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Quantum Leap, The Boogie Man

This is piece is dedicated to my prettiest reader Quatum Leap ``T he Boogieman ''  Here be spoilers !  You miss them don't you? You haven't thought about them for a while- but you miss them?  I'm talking about Al Calavichhi and Dr Samual Beckett. Oh now you remember.  They were our friends.  I have been delighted to catch the series, during the daytime on cable.  When I saw the classic episode ``The Boogieman'' was scheduled, I grabbed my pen and paper, and began this review.  Well the episode starts as always with our Hero ``Leaping'' into the body of a stranger and struggling to find his feet, and make sense of things. So Sam Beckett, stumbles around an attic. Looking for something to give him a clue  to well. Who, where, what, and how,  (We will assume that Sam knows why, won't be answered)   One little nit, from someone who works with old books. Sam in his post leap grogginess, picks up a book, and sees the date and says ``1879?'' Lea

Goodbye Andy NYPD Blue

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NYPD Blue. I watched the last episode, of NYPD Blue.  The series had stopped broadcasting in the USA-A few years ago. Aside from Science fiction. I have always loved Cop shows. The Shield, Homicide Life on the street. The Job, ( A Dennis Leary vehicle,) of course NYPD Blue. It was my Sister, who watched it first. I think I have a soft spot for the show, because it was one of those TV programs. I was watched from 14 onwards. When I stopped having a set bedtime For years then, it has been a companion. An hour's easy distraction.  I'll let you in on a secret. I wore a shirt, to school, on Fridays, because I thought it was the type of shirt, Detective Sipowitz, would have worn. (Homer Simpson argues that it acceptable to wear a short sleeved shirt and tie, in an episode of the Simpsons, citing the good detective) Another secret, when I am in NYC, walking up and down, I hear that music, in my head, and for a moment. I am someone else. For a moment, I belong..... I have h
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After a quiet, Valentines day. Well quiet and fatigued. I recall, snarling inside, at a woman, with a rose. I have been watching the week wind down. This is of course, the worst sin, I am guilty of such omission ( I went to a meeting today, for a course. Which would be pointless, for me to attend. I did, manage to slip out, early from work. Which made me feel clever and dastardly, and indeed debonair. ) Another one of my friends, is engaged. Then there were...
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I have been ill. A bug, I get from work. The dust and the air conditioning, and the lack of natural light. Headaches. I go back to work tomorrow Despite this I have set up a computer, for my parents. I watched Ireland lose, at the last moment to France in the 6 Nations. I guess I am just in a strange mood.
Scrollion 'Saintly giant' plan for city river The statute would be 160ft highParis has the Eiffel Tower, Rio has Christ the Redeemer and New York has the Statue of Liberty, but Londonderry is now vying for world attention with plans for its own city landmark. A gigantic monument of Saint Columba is being considered for the middle of the River Foyle. The major sculpture would dominate the river. It would be dedicated to Columba, whose connection with the city stretches back for centuries. Tony Candon of Derry City Council said "Columba was a Donegal man". "He goes by two names. He goes by the Latin form of the name - Columba - and the Irish form - Columcille," he said. "Both come from the word meaning a dove, which indicates a man of peace, a man of God I like this. Columcille is my families Patron saint. I like the idea. A symbol of a Christian Celtic past, reaching towards, the statue of liberty and Christ the redeemer in Rio From the Sacred on to the