American Express contacted me today to say there were two suspicious charges on my card. Both were for online purchases. One was for about $60 to a place called “Catholic Online, Inc.” and the other was $460 to Circuit City, which still exists, but only online. Both charges were indeed fraudulent, so that means a new card with a new number for me. I think I know where the card was most likely compromised, and considering the circumstances I’ll have to keep a careful watch on my Mastercard activity.
Author: DOuG pRATt
She’s a Prunette
George Harrison, Pattie Boyd, Prue Bury, Wilfrid Brambell, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney
Prue Bury was joking this week about something that I’ll be featuring later, and she said, “Spike Milligan had “I told them I was ill” put on his tombstone. Mine will be “I told them I was not a blond!” (Prue has kept her hair lightened for some years now.) Spike Milligan, along with Peter Sellers, was one of the Goon Show goons, a BBC radio program that was a favorite of the Beatles, and was one of the inspirations for the Monty Python troupe.
[audio:http://www.thegoonshow.net/downloads/mp3/54-09-28~s05e01~the_whistling_spy_enigma.mp3|titles=The Goon Show: The Whistling Spy]As someone else on the Net says, commenting on Prue, “Real class tells. And this brunette is REAL class.” Indeed she is.
Prue Bury, George Harrison, Pattie Boyd
The pictures are courtesy of Lynn at Pattie Boyd’s Sixties Style on Yahoo!
The true Prue revealed
A few days ago, I said of Prue Bury in a particular photo, “Prue is contemplative, almost pensive.” I’ve long wondered about her expression in this snapshot, but now I know it was a put-on, and she was only pretending to be serious. Place your mouse pointer over the image to see for yourself.
“Between scenes we relaxed but didn’t stop laughing. Ringo pretended he didn’t think Prue was being very funny!” said Pattie. From the UK magazine, Woman’s Own, May 30, 1964.
My thanks go to Lynn, who runs the Yahoo! Group Pattie Boyd’s Sixties Style.
The return of Even Stevphen
Right now I’m watching The Colbert Report. Wednesday night had one of his best openings ever.
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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The end was equally great.
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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“You and I have memories, longer than the road that stretches out ahead…”
This was the incredible scene Wednesday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Despite everything that has happened, and come what may, they are still THE BEATLES. Right now I really, really hate somebody with the initials MDC. And cancer-causing “ciggies.” I don’t like them, either.
Python spit
When is John Oliver on The Daily Show going to admit that he’s the illegitimate son of Monty Python’s Eric Idle?
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