Friday's Dispatch

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• How pervasive is Elvis to US and in fact world culture 30 years after his death? Within 40 hours: There was an ad for new reality show If I Can Dream featuring one of his songs, I read a drug law reform article bearing his image and quotes regarding his offer to be a "special agent" to President Nixon in the drug war, I heard a song of his on Oceans 11 as someone was watching it, I heard one of his songs in the opening scene to The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull and I heard a talk show host mention his name.





• That's a whole lotta Elvis goin' on!





• Whole lotta love: 528 pound Romanian woman gives birth.





• Although I don't often voluntarily feed my children fast food- when we stopped today out of necessity at Sonic I asked Zac what he wanted he said,"Um, chocolate milk and... food?"





• The hit on the Hamas leader in Dubai is still the craziest thing I've read about in a while. Odds are Mossad did it I suppose- but lots of folks wanted that guy dead. A Hollywood writer could not have dreamed that one up I promise you.





• I guess the dog we have now will be the one all of the children remember from their childhood and will die when my oldest son is in college.



• My son got his pig for this years ag animal it's cute as can be it looks like a more show worthy Babe (and delicious).


• Last interview by Larry Fine- he was already stroke affected it appears so must have been shortly before his death.