Scotland Bomber Released

My hiking buddy asked me what I thought of releasing the convicted Lockerbie, Scotland, bomber, because he is terminally ill with prostate cancer. Although former Libyan secret service agent Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi has maintained his innocence, he was handed a life sentence for murdering 270 people around Christmastime 1988.

My thought? Release him from a jet at 27,000 feet over the Atlantic—100 feet for every person whose life was lost.

But what if he really wasn’t guilty?

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Funct and Gruntled

My daughter is an actress but doesn’t attest to it. She speaks using numerous accents, sounding native to each country. Even her Spanish teacher uses her as a vocal model.

During her journey to Scotland last year, her accent easily blended with the Scots. When she imitates our Chinese waitress–friend, she mimics every nuance to such a point that I’m rolling on the floor, tears streaming down my face. “Poke with mixt wikitables? Yes, yes, soup good! Yummy soup!”

She also likes playing with the American-English language. “I’m funct and gruntled today,” she happily announced to me.

“What?!” I incredulously replied.

“Well, if defunct means dead and disgruntled means grumpy, I’m neither. I feel alive and happy!”

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