Rainy Fort Worth, JFK, and Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Lehan Edirisinghe

A JFK and LBJ photo in rainy Fort Worth set a reflective tone late at night. Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” played to match it

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Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf”

11:30 a.m. (b)

Duran Duran - Hungry like the Wolf (Official Music Video)

https://youtu.be/oJL-lCzEXgI

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Churchgoing, Easter Sunday Fears and Secular Humanism

11:45 a.m.

I did go to Christian church with Martinn and his friend Charles back then, "Herbalife" friends, and everyone in Singapore..

I may have met these people, though, I only go to church for my spiritual reasons, not to really do business, get a place in Sri Lanka Cricket or to network or do any kind of marketing or politics...

I would frequently go to church before Easter Sunday Terror Attacks 2019.

But after these, I stopped, because I have zero confidence in Sri Lanka Police to deter these attacks.

I would actually go down the road to All Saint's Church. Asita Amarasinghe and his mom were very kind. I met my house servants there. Although, I actually treat everyone the same. Unless you're a criminal.

I would go to church every week in the UK.

I've never been to a Buddhist temple in Singapore or the UK, except once in Manchester or Birmingham with Jagath uncle...

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I don't identify as a Christian or a Buddhist, I only accept the denomination of "secular humanist" although, I am aligned with presbyterian, evangelical zionist, episcopalian and anglican or church of England traditions and even my own interpretation of Mahayana and Theravada, and I'm only asking to be supreme governor of Buddhism now.

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Banking Appointments, the Fullerton Hotel and Outdoing Singapore

12:15 p.m.

Mitchell Kertzman is friends with Jim Robinson III. The son, Jim IV, could do well with me I guess.

Jay Adelson, I am happy to give this Sigiriya Rock Fortress to him instead of Patrick Dumont to administer. But he's not to my knowledge, part of Sheldon's family, so maybe Patrick, the son in law, should do it.

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Jim will have a good time here. We will be able to monopolize banking and financial services.

I'm very keen on Bank of Sri Lanka thriving

Sue Decker, can go in board of Sovereign Wealth Fund, too.

I'm open and flexible with positioning directors

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This is a beautiful building.

The Fullerton Hotel, owned by Ng Chee Tat Philip and his brother Robert.

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I think it's worth saying now

That people understand this

We can really outdo Singapore with all of this

"Braveheart" Soundtrack Suite

https://youtu.be/kIyCdBWWpIs

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Planning a Single Sigiriya Rock Fortress Casino

5:30 p.m.

I'm only having one casino in Sri Lanka, "Sigiriya Rock Fortress" operated by us, Las Vegas Sands Corporation (Adelson's son in law Patrick Dumont) and this Disney (by Bob Iger).

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Comparing Dilmah With Lipton and Warning About Taxes

5:30 p.m. (b)

Oh my mistake, Dilmah makes $58m, almost $60m; not $40m, although, I wouldn't be surprised if they're losing money given the economic fallout.

Big deal

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Lipton, PG Tips, whatever.

We'll see. Sure, we can help you set up tea estates or farms, and factories.

Yeah sure, a charter works.

We have our own SL Tea Company, you can partner that.

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Planning to Replace Lion Beer With Sri Lanka Brewery

5:30 p.m. (c)

We're supporting our own Sri Lanka Brewery.

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Planning to Replace Axiata With an SLT Monopoly

5:30 p.m. (d)

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That $602m will go to making sure SLT is competitive. █████████████████████████████████████████████████████ But we'll do it properly. Axiata has put in $1.5b in investment, for some fiber lines. I'm sure they've recovered that investment by now already.

We can anyway use that money to develop Sri Lanka. There's so many areas for us to invest in, and also, for our people, to use this money for themselves.

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Miss Reginetta d’Italia 2023 and Giada

7:15 p.m.

Miss Reginetta d'Italia 2023, la Giada.

https://youtu.be/N_YgTZ4CmJ0

In this historical black-and-white photograph, a group of men is seen walking together outside with a building marquee in the background reading "WELCOME TO FT WORTH WHERE THE WEST BEGINS." Prominently, JFK and LBJ are among them, based on the hint. JFK is wearing a dark suit and tie, exuding a formal and composed demeanor. Beside him, a man identified from the hint as LBJ is dressed in a lighter trench coat, walking alongside others who appear to be officials or aides.
The men are gathered on a wet cobblestone street, suggesting rainy conditions. Several other individuals, some holding cameras, follow closely, indicating a media presence capturing the moment. The setting appears to be a welcoming event, likely during a political visit or campaign stop in Fort Worth, Texas. The mood is professional and cordial, with the men engaged in conversation or focused on their surroundings. The architecture of the building, with its arched windows, adds a classic backdrop to the scene.

Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”

10:15 p.m. (b)

Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams [Official Music Video]

https://youtu.be/Soa3gO7tL-c

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Saying Some People Never Read History Books

11:15 p.m.

Some people never read the history books

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Toby Keith’s “Should’ve Been a Cowboy”

Saturday, March 11th.

12:15 a.m.

Toby Keith - Should've Been A Cowboy (Official Music Video)

https://youtu.be/aIq1LvzSLsk

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Body-Size Claims, Envy and Enslavement

12:30 a.m.

Lehan Problems

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And we're often ridiculed, made to feel bad and ostracized

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Saying He Looks Like a Media Figure

12:45 a.m.

I always thought this guy looked like Tommy

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Wanting to Leave Sri Lanka, Earn Money and Find Security

2:15 a.m.

I think best to also just move to Seattle, which is a great place. ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ████████████████████████████████████████ The general atmosphere is so distraught, helpless and hopeless. ████████████████████████████████ Day in and night out.

And anyway :

When we do sell copies, there's official, demand. So, we can see, that people do support me and want change. For real. And it's not like I'm greedy or need a lot of cash. ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████

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That's all

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Hehehe

It's crazy.

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Coen brothers' wife, Joel's (or otherwise Ethan's) wife

Joel's wife Frances McDormand in that stupid movie, I gave a 3/10 for:

Or a 0/10 for:

Nomadland

She's got some personal belongings, it's all she has. ███████████████████████████████████ She doesn't show her despair, she holds it together, but shows her anger, that her prized possessions, some plates, were destroyed or shattered, she just tries her best to stay cool.

Great acting by the way.

It did grow on me. I hated the constant cinematography cutting shots, every 2-3 seconds, a new shot, a new camera angle. Got me nauseated.

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It's very sad.

I'm keen on moving forward.

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Writing a Fictional Anne Frank Farewell Letter

2:45 a.m.

Dear Kitty,

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I kept saying, anything is better than this. Maybe I should have started a business in the US, as this is also only a US backed business. ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████

Good bye.

Sincerely,

Anne Frank

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A Billy Joel Armstrong Name Mix-Up

3:00 a.m.

Oh would you look at this? His name is Joel. I think Glinda also likes Billy Joel Armstrong songs, but can't remember the words.

2 matched names linked to the Names index.