300,000 and 80

Two big milestones this week in B Team history:

First, the odometer of the TDS MINI Cooper Mobile Tactical Unit rolled 300,000 miles.

This momentous occasion was achieved on Saturday afternoon while hurtling east bound and down along interstate 70 @ mile marker 14 (there's that number again!) at just a few ticks under 70 m.p.h.

The next day, Sunday, we held a star-studded 80th birthday party for Mr B (whose birthday was not on Sunday).

The photo above was taken in the formal dining room of his top secret bunker in an undisclosed location somewhere in southwestern Ohio.

While You Were Out...

This Saturday evening, after the last of the Thanksgiving leftovers have been devoured and the Black Friday Thursday holiday shopping has been hidden away from prying eyes, find a comfy spot on the Davenport at 8 p.m. and watch "The Essentials" on Turner Classic Movies.  This week's feature is The Searchers, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, and it is widely credited as being the greatest western ever filmed.  Here is something that director Martin Scorsese had to say about the film.