Sometime in the late 90’s I started looking at the online edition of the St. Francois County Daily Journal several times a week. Mostly I just look at the obituaries. The D.J. is the only daily in the county where I was born, where my 92-year old dad lives today and where he has lived…
“You are what you listen to…” appears in the title of 3 of my blog posts. Assuming there is some validity to those 6 words, what you recommend REALLY must say something!! The other day I mailed a flash drive to the first person who became a friend after moving to Orygun in 1976. Kevin…
…I am however a HUGE fan of the RPT button. A quick scan of my 2017 journal found over 30 instances of a entry like this: “what it means was on repeat” Or this one: “that earworm will not go away….and I’m liking it.” More than 30 songs “on repeat” in 2017. Several of them…
Well, that was the best show I’ve seen in awhile. Dawes at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. March 21, 2017. David Letterman got it right: “if you’re looking for a rock-n-roll band, this is pretty much all you need…” Tight band, with a fellow who is Duane Allan’s namesake and Dicky Betts’ son sharing lead guitar…
On Saturday, March 18, 2017 I spent a few hours at the viewing for my late Uncle Joe, dead too soon at only 77. He survived the “widow maker heart attack” (which has a 90% kill rate) for about 30 years. It took three decades for a complete closure of the left anterior descending coronary…
The acronym usually means Throwback Thursday, but it might also be short for truth be told, today’s big thing or turn back time…. On 3/9/17 it had a different meaning for me: “Ticket Buying Thursday.” I’ve never been much on making resolutions, but last weekend I decided that 2017 should be the year of LOTS…
I’ve told several people recently about “a chain of events…things that happened” so I might as well write it down…. The story I’ve been telling is very linear. 1. In late August of 2011, a woman I was exchanging messages with on a dating site told me about house concerts being held at a place…
I have an addictive personality. I’ve known it for a long time. One of my grandfather’s died from alcohol poison before my parents had their first date. I’ve put lots of liquor into my body over the years. When I’m in a bar, which isn’t often, I still like a “George Thorogood trio” on occasion….
Note: This Document is rated MA (L) and is intended for mature audiences only; it may include coarse or crude language. -=-=-=- When I finally decided to “put myself out there” via this blog, I had to decide on a Title and a tagline. I chose “Things happen” for a Title and “I can’t think…