WE LOVED THIS MOVIE

CHARLTON HESTON DIED AT AGE 84 ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IF YOU WENT TO OUR LADY OF PEACE OR LIVED IN THE SLOPE GROWING UP AS A CATHOLIC YOU ABSOLUTLY LOVED "BEN-HUR" AND "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS". IT WAS A RITUAL TO WATCH THESE TWO CLASSIC'S EVERY YEAR THAT THEY CAME ON. MIND YOU NOW WE DIDN'T HAVE CABLE TV. AND ONLY HAVING A FEW CHANNELS THESE MOVIES WERE NOT TO BE MISSED. ALTOUGHT YOU KNEW THE OUTCOME OF THE CHARIOT RACE YOU WERE STILL ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THEM AGAIN.

BROOKLYN SOLDIER KILLED

SGT. DAYNE DHANOOLAL FROM BROOKLYN BY WAY OF TRINIDAD WAS KILLED BY A ROAD-SIDE BOMB ON A MISSION TO BAGHDAD. A MISSION HE VOLUNTEERED TO GO ON TO BE WITH HIS MEN. A BROOKLYN TRAIT IF I EVER SAW ONE. HE WAS TO COME HOME IN THREE WEEKS AND COULD HAVE BEEN TAKING IT EASY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE FROM BROOKLYN IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. NOW HE'S COMING HOME. HE DIED SO WE COULD LIVE FREE. THANKS SGT. DHANOOLAL.

20 YEARS CAN YOU BELIEVE IT

TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY 4-5-88 MY FATHER PASSED AWAY. TO ALL MY FRIENDS THAT KNEW HIM DON'T NEED ME TO SAY WHAT KIND OF A GUY HE WAS, THEY KNOW. HE WAS NOT PERFECT BUT HE LOVED EVERYONE AND EVERYONE LOVED HIM.

FIRST SATURDAY, JAPAN'S WARHOL

ON SATURDAY 4/5/08 THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM WILL HAVE ITS MONTHLY PARTY. BILLED AS FIRST SATURDAY'S,THE BIG OPENING OF THE ART WORK OF TAKASHI MURAKAMI WILL GO ON DISPLAY. THIS GUY HAS BEEN COMPARED TO ANDY WARHOL AND HIS WORK IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. MUSEUM IS OPEN TILL 11PM AND IS FREE AFTER 5PM.

BROOKLYN GOES TO SUPREME COURT

PROPERTY OWNERS AND TENANTS ARE TAKING THEIR FIGHT WITH BRUCE RATNER TO THE SUPREME COURT. LIKE I STATED BEFORE, EMINENT DOMAIN IS TO BE INVOKED WHEN IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE NOT FOR BRUCE RATNER TO GET RICHER. I'M TAKING THE LITTLE GUYS SIDE ON THIS ISSUE. IF HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE RATNER WOULD BE ON HIS WAY TO GREEN-WOOD, AND I'D BE ON MY WAY TO JAIL.

PAUL SIMON AT BAM

PAUL SIMON KICKED OFF HIS MONTH LONG SERIES OF CONCERTS LAST NIGHT AT BAM. I'LL BE AT FRANK'S LOUNGE TONITE AND I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE GOING TO THE SHOW WILL STOP IN FOR A DRINK. A DRINK AT FRANK'S, A BURGER AT 67 BURGER AND A PAUL SIMON CONCERT, WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR.

GIVE IT BACK OR ELSE

THIEVES STOLE A 650 BRASS BELL MADE IN 1888 FROM A QUEENS CHURCH. THAT'S A BIG NO-NO. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO, BUT ONE THING YOU DON'T DO IS ROB FROM THE CHURCH. RAISED ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR LADY OF PEACE ON CARROLL ST IN BROOKLYN WE HAD SOME BAD GUYS WHO WOULD STEAL ANYTHING IN AREA BUT EVEN THEY KNEW THE CHURCH WAS OFF LIMITS.TO THE GUYS WHO DID THIS DON'T BE SURPRISED IF SOMETHING FALLS OUT OF THE SKY AND HITS YOU IN THE HEAD.