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Tens of thousands thrilled by aerobatics at Memorial Day Air Show at Jones Beach - National Eclectic Travel | Examiner.com





I never get tired of the spectacle. Thanks to all veterans everywhere for your service.

My traditional Mother's Day gift is flowers for my window boxes. I am posting this picture of one I put together this weekend because my favorite photographer,wolfens said it was good:)

Dark Shadows Actor Jonathan Frid, Dead at 87
(via Gawker)

Actor Jonathan Frid passed away of natural causes at Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, last week — less than a month before Johnny Depp's highly anticipated big-screen ressurection of the role he is best remembered for: Dark Shadows vampire Barnabas Collins.

Sadly, yet somehow appropriately, Frid's death occured on Friday the 13th. He was 87.

Born in Canada, Frid was a classicially trained stage actor who spent most of his life performing in theater productions. But it was the cult gothic soap opera Dark Shadows through which Frid ultimately found fame.

He was on his way out west to become an acting teacher when his agent phoned him up and told him he'd been offered the role of Barnabas Collins. Frid accepted on the condition that it was a temporary gig, as he needed the money to help with his move. He soon realized he would need to put his dreams of teaching on hold — so he could become a star.

"I am so grateful to have worked with Jonathan and to have known him as the charismatic, entertaining, complex and plain spoken man that he was," wrote Frid's Dark Shadows co-star Kathryn Leigh Scott on her blog. "He was irascible, irreverent, funny, caring, lovable and thoroughly professional, and in the end became the whole reason why kids ran home from school to watch Dark Shadows."

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows adaptation is set for release May 11th. Frid has a small role in the film — his final on-screen appearance.


Barnabas was the original tortured vampire; although  he was ashamed of his urges he was unable to fight his nature. But he was so sexy!

The anniversary of 9/11 still pains New Yorkers, and so I know The people of Oklahoma are hurting today. The pictures from that terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 still haunt me. One of the children who died in the arms of a firefighter was ten days younger than my son.

I hope all those touched by this tragedy have found some measure of peace.

April needs to get better...just a request.

Hope everyone has a good holiday.

Thanks for the memories Peyton Manning - ESPN





My quarterback, Eli Manning, has a brother you may have heard of: Peyton Manning. This week he was released from the roster of the Indianapolis Colts after 14 seasons. This article said a really nice goodbye to a classy guy.

( Thank you, Peyton )

A heart attack at 66.