If I have not put up some Tommy James in our Friday music listening previously, I have been very remiss.
If I have previously posted this, then you already know this is a great tune and will not mind giving another listen.
You know I’m right (I usually am).
I have said for years that it is rare that I wake up and say to myself “I don’t want to go to work today.” Well, except that year or so during Covid when I was out of meaningful work and was laboring at Lowe’s, but you get the gist. I like my job. Today is one of those days where I do want to log on.
I’ve been dealing with a myriad of issues at work and I don’t want to deal with it yet again today. I will. By the time I get through my emails I will be fully in the swing of things. Still, I am reminded it is Monday.
I used to say I could never see myself retired. I would have to work at something. At this point, five more years seems like forever.
Things will be better tomorrow.
I saw at list SOTI the other day counting down the fifty greatest comedy movies ever. I had seen most of the films, even the old B&W flicks from the thirties. I agreed quite a few belonged on the list. The listing was garbage though. Any compilation that leaves off Porky’s, Animal House, Blazing Saddles, and Dumb and Dumber is no list at all.
Perhaps someone goofed up and meant to compile a list of comedies that will not offend anyone?
If you don’t have at least three of those four in your top twenty comedy list then your list is garbage.
That is fact, not opinion. Go ahead, argue and be wrong. I don’t mind.
I’m enjoying a hot cup of coffee and some fresh-cut pineapple for breakfast. You don’t care about that, you want to hear about the weather. The furnace just kicked on if that answers your query. We had gorgeous weather earlier this week — upper seventies with bright blue skies. This morning is sunny albeit cold. We are forecast to have below normal temperatures for the next week. So long shorts, hello jeans and light jackets.
Mother Nature, you can be cruel.
Look, it wasn’t me. I have not had margarine for ages. I suppose you gotta be of a certain age to get that joke.
Go forth and have a great Saturday.
It is with great sadness I hear of the passing of Dickie Betts of the Allman Brothers band. Betts wrote some of my favorite tunes including this one I occasionally sing in full volume when I’m alone in the car:
Why not a double take for Friday music?
I know all of the words to BOTH songs.
On a different note, yesterday’s post was supposed to publish Today, but through operator error was scheduled for the 18th instead. By the time I noticed the mistake, it was too late.
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,Here once the embattled farmers stoodAnd fired the shot heard round the world. -Emerson
Today is the United States true birthday . Born in blood and violence on this date in 1775 in Lexington and Concord.
Never forget the authorities were out to confiscate guns when the citizenry objected. The Second Amendment is there for a reason and it is not to protect your ability to hunt rabbits.
Those farmers and shopkeepers stood up to the most powerful army in the world.
The house next door is a rental. We have had some good neighbors and a few awful ones in that house. The best renter was asked to leave at the term of her lease because she complained about mold in the walls in the bathroom. Someone new moved in two days later, so I guess the landlord merely painted over the problem.
The current occupant seems like a decent guy. He keeps the yard mowed, but does nothing else. He parks on the drive, not the garage. Not my business. I park my car in the driveway and the wife uses half the garage. The other half is stuff. It could be the neighbor’s garage is full of similar stuff. Again, I do not care.
A few months ago a new car was dropped onto his drive by a tow truck. His brother moved in so there were three cars parked there. Last month another non-running vehicle showed up. Yesterday, he added two more cars to his collection. Now there are four cars in the driveway, one in front of his house and one in front of mine.
My neighbor across the street called me to ask if the cul-de-sac was turning into a used car lot. It seems like it. Compared to the previous renter who stacked her excess furniture in the side yard (for months, not a day or two) and who stored her garbage in the garden shed (probably six months worth) this doesn’t bother me too much. It does make things look a little trashy though.
