1. Having completed Mark (Deep Throat) Felt's book about his career in the F.B.I., I decided to purchase Bob Woodward's book about Felt, entitled, The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat. In it, Woodward tells the story of how he and Felt met, in 1969, while Woodward was still in the Navy, before going to work for the Washington Post. Both men were making deliveries to the White House. Both were stuck in a waiting area together and, to pass time, Woodward introduced himself, Felt returned the favor, and at the end of their conversation, Felt gave Woodward his phone number. The two kept in touch. Woodward looked to Felt for advice about what to do after his time was up in the Navy and, once Woodward went to work at the Post, he consulted with Felt about different stories. In other words, Felt and Woodward had a relationship for two or three years before Woodward started covering the break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters, before their clandestine early morning meetings in the lower level of a concrete parking garage just across the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge in Rosslyn, Virginia. (That parking garage has since been demolished.)
Woodward's work on the Watergate story and the publication of All the President's Men complicated Felt's and Woodward's relationship and Woodward works to sort out these complications in The Secret Man. I've read about half of it.
2. I got to gabbing with Debbie about Woodward's and Felt's books and suddenly we decided to watch the movie, All the President's Men again for about the 800th time. It once again secured itself as one of my favorite movies ever made.
3. Carol and Paul made their about once a month trip to the Cd'A Costco and went to Safeway. I am very happy that we have restocked our supply of mineral water, feta cheese, eggplant, broccoli, tofu, and French roast coffee beans (ground). I am also very grateful that Paul and Carol volunteer to shop for us when they make their monthly trip.
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