @neilhimself proposes a real winner of new lit genre: pornographic cookbooks (some are already halfway there!).
And now--@neilhimself--on how he manages to stay a bestseller without repeating himself.
Up now: Heat vs Spurs. & do you think we'll talk about Stanley Cup??????????? You betcha!!!!!!!!!!
By request: this week's essay: has what we mean by privacy changed? Is there an experience divide? n.pr/12MZZ7q
Up now: how ending gene patents may affect the gene industry--& I don't mean @LEVIS. & economic lessons from rock n' roll!
Our @tgjelten is revealing on how digital age transforms espionage messages. No more putting microfilm in a pumpkin.
On the air! Ahead: how arming Syrian rebels riles Russians & may have small effect; & how digi-world is where spycraft is now.
Listening to a little Iitzhak Pearlman (Songs My Mother Taught Me) in studio before we take air today. Nice start indeed.
--which raises question: do @sportcenter fans (inc me) need the gel, or do we start needing it after watching the show?
We have @espn @CNN @FoxNews @msnbc on studio monitors. News channels show ads for fiber cereals, @espn--testosterone gel--
In studio, caffeinated, & ready to leap upon the news like the @nydailynews on Rupert Murdoch's divorce.
Matthew Scully's (Dominion) powerful piece on how elephant slaughter tinyurl.com/lnh6yp3 is a crime against humanity.
Playing #TopMovieDads Atticus Finch in Mockingbird obviously top, right? But isn't Don Corleone a little more intruigiing?
Geez, Friday afternoon, & I haven't come up with a single thing to tweet about @rupertmurdoch divorce.
my apologies RT @jaketapper: Today's ear worm courtesy of current events and one of @gwenifill's tweeps youtu.be/7YvAYIJSSZY
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Also good: @ArthurCaplan who sez bio firms were "looking at planets through telescopes & claiming patents on them."
Just talked w/ Bahston crime writer on Bulger trial. Sez Whitey "would rather be known as a drug dealer than FBI informant"
Today in 1965, Paul McCartney sat alone in Abbey Road and recorded "Yesterday", one of the most famous songs of all time.
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People that drink decaffeinated coffee should not be allowed to vote.
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& @billclinton has matchless perspective (Rwanda, Bosnia) on how 2nd term prez should weigh polls vs. human rights crimes.
Think @billclinton knew his upbraiding of @BarackObama on Syria would become public? Does @billclinton ever miss a trick?
Like all the great prophets before him, Kanye's real message is "buy my new signature Nike sneakers."
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After 48 hrs of Tweet bombardment, even if I wanted to lose weight I'd cut of an arm before I ordered garcinia.
In audience for our kindergartener's play. I hear Mamet has worked on the dialog. Should be memorable!
If you only see one hockey game, make it last night's 3OT. BOS & CHI played the beautiful game. #blackhawks #StanleyCup
Spent yesterday studying police interview techniques. Realised this morning I was interrogating my 5 year old & checking her eye movements!
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I am married to the most wonderful woman in the world. She said, "Why don't we watch the Blackhawks tonight?"
Guess I'm not surprised if #NSA hacks computers of Chinese military & gov't. But students? They're who we need to cultivate.
On what would have been Anne Frank's 84th birthday, @TheAtlantic runs only known film of her: theatln.tc/13DCHMt
Seeing newspaper slogan on 1968 clip:"Written & Edited to Merit Your Confidence." Would that motto be in business plan now?
Really, really fantastic column on Snowden and Washington's leak culture by @jackshafer blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/201…)
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The American opera singer who refused to give up despite having had two lung transplants bbc.in/12Drm3L
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Tooth Fairy came for 6yr old last night. Asked, "How did she know?" Our 10yr old (who's beginning to get it) said, "NSA."
Our friend @clive_crook thoughtful column on security in the nation he loves that broadens our view tinyurl.com/k4ube5c
This family video from @JimGaffigan made me laugh, cry, & order pizza for his kids: youtu.be/UHf1y4045VM