Happy Columbus Day!
I know it's not celebrated the same way it was back in the old days, when it was always on October 12. But Columbus changed the world, and some good things DID come out of what became the United States of America.
October 12 is no longer Columbus Day (unless it falls on Monday.) Kind of like Memorial Day used to be on May 30, but now the traditional May 30 Memorial Day is not the contenmporary Memorial Day - unless, of course, it falls on Monday. This year it fell on a Wednesday, but that didn't prevent Fahim and I from celebrating it with a FAHIM SPEAKS book launch event in Laguna Niguel, Calif. Of course, May 30 is also Fahim's birthday. And, BTW, it's also MY birthday! (Please make a note of it.)
Anyway, we're looking forward to seeing Ben Affleck's new movie "Argo" which comes on on Friday, October 12 (the REAL Columbus Day.) It sounds like a good movie, and I'm old enough to remember well how the Canadians stepped up and helped us out in Teheran during the 1979-80 Iranian hostage crisis. And, of course, Fahim has a small role in "Argo," playing (what else?) - a bad guy. I think. But I haven't seen the movie yet.
Anyway, speaking of the book, I'm scheduled to be on WTPL ("The Pulse of New Hampshire") around 2:30 p.m. today to talk about FAHIM SPEAKS, presumably.
http://www.wtplfm.com/
I'll be interviewed by Jack Heath, who has his own book project out there, about the witches of Salem ... www.salemwitchtrilogy.com
October should be a good month for a book about witches ...
And speaking of calendar dates, while we're at it ... Why not make Halloween the last Friday of October - every year? This year it's a Tuesday. Halloween just needs to be on a Friday, yes? If they're going to make Columbus Day and Memorial Day be Mondays, than why not Friday for Halloween?
Have a great week!
MIM
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