Wow checking his Wikipedia entry I didn't know that Coppola produced American Graffiti ! He's done a lot more that I had given him credit for. What inspiration were you thinking of that he drew from those movies? There were many similar films that merge in my brain, like Once Upon A Time In America, Goodfellas and Casino. I didn't see any gangsters running around in Apocalypse Now, although Don Vito was in evidence :-)
My kidney is doing ok, on the statistical charts my overall kidney function is that of an 80 year old human. After all, I only have one kidney and the nephrons in it have been severely damaged by the platinum in some of the chemo I needed to take to stay alive. I have to pee into jars for 48 hours (2 days sometime within the next three months) and they'll analyse the urine to see if I am prone to forming stones - if so they can prescribe a tablet and dietary changes. It's funny, the nurse came running out of the hospital after me saying "Whoops we forgot to put this sticker on the container ...", after placing it I read it and it says "Do not pass urine directly into this container as it has an acid lining on the inside" !! Many thanks for chasing me young nurse lady !!
I'm glad that your Mrs made it back safely and I trust she had a good vacation. Security seems to be settling down, they are allowing laptops on some flights again now. Some colleagues also report that they can get 1gb USB keys through check-in, so even if their laptop (if) in the hold is lost, they still have their data. I watched a movie over the weekend "Flight 93" about UA93 that was brought down by heroic passengers on 9/11 before it could crash into it's suspected target of either The White House or The Capitol Building. For me as a parent it was quite emotional, especially the scene where the following transcript of a cellphone call made from the doomed aircarft was repeated:
J: Esther Heymann received a call from a woman claiming to be her stepdaughter, Honor Elizabeth Wainio.
Caller: "Mom, we're being hijacked. I just called to say good bye."
Heymann: "Elizabeth, we don't know how this is going to turn out. I've got my arms around you."
"I've got my arms around you" seems such a natural response when you are separated from your child who is in distress and you are powerless to help her. God speed to the souls of all the 9/11 victims.
I hope that you are having some good bike rides buddy, how is the full synthetic working out?
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