When I was 45…
…. It was a very good year, to paraphrase Frank Sinatra.* Perhaps it’s appropriate for someone who has spent a life largely immersed in pop music, someone who had the...
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April 27, 2010
Great British Memories (Notes from a Return Home) #5
YOU KNOW WHAT’S FUNNY? COMEDY On my last night in London this March, the only one of just six that hadn’t been planned way in advance, I wanted to do...
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April 26, 2010
What I Learned In Boston
In 2002, after completing my first Marathon, in New York, I penned a piece entitled “How Much Will It Hurt? Ten tips for the Marathon Virgin.” I then failed to...
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April 23, 2010
British Politics go American… politely
Didn’t have much company from British runners in Boston on Monday: over 150 of the 200 runners registered failed to make it to the start line, presumably because of the...
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April 22, 2010
Thank You!
Mega, heartfelt thanks to all family and friends who, using one of the umpteen methods of instant communication now available to us all, sent me best wishes before, after or...
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April 21, 2010
Boston Bound
It’s only a marathon. Seriously. I’ve completed six of them before. At this point, it should be a formality. Ah, but who am I kidding? This is the Boston Marathon,...
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April 18, 2010
Great British Memories (Notes from a return home) #4
THE BEST OF BRITISH BEER Though I was guilty of the same when I lived in the UK, it breaks my heart to go home and see everyone drinking Fosters,...
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April 17, 2010
All Hopped Up keeps rolling along
A few more publicity items to report on All Hopped Up and Ready To Go. The day I headed off to the UK, the British free national newspaper Metro (a...
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April 16, 2010
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