Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:40:30 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Marko, Thomas L. GS BUMED" Subject: Licensed to Bird? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Here's some off-topic birding trivia recently gleaned from Roger Ebert's "Movie Answer Man" column of 1 Dec 02: Q. In a scene from the new James Bond movie, "Die Another Day," I believe I saw Bond pick up "A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies." It is a well-known fact that Ian Fleming took the name of one of the authors of this book, James Bond, and used it to name his secret agent that would later acquire worldwide fame as a film franchise. Is this an unbelievable coincidence, an intended homage, or am I incorrect in my information or just seeing things? Ebert answers: No, yes, and you are not. Tom Marko Olney, MD MOS-MCC Email: tlmarko@us.med.navy.mil ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================