Ides of March ... plus 10

Greetings:

I'm back from a Sports Management Conference in Washington, DC. Held at Nationals Park.  It was sponsored by Georgetown University, and the Georgetown people were all bummed out when the Hoyas were bounced from the NCAAs in the first round by a 15th seed!

It was cold and windy, but at least there was no snow. Still plenty of snow in my Loudon, N.H. yard. Global Warming may, indeed, be a hoax. Ah, but there's now climate change.  Yes.  The climate may be changing. It's been changing for many millions of years. When it warms up enough .. if it warms up enough .. so that people can live in Greenland again, as they used to centuries ago before our cold snap, then ... why wouldn't that be a GOOD thing?

Anyway ... things continue to percolate re: our award-winning book, "FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor's Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back."  I'll be doing an interview later today with Ken Cail on WTPL-FF Radio 107.7  "The Pulse!"  Should be Podcasts available later.

Here's a link to a wonderful interview Fahim did with the Film Annex:

http://www.filmannex.com/posts/blog_show_post/fahim-fazli-hollywood-actor-author-war-veteran-and-afghan-american/61117

 

And here's a link to a TV interview I did last week on Nashua's "Gate City Chronicles"

 

http://youtu.be/oCaQ2IhLPCg

 

Book remains available on Amazon.com ... Kindle too!

 

http://www.amazon.com/Fahim-Speaks-Warrior-Actors-Afghanistan-Hollywood/dp/0982167075

 

And here's that link to the ABC-TV World News segment (Charles Gibson) showing Fahim …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz3EefX2om4

And don't forget our web site …

www.fahimspeaks.com

 

AND ... there's always my bi-weekly SportsThoughts Column at www.weirs.com

 

AND ... check my daughter's wonderful BLOG

http://gallivantingthroughgaul.blogspot.com/

 

Not only is she gallivanting through Gaul, she's traveling all over Europe! 

 

Semper Fi (and stay warm!)

MIM

Granite State Greetings:

More snow coming ...

Enough ... enough!

So I'm flying to California tomorrow, March 7. Actually northern California -- Oakland --  then to Berkeley ... and a chance to sit in on a history class there. I am a history guy, and am excited about that.  I know Cal-Berkeley has this radical, activist reputation. What if the professor overly proselytizes?  What if I need to speak up?  But as a guest, I'll try to be quiet and respectful ... and maybe learn something!  I guess the subject is the "Great Depression." 

Then down the coast to loved ones in Orange County ... including Fahim Fazli, the pride of Dana Point!

Congrats to Fahim on the occasion of "ARGO" winning the "Best Picture" Oscar!  Fahim had a small role in the movie - and coincidentally, is my co-author on the award-winning "FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor's Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back." That development has already prompted some calls from the media and several radio interviews.

Can't have too much publicity!

www.fahimspeaks.com

Semper fi  (and stay warm!)

MIM

Granite State Greetings:

Why did I pick the 49ers?  I am so glad football is over.

FAHIM SPEAKS news!

Fahim is in China with Robert Downey Jr. filming another IRONMAN movie. Check out Fahim in "Argo," which will hopefully win Oscar for Best Picture!

And ...

Another radio interview re: FAHIM SPEAKS (Amazon.com)! From yesterday, 2-4-13, with Military Mom Talk Radio (toginet.com). Our segment begins at the 30 minute mark ...

 

Recent Podcasts | Live Internet Talk Radio | Best Shows Podcasts

toginet.com

Semper fi ... and Stay Warm!
MIM

Below Zero Greetings from the Granite State!

OK ... I was wrong about the Patriots ...

But speaking of snow and cold, I'll paste a photo from Norway, from March 1993, in honor of a real American hero ...

Weirs Times Sports Columnist Mike Moffett, a veteran of 1991’s Operation Desert Storm connected with the late General  H. Norman Schwarzkopf in 1993 above the Arctic Circle in Norway, where then-Captain Moffett was participating in Operation Battle Griffin, an Arctic warfare exercise.  Schwarzkopf had recently retired from the army and was in Norway for CBS-TV Sports. Video footage of Moffett’s men training in the snow aired the next year as part of CBS Sports coverage of the Olympic Biathlon at the Lillehammer (Norway) Winter Olympics. Schwarzkopf passed away at the age of 78 on Dec. 27 in Tampa, Florida.

Happy New Year!

Where's the snow? 

OK, I know it's coming ...

So are the Patriots ... They should beat Baltimore in Foxboro on Sunday to get to ANOTHER Super Bowl ... one that they should win this time.  They had those last minute leads against the Giants in 2008 and 2012. They could easily be going for theit SIXTH Super Win in ten years ...

Anyway, speaking of Patriots, my friend Fahim Fazli, the Afghan-American interpreter with the Marines, recently got a call asking if he'd be available to go to China with Robert Downey Jr. to film "IRONMAN 3."  Hope it works out.  Check out Fahim in Ben Affleck's movie "ARGO," which won a Golden Globe and is also an Oscar candidate.

I recently did an interview with Denise-Marie McIntosh that's running this week on Nashua Cable television - an in-depth 50 minute interview on our award-winning book FAHIM SPEAKS.

Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwuo0tzLubs

I'll also be doing an interview on Military Moms radio on Feb. 4.

More/better/later!

(Hope is snows/snows/snows in Foxboro Sunday ... Go Patriots)

MIM

December Greetings!

Christmas is coming and many of us have friends and relatives who still READ!

I just KNOW we do ...

If any of them are looking for a great true story -- a story about Hollywood, Love, Adventure, and Going to War with the Marines -- then the perfect gift would be our critically-acclaimed and award-winning "FAHIM SPEAKS: A Warrior-Actor's Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back."

And for less than $15!    Here's a handy link ...

http://www.amazon.com/Fahim-Speaks-Warrior-Actors-Afghanistan-Hollywood/dp/0982167075

And here's another link to a story abuot the book project that just came out on my college system's e-newsletter ...

http://www.ccsnh.edu/news/ccsnh%20enewsletternov2012/odyssey.html

 

Feel free to share or forward ...

Happy Holidays

 

and as the "Chosin Few" veterans say ...

Semper fi  ... and Stay Warm!

MIM

SkyBall and Marine Corps Ball

Granite State Greetings:

The big March investment in the USMC Evening Dress Uniform is paying off ... I got to wear the uniform at the MWSA Conference Awards Banquet in Dayton in September ... at the annual SkyBall at Dallas-Forth Worth Airport in October ... and at the Marine Corps Ball in Laconia, N.H. on Nov. 10, where I'd been invited to be Guest of Honor - a true thrill!

Here's a link to my Nov. 10 remarks ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvd8EiJxwx0&feature=em-share_video_user

Don't forget to check out "Fahim Speaks" on Amazon.com!

Semper fi ... and Stay Warm!