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June 08, 2006

An old entry reposted after the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Globe and Mail: Bin Laden enlists al-Zarqawi to target US, officials say

Update: Bin Laden to al-Zarqawi: “Um, yeahh…I'm gonna need you go ahead and come in tomorrow. Sooo if you could be here around nine, that would be great.”

Najaf: Intelligence sources indicate that wiretaps recorded in Najaf last Tuesday may contain conversations between Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his next door neighbor, Lawrence. Zarqawi, who disappeared from Najaf shortly after visiting his therapist is said to have seemed “really bummed” about the new orders from Bin Laden. “He seemed unsurprised by the call” said one analyst, “but he’d been trying to avoid it and was in the process of ducking out early for afternoon prayers when the call came through.”

“He should have turned his answering machine off” added the source, “he’s probably going to end up working Sunday as well.”

In other news, North Korean diplomats reassured reporters that any recent comments regarding a bomb were purely in reference to the Ben Affleck vehicle “Surviving Christmas,” which has just reached the Asian media market.

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June 06, 2006

What is Up with My Friends?

Well, read a blog, find something new. CP- another friend / member of the family from college (she's visited this year) announced that her surgery for ovarian cancer looks somewhat successful. All this on a blog:

To wit: "Right ovary: "beautiful" in the words of my doctor, who is a gynecologist and so must find ovaries very attractive.

Left ovary: is the ugly redheaded stepchild of my right ovary, scarred and inoperable. My stepmother thinks that is the anesthesia talking, that they probably removed the tumors but not the cysts, and I just misunderstood. Possible, and I would know more if my doctor would return my phone calls now that I am coherent."

That makes three friends for the spring. NV spoke with her this evening and she is okay and recovering nicely but... sheesh.

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Ach, another abbreviated weekly update

Spent two days hobbling around after the Mt. Washington hike, legs creaking more than the stairs

Saw R, my housemate, play his last show at Ryles in Cambridge Thursday night. St Germain, MMW, Freddie Hubbard, that sort of thing, played with five other people. HD went with me to the show and LK, met us there after getting in a semi-car accident (the details are still not clear to me) en route. The set included one of R’s own pieces which he had worked out at the house a few weeks before.

Drove home Friday night, arrived at 2 in the morning. Dad had picked up a 1995 Ryan long wheel base under seat steering recumbent and we were supposed to take it out on first a 60 and then a 20 mile ride on Saturday. Overslept and woke at 8:30. Got breakfast while dad rode his own recumbent (a trike, really) through rain and wind in rural Pennsylvania.

Spent Saturday sitting in the kitchen and talking with family members. My sister was home and recovering from several years of employment at a horse farm in North Carolina.

Memorial service on Sunday. Met Joe’s wife, 3 month old and 3 year old. Saw his parents for the first time in years. A quiet Unitarian service at a Quaker meeting house near Villanova. Services were conducted by the same pastor that married Joe and his wife, Carol.

Drove back to Boston. Attempted to watch a movie—The BreakUp—with AL. Too terrible to watch. We walked out after 20 min. The whole point was to see a bad movie but there are limits. The handlebars came off of the recumbent on the way over to the theater. This was interesting. It was the first time I'd crashed out (screeching tires and all, it is hard to fall gracefully when you get dropped out of your handlbars) on the bridge that leads to Charles/ MGH.

Plan to look for washers in order to keep handlebars on this week.

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