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He's the man (pronounced mon)
As you may have read below, I spent a few days in Boston last week. My esteemed colleagues and I left Thursday afternoon and returned late Sunday night, at which time I was greeted by some adorable boy named Jason.
We went to Bosstown for the annual Secular Student Alliance conference, which bookended The New Humanism, a conference celebrating the 30th year of the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard. I'm expected to write about a million pieces about the conference so, in my narrow self-interest (which is your best interest, too) I'll spare you the details. I have only one exciting thing to report.
I met Salman Rushdie.
I saaaaaaid, I met SALMAN F*ING RUSHDIE. The same one who wrote The Satanic Verses and dodged execution for eight years. My friend Joe has a lot of clout at these things, since he has his hands in every secular organization in the world. He introduced himself and added, "This is Lauren, the secretary of our campus group." And, in what I will most modestly call my most genius of all strokes of genius, I said:
"I loved your work in Bridget Jones' Diary."
Salman laughed- he LAUGHED at something I said!- and said, "Finally, someone who takes me seriously." You see, he had a thirty second cameo in the film, easily the most ridiculous thirty seconds of his life.
So that's my story. I'd love to stick around and hear about all of your weekends, but I have a whole lot of work to get done in the next couple of weeks. So leave your stories, if they exist, in the comments and I'll see you kids later.
Oh, and a note- my birthday is on May 1, the day after J's. Cash gifts, however large, are accepted with gusto.
YMHOS
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Simplelsie
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(26.4.07 21:46)
Dear Daughter,
You perpetually amaze me.
(Oooo, send me a print of that photo, please, please please .)
You make me laugh too. Does that still count?
x
M♥m
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MJ
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(29.4.07 03:15)
Hi, Wonderblogger! =) that photo is amazing, and now I understand why your mum suggested I should read this post. Theee Mr Rushdie! I got to know about him through BJ´s movie, of course! 
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Hulles
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(30.4.07 23:16)
What a lovely picture! Of you, that is. Hopefully that's you and not Jennifer Beals. XOXOXO. And my word verification is "TONE," for whatever that's worth.
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Hulles
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(2.5.07 01:17)
And congratulations on the recognition! I can't believe I didn't mention that earlier.
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aaronette
(2.5.07 22:56)
Well, there's a claim to fame! I can add MY claim to fame and say that I used to go horse-riding with S. Rushdie's first wife. We were very young . . . .
A very happy Birthday, belated albeit!
LOL XXXX
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Violet
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(7.5.07 16:43)
Hey very very belated happy birthday, saw the post on ur mom's blog but somehow couldn't comment that day 
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Simplelsie
(17.5.07 16:00)
Um, have you given up writing (other than texting) altogether?
What's new in your life?
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