It's been a while, since I last posted...
I've mainly been preoccupied with my car, getting it ready to pass emissions inspection. I've been plagued by a pesky CEL (Check Engine Light). That involved replacing my spark plugs and an O2 sensor.
Took my car to the VEIP station in Hickory last Saturday and passed. Yay!!
I've also been reading a few books from the library. Been looking at Where you're at: notes from the frontline of a hip-hop planet and Sean Penn: his life and times.
Haven't been watching much tv. Listen to the radio all the time.
Last Sunday, was listening to Prime Minister's Questions on C-SPAN (90.1 FM)... and this MP (member of Parliament) complains about some unfair extradition treaty with the U.S. and how the U.K. has become "America's poodle".
I'm afraid the MP has been living under a bridge for too long. I think most people on both sides of the pond recognize that the U.K. has been playing 2nd fiddle to the U.S. since WWII.
I don't understand why the MP would be complaining. There are many countries that would want to be "America's poodle". :-)
And to borrow the sentiments of the "Princess Warrior" Sec'y of State expressed last week: Get over it. Quit whining.
Comings and goings:
RIP Pat Okura (d. Jan 30)
New Lunar Year -- Year of the Rooster 4702
People I wanna see:
Jeff Chang is on the East Coast this week and will be talking up his hip hop book at Karibu bks. (The Mall, Hyattsville) Friday night (6:30pm)
MacArthur prize winner, Bright Sheng, will be playing piano with the St. Petersburg Quartet at the Meyer auditorium in DC, Saturday night.