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...Next I encountered Balloon-Man. His real name was Sean, but since he'd fashioned exotic headgear for himself out of a number of colored balloons, I gave him his tag. Do you think the balloons will work for you? I asked. "Well, it got your attention, and Jay Leno's attention." Touché. We media types fall for this every time. Sean is a self-described "street performer and children's entertainer." He thinks he'd be a good show contestant because he'd be the court jester. And because he had a recipe for barbecuing penguins...
Babi Das: Just arrived home from my little sister's junior high musical. On the way back we stopped by to pick up cheesecake and congratulatory balloon. Am online to check to see when my plane departs tomorrow and to see whether or not I indeed have a corporate finance problem set due Monday, as suspected--no word yet from my problem set group. Will be off to pick my sister up from a post concert party...
...does the price of a bus balloon to $1 million? It begins the same way a familiar charter bus begins, as a $300,000 chassis, frame and outer shell manufactured by Prevost Car of St. Claire, Que., and a 500-h.p. Detroit Diesel engine. Then one of several companies known in the motor-home industry as converters, such as Marathon Coach or Liberty Coach, packs a remarkable apartment into the shell instead of fitting it with seats. The electronics mimic those of a space station. When the bus is parked and the time comes to picnic in the shade...
...Hallmark Hall of Fame-style narrative of the emotional abuse heaped upon him by his father Joe. "I wanted a father who showed me love, and my father never did that," said Jackson. "He never gave me a piggyback ride; he never threw a pillow or a water balloon at me." After the speech, Jackson remained in England to serve as best man at the wedding of psychic spoon bender Uri Geller. Again he was hours late, forcing Geller to improvise and hold the reception before the ceremony. Somehow, Geller did not foresee Jackson's tardiness...
Back at Michigan, the balloon deflated gently and champagne was quietly put away--according to published media reports...