I am still fired up about this Boeing thing. This morning (Tuesday again) it was announced that Boeing was filing a formal complaint over the loss of the $40 billion contract. Really? Come on, Boeing. You lost. Northrop won. Go build something else. Boeing is complaining that if it loses this contract, it will have to discontinue production on the commercial version of the 767. That is fine with me, because I have flown on many 767's and they are not that great.

Okay, I could go on and on again about this, but I am going to give it a pass and talk about some cool events coming up. I might also talk about more nonsensical things that occur to me as we go along.

The Event! Thursday! Lansburgh! Come down to hear Alison Larkin. Alison is going to be talking about her new book "The English American". How would she know anything about being an American? Alison is English, she was adopted by a lovely English family and grew up in England with tea and biscuits, beans on toast, cricket matches and pints of lager. Imagine her surprise when she found out 'Merican. She doesn't sound very American. Here is her Bio from Simon Says:

Alison Larkin was adopted at birth in Washington, D.C., by British parents and raised in England and Africa. After graduation from the University of London and the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, she became a regular on the British stage with appearances on Broadway, a ubiquitous voice-over artist, and a successful stand-up comic. Her internationally acclaimed one-woman show, The English American, was a highlight of the London Comedy Festival.

Alison is a very funny lady and I know you will all want to be there to hear what she has to say. Her story is oddly enough based around an English woman that finds out, late in life, that she was adopted from a family in America. Not just any old America, the Deep South. This is the true heart of America. In my head --Having not read the book yet-- there would be no greater punishment. To go from the capital of the world to the capital of deep-fried-peanut-butter-and-banana sandwiches. A bit like hell, if you asked me, but no one did.

I, for one, am looking forward to hearing Alison's talk. I am planning on being there for it so I can present her with a treat. Something I have discovered that makes the mornings a little more palatable here in the US of A. With any luck, Alison will enjoy it as much as I do and we can have a tiny bonding moment after I hear her hilarious tale of finding out in her 20's that she is in fact 'southern'. I hope to see you all there. 7pm, Lansburgh, March 20th.

(Happy Birthday to my brother on the 14th and to my Mom on the 20th)