Music

Feb

2021

Tuesday today

feeling a little slow?

a little slow…

I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center.One day I got a call from an individual who askedwhat hours the call center was open.I told him, “The number you dialed is open24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”He responded, “Is that Eastern or Pacific time?”Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, “Uh, Pacific.”

My sister has a lifesaving tool in her cardesigned to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped.She keeps it in the trunk.

I couldn’t find my luggage at the airport baggage area,so I went to the lost luggage office andtold the woman there that my bags never showed up.She smiled and told me not to worry becauseshe was a trained professional, and I was in good hands.”Now,” she asked me, “has your plane arrived yet?”So I replied, “No Ma’am, The Pilot told us we’re circling the airport, 3rd in line to land” …..

One day I was walking down the beach with some friends,when one of them shouted, “Look at that dead bird!”Someone looked up at the sky and asked, “Where?”

There were Vikings!

I know that a lot of you are into baking these days. If you have a few minutes, watch this guy and see how it’s done properly.

Today is the birthday of George Frideric Handel (in 1685). Here is one of his works that I like.

Feb

2021

Oh! It must be MONDAY!

Some advice to start the week…

To convert from mile to feet, remember "5 tomatoes". It sounds like 5-2-8-0, the amount of feet in a mile. Cool, huh? To convert from kilometers to meters, you remember 1000 because it wasn't invented by a drunken lobster.

Spelling….

On this day in 1977, The Eagles released their title track from their album of the same name.

Feb

2021

It’s FRIDAY!!!

You know what to do

Well it got me to the Sarcasm World Championships in Uruguay in 2018.

Today is the birthday, in 1940, of Smokey Robinson. With The Miracles he had this 1970 hit.

Feb

2021

Thursday Rain

We’re lucky it’s only rain here. Some places have it worse such as the area around Palermo, Sicily.

Streams of red hot lava flow as Mount Etna leaps into action, seen from Giarre, Italy, February 16. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

A view of the Mount Etna eruption spewing ash, as seen from Paterno, Italy, in this image obtained from social media dated February 16. LUIGI SENNA/via REUTERS

Streams of red hot lava flow as Mount Etna leaps into action as seen from Giarre, Italy, February 16. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

A woman walks her dog in the aftermath of an impressive Mount Etna volcanic eruption in Catania, Italy, February 17. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello — Woman walking her dog through the ash

and there’s this.

Today is the birthday (in 1941) of Herman Santiago, a singer with the Doo-Wop group ‘Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers’. This video of their Number One hit was recorded in 1956 when Frankie was 15. They went on to record a number of other hit songs. Frankie Lymon died at age 25 of a drug overdose. The interview is interesting, but for those in a hurry, the song begins at about 2:18.

Feb

2021

Cold Wednesday

mRNA

Walt showed up late for the card party at the senior center. He blamed it on his poor memory, which seemed to be growing worse with age.

“You know, I used to have that problem too,” said his friend Stan. “But then I went to a memory clinic, and they taught us some really great techniques, like visualization and association, and I haven’t had a problem since.”

“That sounds like just what I need,” said Walt. “What was the name of the clinic?”

Stan’s mind went blank. He thought and thought, and finally he said, “What do you call that flower with the long thorny stem?”

“You mean a rose?” said Walt.

“That’s it!” said Stan. Then he turned to his wife and said, “Hey Rose, what was the name of that memory clinic?”