Tonight we had our Ponti's dinner in Somerville, which this year is doubling up as part of our campaign (launched this weekend) to get lots of money from our alums and other sponsors.
The pre-dinner speech was given by Chris Patten (Baron Patten of Barnes). He announced in this speech that he was going to "do the West Coast" of the United States. Clearly, he has no clue whatsoever about how that would be interpreted back home---in particular when "do" is applied to the West Coast . (Let's just say that he is evidently going to have a very exhaustive trip---especially if he plans to visit Hollywood.) Wow.
In another bit of "awesomemess" (and in this case I definitely mean this term in a derogatory fashion), one of the fans at Dodger Stadium today (I turned on the game when I got back to my apartment) was wearing a t-shirt that had the terms "the man" and below that "the legend". Above "the man" was an arrow pointing up. Below "the legend" was an arrow pointing down. I think the word of the day for this one is probably "overcompensation". Or perhaps just "awesome".
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