Gary's weekly e-mail

Good Morning all.

I should probably begin with apologizing for neglecting to mention my mother's birthday in last week's message. I try my best to include everyone-and typically end up forgetting everyone-but in any event, happy belated. I think Snoot's birthday was in May also so I guess I missed that as well. The Salute to Israel parade will take place this Sunday, June 5 in its usual location, 5th Avenue between 57th and 79th streets. The Salute To Israel Parade, is the single largest gathering in the world in support of Israel, not to be misread as the largest gathering of Singles in support of Israel. Many people make that mistake, but few are let down. The weather forecast for Sunday looks good: Warmer and more humid with times of clouds and sun

High Temperature: 85 F

RealFeel®: 84 F

Winds: WSW at 8 mph

Wind Gusts: 15 mph

Maximum UV: High (6)

Thunderstorm Probability: 18%

Amount of Precipitation: 0.00 in

Amount of Rain: 0.00 in

Amount of Snow: 0 in

Hours of Precipitation: 0 hrs

Hours of Rain: 0 hrs

This means that although it will actually reach temperatures as high as 85 degrees it will actually only feel like 84 degrees. Break out the sunglasses. Imagine my disappointment when I checked the Mega Millions results this morning and realized we did not win. My first mistake was checking the results after arriving at work-although had I won I imagine walking out to a group of clapping co-workers is more fun than calling in from the press conference. The good news is that we all have a chance to take home the 106 million jackpot this weekend SO if I see any of you rolling down 5th Avenue riding a NY State Lotto float on Sunday, I will have a pretty good idea that you picked the right numbers. How many of us have seen the famous movie Terminator where the premise, that at some point in the future machines control the world, seems completely out of hand. Flip to today where computers dictate exactly what we do. A crash in the computer system at the New York Stock Exchange forced trading to end early yesterday. Robots can be purchased to clean homes, and perform similar menial tasks. Heck, we are not even allowed to use an iPod during the first 30 minutes of an airline flight for fear that the little computer inside the iPod may communicate with the big computer that is actually flying the plane and tell it to go the wrong way. And, most ironic of all, the very cyborg from the movie is now running the state of Caleeeeeforneeeea. I wonder where we will be in another five years.

Later all

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