Sunday, January 31, 2016

A Sunday Drive

Back during our childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and me after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived.  Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them again, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again.  The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.










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Thursday, January 28, 2016

ATF: Copacetic

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys
I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air

I'm picking up good vibrations
She's giving me the excitations
Good bop bop
I’m picking up good vibrations
Good vibrations
She’s giving me the excitations
Bop bop
Excitations
She’s giving me the excitations
Good
Good
Good
Good vibrations
I’m picking up good vibrations
Good
Good
Good
Good vibrations
She’s giving me the excitations
Good
Good
Good
Good vibrations
I’m picking up good vibrations
Good
Good
Good
Good vibrations
She’s giving me the excitations

Close my eyes
She is somehow closer now
Softly smile
I know she must be kind
When I look in her eyes
She comes with me to a blossom world

I'm picking up good vibrations
She's giving me the excitations
Good bop bop
I’m picking up good vibrations
Good vibrations
She’s giving me the excitations
Bop bop
Excitations
She’s giving me the excitations
Good
Good
Good
Good vibrations
I’m picking up good vibrations
Good
Good
Good
Good vibrations
She’s giving me the excitations
Good
Good
Good
Good vibrations
I’m picking up good vibrations
Good
Good
Good
Good vibrations
She’s giving me the excitations

I don't know where
But she sends me there
Oh my my my
What a sensation
Oh my my
What elation

Got to keep those loving good
Vibrations a-happening with her
Got to keep those loving good
Vibrations a-happening with her
Got to keep those loving good
Vibrations a-happening with her

Aaaaah

Good
Godd
Good
Bop bop
Good vibrations
She’s giving me the excitations
Good
Godd
Good
Bop bop
Good vibrations

Link: [Donovan]


Hurdy Gurdy Man
Donovan
Thrown like a star in my vast sleep
I open my eyes to take a peep
To find that I was by the sea
Gazing with tranquillity
'Twas then when the Hurdy Gurdy man
Came singing songs of love
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy man
Came singing songs of love

Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
,Gurdy he sang
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Gurdy he sang
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Gurdy he sang

Histories of ages past
Unenlightened shadows cast
Down through all eternity
The crying of humanity
'Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy man
Comes singing songs of love,
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy man
Comes singing songs of love

Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Gurdy he sang
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Gurdy he sang

Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Gurdy he sang
Here comes the roly poly man
And he's singing songs of love
Roly poly
Roly poly
Roly poly
Poly he sang
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Gurdy he sang
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Hurdy gurdy
Gurdy he sang
Roly poly
Roly poly…

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Weird and Wonderful

As you have probably already noticed, I have a rather twisted sense of humor.  There are parts of my body that are also rather twisted.  Two of those parts are my little fingers.  Well, at least that is still true of my left little finger.  For my right one is now straight.

The twist to my left little finger happened while playing basketball with my younger brother back in 1992 (I think).  He passed me the ball, and I mishandled it.  This resulted in a fairly serious jam of my left little finger.  After shaking it off, I pretty much forgot about it, but I was left with the tip pointing downward at a 45 degree angle from the joint next to the end of the finger.

I do not know what happened to my right little finger.  In fact, I had not even noticed until Arlynda asked me why it was crooked a few years back.  Unlike the twist to my left little finger, the right one was twisted to the right, about 3/8th of an inch out of line.  Also unlike my left one, the twist was not in a joint.  For it was in the bone between the joint next to the tip and the middle joint.

No, the twist to my right little finger had not been bothering me, but that changed one day last week.  For it really hurt, and I tried everything that came to mind to relieve the pain.  Thankfully, the pain did not prevent me from sleeping, and the pain was gone when I awoke.  That is when I noticed that my twisted right little finger was now straight.

Yes, it is time for me to give our Heavenly Father His due.  For I cannot imagine a “natural” explanation for what happened to my right little finger.  Alas, I suppose it was necessary to make the process painful in order to get my attention.

Speaking of painful processes, I have had a pretty good day so far.  For I emailed the lady at Habit For Humanity to ask about how it was going with them replacing our roof and if there was anything we could do to help speed up the process so that the insurance underwriter might not be tempted to let our mortgage holder know that they might drop our coverage, which might tempt the mortgage holder to try to cut their losses by foreclosing on us prematurely.  The Habitat lady emailed me right back and said that their contractor should be out to inspect the roof very soon, now that the weather has cleared up somewhat.

I sent the email to the Habitat For Humanity lady a little after nine this morning, and by ten, I had secured an appointment with a primary care physician and a rescheduling of the appointment with my eye doctor I had to cancel because of ice on January 22.  Now, if He could just make it to where I do not have to actually report for jury duty on February 8…  Yeah, there is always something.  Sigh.

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ATF: Reefer Madness

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



Don’t Fear the Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult
All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind
The sun
Or the rain
We can be like they are

Come on baby
Don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand
Don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly
Don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la

Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity
Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday
Like Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday
Redefine happiness
Another 40,000 coming everyday
We can be like they are

Come on baby
Don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand
Don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly
Don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la

Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was open
And the wind appeared
The candles blew
And then disappeared
The curtains flew
And then he appeared
Saying don't be afraid

Come on baby
And she had no fear
And she ran to him
Then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodbye
She had become like they are
She had taken his hand
She had become like they are
Come on baby
Don't fear the reaper



Journey to the Center of the Mind
The Amboy Dukes
Leave your cares behind
Come with us and find
The pleasures of a journey
To the center of the mind

Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land
Inside of your mind

Beyond the seas of thought
Beyond the realm of what
Across the streams of hopes and dreams
Where things are really not

Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land
Inside of your mind

But please realize
You'll probably be surprised
For it's the land unknown to man
Where fantasy is fact
So if you can please understand
You might not come back

Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land inside
And you'll see

How happy life could be
If all of mankind
Would take the time to journey
To the center of the mind
Would take the time to journey
To the center of the mind
Center of the mind
The mind
The mind
The mind
The mind

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Sunday, January 24, 2016

A Sunday Drive

Back during our childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and me after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived.  Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them again, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again.  The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.










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Thursday, January 21, 2016

ATF: High Notes

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



Unchained Melody
The Righteous Brothers
Whoa
My love
My darling
I've hungered for
Your touch
A long
Lonely time
And time
Goes by
So slowly
And time
Can do so much
Are you
Still mine
I need your love
I need your love.
God speed
Your love
To me

Lonely rivers flow
To the sea
To the sea,
To the open arms
Of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh
Wait for me
Wait for me
I'll be coming home
Wait for me

Whoa
My love
My darling
I've hungered
Hungered
For your touch
A long
Lonely time
And time
Goes by
So slowly
And time can do
So much
Are you
Still mine
I need your love
I
I need your love
God speed
Your love
To me



Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
Your love is like a tidal wave
Spinning over my head
Drownin' me in your promises
Better left unsaid
You're the right kind of sinner
To release my inner fantasy
The invincible winner
And you know that you were born to be

You're a
Heartbreaker
Dream maker
Love taker
Don't you mess around with me
You're a
Heartbreaker
Dream maker
Love taker
Don't you mess around
No no no

Your love has set my soul on fire
Burnin' out of control
You taught me the ways of desire
Now its takin' its toll
You're the right kind of sinner
To release my inner fantasy
The invincible winner
And you know that you were born to be

You're a
Heartbreaker
Dream maker
Love taker
Don't you mess around with me
You're a
Heartbreaker
Dream maker
Love taker
Don't you mess around
No no no

You're the right kind of sinner
To release my inner fantasy
The invincible winner
And you know that you were born to be

You're a
Heartbreaker
Dream maker
Love taker
Don't you mess around with me
You're a
Heartbreaker
Dream maker
Love taker
Don't you mess around with me
You're a
Heartbreaker
Dream maker
Love taker
Don't you mess around with me
You're a
Heartbreaker
Dream maker
Love taker
Heartbreaker

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