To The Celtics

That night, after checking into the hotel,  I headed to a Celtics game after picking up some last minute tickets.

The TD Arena is quite simply fantastic.

 Pretty easy to navigate, it is a very nice sporting venue.  TD Garden is clean, well laid out, and with lots of interesting food vendors beyond your typical hot dogs, a full on bar inside and quality beers for sale including lots of their hometown Sam Adams brews. 

Suitably victualed (yes with a hot dog, Boston style), I headed to my seat.

A very cool and very green light show opened the game.

The Celtics entered to thunderous applause and some fiery excitement.

 They were playing the Milwaukee Bucks, and for the most part the Celtics held the lead early in the game. But, the Bucks woke up a bit in the second half to tie the game, only to lose to the Celtics in the end with a score of 109-102.

 

The home team crowd was happy, and we all filtered out of the arena.  Took the subway back to the hotel which was very easy to use. Then walked about a bit over a half mile back to the hotel.

Downside was my map software took me into the alleyway behind the hotel and there was no back entrance and all the buildings were adjoining each other on the block, so I had to walk all the way around to get to the front and enter. A few extra steps, there.

A good end to the first day there. 

Boston Arrival And Aquarium

Went to Boston last week on Wednesday to visit the elder heir at her new University for her graduate program.

I flew Delta and arrived at Boston Logan with an early arrival; and it is a very nicely laid out airport.  Easy to get around and find your way and quite clean and not tired-looking.

As the kid was busy with classes and labs all day and beyond, I decided to go to the Aquarium first.

On the way there I had to stop for energy and there's no better energy than a Lobster roll.

 Legal Seafood Company is right across from the Aquarium, likely to serve as a warning to the fish there that they better behave or end up on a plate.

It was an awesome lunch and left me plenty of energy to walk across the street to the Aquarium.

The Boston Aquarium is not to be missed. 

There's stingrays you can pet:

 There's penguins to admire:

 

Amazing Large Turtles to see swimming in a 4-story tall tank with lots of  fish:
 

 Sea Lions of ridiculous cuteness:

 

Clownfish so you can find Nemo:

 

And a whole lot more.  

You can spend hours wandering around and looking at it all, and I did. I got to see both the penguins and the Sea Lions get fed, and the Sea lions do a bot of a show for their meal, which is fun.

Highly recommend a trip to the Aquarium if you're in Boston. 

By the time I saw everything it was 4pm (a rather ate check in time which was kinda unexpected and annoying)  and the hotel was open to check so I  grabbed my carry on out of the Aquarium locker and headed to the hotel.

After getting checked in and a short rest it was time for the next activity for the day. 

Falking Up: UN Special Rapporteur Displays His Crazy And Bias To All

Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur (You know he's "special" when they give him a french title), prominently displayed to the world the bias and crazy he's been about for a long time. This time however, the world actually took notice and he may have to answer for it.

Falk, after the Boston Bombings as reported in the NY Daily News esxcused the attacks as of course America had it coming:

Now he rationalizes the Islamist radicalization of the brothers Tsarnaev by writing: “The American global domination project is bound to generate all kinds of resistance in the postcolonial world. In some respects, the United States has been fortunate not to experience worse blowbacks, and these may yet happen.”

He added: “As long as Tel Aviv has the compliant ear of the American political establishment, those who wish for peace and justice in the world should not rest easy.”

Yes, really, he said it.

Of course, prior to this latest episode, Flak had gotten away with the following without any sanction or loss of status at the UN, so he probably figured this latest statement was no big deal and he could play to his appreciated leftist audience of bien pensants:

Falk has called Israel’s leaders Nazis, accused them of genocide and suggested former President George W. Bush ordered the destruction of the twin towers. He has posted a cartoon of a dog wearing a yarmulke with a Star of David, eating a human carcass and urinating on Lady Justice.

Did I mention this clown is a product of all the best schools in America:

Falk obtained a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB)from Yale University, and a Doctor of Laws (SJD) from Harvard University.

He's also Professor Emeritus - or is that Professor Embarrassus - at Princeton. Apparently, American self-loathing is an educational by-product of attending these institutions.

All that education apparently turned him into an anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, Marxist-loving terrorist-apologising 9/11-truther nut-bag.

Falk became influenced by a group of radical graduate students and young faculty members who were interested in the work of Karl Marx, C. Wright Mills and Herbert Marcuse. His move to Princeton University, where the teaching of law was linked to politics, international relations and other social sciences allowed Falk to integrate his professional expertise in international law with his ethical and political values.

Those are apparently the desired qualifications for an appointment by the UN as a Special Rapporteur for Human Rights.

At least this revealing episode may disabuse those who believe in the quaint notion that when the UN reports on Israel or America it is doing so in an unbiased manner.

Consistent with that UNbias, Mr. Falk still as of this date retains his position as Special Rapporteur.

Boston Marathon Bombing

A new Boston Massacre happened at the finish line of the Boston Marathon today as two bombs went off.

The explosions killed, depending on what report you look at, 2 to 12 people, injuring many more, and unexploded devices are still being found.

There's some terrible real-time footage of the attack at Deadspin, including at least one of the explosions as it happens.

It's too early to speculate as to who may be responsible for this, but one report has police stating they have a suspect in custody.

Prayers for the dead victims, and for a quick recovery of all those who were hurt in this outrage. I'm hoping, hopefully not in vain, that the report of 12 dead is wrong.

Let's also hope the police do swiftly catch those responsible.

Update: This could all be the result of mistaken, garbled and early speculation, but a NY Post report states that the suspect is a Saudi Arabian National seen placing backpacks in camera footage.