That song was popular in the summer of 1964 when I lived in Hermosa Beach and worked at LAX. To this day, hearing her sing that song immediately takes me back to my summer in California.
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IMO the best performance of the greatest Bossa song ever written.
I posted the above not intending to minimize anything about Astrud who was phenomenal. RIP.
The Iron Sheik, dead at 81.
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His Twitter feed was a blast. I donāt think anyone on the planet hated Hulk Hogan more than Sheikie baby. Amazing longevity to make it to 81 when his prime years were pretty much steroids, cocaine, and whiskey.
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The Twitter feed was fun, but it wasnāt him. It was his agents.
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I didnāt see it mentioned in the article but I believe he was a one time body guard for the Shah of Iran.
Jim Hines, the first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds and Olympic Gold Medalist in Mexico City in 1968, with a world record record that stood for 15 years, has died aged 76.
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Oh, man. His son was a lawyer in our firm for several years. Good guy. Rice grad, iirc.
Pat Robertson, 93
Hopefully he remembered to wear his flame-retardant suit.
Unlike him, Iāll leave that for God to judge.
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One of my several Rules of Life is never criticize anotherās religion because he/she may be right, and I may be wrong.
That said, Robertsonās smugly superior judgmental demeanor irritated me more than a little. I did not wish him dead, but I did wish he would STFU.
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One of the sad truths Iāve had to come to grips with is that if Iām right, neither I nor the likes of Pat Robertson will ever know it.
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I thought the air smelled a little better outside today.
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Yes. But itāll be a hack of an āI told you soā if you are wrong.
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I was a Customer Service Agent at Signature Flight Support at the old Austin Mueller Airport Spring '98, and he came through on a private jet (Jesus had one too, you know).
He said hi and waved at me in the lobby and I told him to fuck off under my breath 
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I think that one came true.
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Particularly for Pat and his ilk. (Matthew 18:6).
This one is probably more appropriate: Matthew 7:1-3