5-22-2012
LUCKY LINDY
-- Sunday marked the eighty-fifth anniversary of Charles A. Lindbergh’s
history-making flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in the
“Spirit of St. Louis" in the then-remarkable time of 34 hours in the air.
Lines of
French soldiers and police had to shield the aviator from a surging crowd of
100,000 who had come to greet him upon his arrival.
Gently lifted from the cramped cockpit, he
said, “Well, I made it.”
In the
coming days and months, Lindbergh would be honored as a true American hero with
a stamp commemorating his fantastic feat.
...and a Time Magazine cover.
It was a truly remarkable achievement -- hours and
hours in the dark night sky... completely on his own... no food except a sandwich
he’d made himself... a small flask of water... wondering how he got himself
into this... oh -- sorry, that's today -- flying on Delta.
AISLE BE
SEEING YOU -- A day after the Facebook stock IPO, the social net’s founder and
$20 billionaire Mark Zuckerberg marched down the aisle with his longtime
girlfriend, UC Med School grad Priscilla Chan among friends and
relations who had gathered for what they were told would be a graduation party
for Chan at Zuckerberg’s Palo Alto, CA home.
The happy couple had spent the previous night hammering out a prenup
that, in the event of a split, gives her North America, South America and
Australia while he gets Africa, Europe and Asia. They’ll share joint custody of the dog and
the Kardashians.
Oh, and if
you’d like to send a gift, there’s still time.
They’re registered at “Bed, Bath & Beyond Their Fondest Dreams.”
BURBERRY NOT COASTING -- A New York federal judge
signed an order allowing famed British trench coat maker Burberry to shut down
on-line outlets purporting to sell legitimate Burberry products. Burberry
alleged that the China-based websites, copying the company's trademark, logo
and advertising image, were selling shoddy replicas of Burberry products
including handbags, scarves, shoes, wallets, belts, ties, outerwear and
sunglasses. Probably would have gotten away with it, too, if they hadn’t
offered a free Rolex knock-off with each purchase.
(Real trench coat $2495; bag $3,065)
FATHER’S DAY
JOB -- Thirty-two year old Desmond Hatchett of Knoxville, Tennessee has a large
problem. He’s fathered thirty-two
children by eleven different mothers and owes child support to each of them pursuant
to a court order. Problem is, he works
for minimum wage which means that some months, the moms get $1.49 each in
compliance with Knox County child support laws that take half of his wages. This guy has astounded the geneticists – he
has all the attributes of a top NBA athlete except the ability to play
basketball.
Copyright (c) 2012 by Robert L. Mills All Rights Reserved
