Am Listening to Thomas Tallis (again!) - that bit of music alone makes me want to write. I need to go to the music store and find some good classical pieces.
Am hoping the secret service agent that died in today's crash WAS NOT the one that I have some familiarity with. His mother was my theatre teacher in high school. Of course, I am very sad for those families who did lose their loved ones in the crash, but the selfish part of me hopes it wasnt my former teachers son. She and I are good friends, and she has already lost her husband last year without warning.
You're on next Nov's ping list, along with Talon and several other unwitting victims...
I hope it's not your acquantance's son... is it likely to be?
Gosh...hope your friend's son is OK!
Hi, Alkhin! Sent you a sketch by email last night.
I used to work with a retired Secret Service agent who ran our bank's security department. He was on the White House detail under LBJ and Nixon, if I recall correctly. Really nice guy who was very skilled at making people feel relaxed around him. Whenever our department did a job for him he would buy bagels for everyone the next day :) But if a security situation came up he could also play "bad cop" very well. I remember typing a memo for him describing an incident where he was sent to handle a customer being rude to a female employee. . .He hosted a security seminar where my martial arts teacher gave a presentation on hand-to-hand techniques and the psychology of managing confrontations. Interesting guy. I think he's retired and moved to a ranch in North Dakota or thereabouts now.