October 1, 1975  was the day that Muhammad Ali died, while conquering his greatest foe, Smokin’ Joe Frazier. Being  Muhammad Ali , he lived 41 more years. The Thrilla in Manila is the greatest fight this Blogger has seen in his lifetime; this Blogger has also seen on his father’s old black and white television: Moore vs. Durelle, Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Olson, then on color television, Hearns vs. Hagler, and  Aaron   Pryor  vs.  Alexis   Argüello . The Thrilla in Manila was greater than all those. It ended in an incident which allowed Muhammad Ali to be victorious, and literally killed him. Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay Jr; Ali claimed that he changed his name to Muhammad Ali because Cassius Clay was his slave name. Ironically, the white Cassius Clay of Kentucky, the original Cassius Clay,  was an abolitionist, who was a "lion" against  Slavery . Muhammad Ali was the greatest heavyweight in History; and if Sugar Ray Robinson had not lived, the greatest boxer in History

This Blogger loves the Egyptian people; they are kind, good natured, and gracious. Made worshipers of fellow humans by incestuous Pharaohs,conquered by Hittites, Nubians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, British, among others, they have survived into graciousness.  With their history, graciousness  should not be there, but it is, just like the Nile. Cairo has an infrastructure built for maybe 3 to 4 million people; it must have been fabulous to live there in the late forties and  early 1950s, just like Hollywood and Mexico City must have been in those golden years. Cairo had glamour then. But alas, it is now like the now Mexico City, a great old lady, now too old for her burden. Today, Cairo’s metro area has a population of about 20.8 million people; Cairo is the 16th most populous metro area in the world. It is also the most populous metropolitan area in Africa, a lot of people for an infrastructure built to sustain 3 million souls. One night, this Blogger and his girl, Judy