I've seen and read stories telling me I'm eating bananas the wrong way. They describe how the world does it, including monkeys. They flip the banana over, pinch the bottom and pull the peels back. Wow...
I hold the banana the way it grows, snap back the top and peel down.
When I pinch as the rest of the world (and monkeys do) I get banana under my fingernails and have to wash my hands. Breaking away the top is a clean 'no banana under my nails' approach.
I don't care how monkeys eat bananas. I'll do it my way.
News this morning that Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in 'Rust’ film shooting.
Cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, 42, was working on the set of the Western 'Rust' when she was shot and killed by the film's star, Baldwin.
Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will each be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. First assistant director David Halls has already agreed to plead guilty for the charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon.
Baldwin was sitting in a pew in the area's church practicing his cross draw, facing the camera and crew and pointing the revolver toward the camera lens, when the shooting occurred. Halls had handed the gun to Baldwin while proclaiming "cold gun," to let the crew know a gun with no live rounds was being used. Hutchins was killed by a live round inside the gun.
Halls reportedly told investigators that he didn't know there were any live rounds in the gun when he gave it to Baldwin.
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For years, I followed music, documentary and YouTube videos about Crosby, Stills, Nash... and yes Young. They are and were in the recent death of David Crosby, fantastic song writers. And over 50 plus years one emerged to be the moody bastard of the group.
Maybe you heard that Neil Young walked out minutes before a performance, killing a tour. Yeah, the sun and the moon weren't in alignment and it was time to go... forget about contracts, forget about loss of millions, forget about the fans who paid for records and concert tickets to support their careers. That's the way he was wired and always felt it justified his actions.
At times, there was a rift between Young and the world. Today my blog is about him, David Crosby and the feud that carried on for more than a decade.
Today in the news, Neil Young came around enough to give praise to the work and talent of Crosby and hailed him as the soul of CSNY.
That generation of song writers, musicians and entertainers are all in the passing stage of life... there aren't many more who can achieve their success. When they are gone... they are gone.
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin turned 93 on Friday. He's the only survivor of the 3 astronauts who went on the Apollo 11 mission. To top things off, he married his long-time girlfriend Anca Faur at a private ceremony in Los Angeles.
Congrats to the two of them.
I wonder who be taking who to the moon!
Getting a buzz with Buzz...
Friday night was cold in South Florida. A front passed through in the morning with cold rain and high winds. Temperatures dropped to the 40's (Fahrenheit) and Saturday was clear skies, cold and windy. Sunday morning was also into the 40's.
We tried to get through Friday night without heat and the room temperature was around 68, much too cold for sleeping with 4 blankets. I said, the heater goes on and Saturday night with the thermostat set at 73. It was nice.
What I did notice (different than air conditioning) is the bedrooms were warmer than the living room. It was probably a difference of 4 degrees with the thermostat in the hall in the middle of the apartment. I have the louvers on the vents half way open for the bedrooms and all the way open for the living room.
This is the same adjustment all year round, but the air conditioning in the summer months has the bedrooms comfortable and the living room gets really cold. It's cold enough to have a fan blowing the cold air back toward the hallway to stabilize the overall temperature.
I'm puzzled why there is such a difference between the efficiency between heat and cool...
From time-to-time photos of a woman in uniform turns up on CS. That excites me... doesn't it excite you? Take for example, new member 46 year old Sargent Joanne from California. I find it amazing as her profile shows four-star General Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody who was the first woman to become a four-star general back in 2008. Some people say women cannot do a man's job, but when it comes to the military, Ann is retired now and celebrated her 70 birthday this month.
Congrats...
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Cover Band is a name that describes a musical group who plays songs written by other artists. You have to start somewhere and newly formed groups are known to cover songs by other groups. Usually, depending on their talent, it's a reasonable copy of the other artist/group. Many classic songs in the 50's were covered on albums by other artists. That seemed to be the normal.
Some actually became famous doing a different arrangement of a cover. A few good examples of those covers would be Vanilla Fudge doing The Supreme's hit You Keep Me Hangin' On. The Byrds covered Turn! Turn! Turn! written by Pete Seeger but they did it so well, Seeger actually covered their version!
In some circles, super talented musicians often looked down on cover bands as though they aren't good enough to write their own music. Maybe they are and maybe they aren't as my opinion is it's BS. Why? The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix got their start covering songs, many were material from American blues and rock & roll performers.
One of my favorite cover bands of 'tribute band status' is Brit Floyd who have toured doing Pink Floyd covers.
I'm doing some 2023 what if scenarios and pondered what would happen If CS suddenly closed their site... Happy? Sad? Some trauma? Indifference? Woah, what thoughts to the number of hours each week I spend here.
I suppose I could pick up where I left off on that online study course in brain surgery...
This involves Tesla's operating in FSD (Full Self-Driving) mode and unexpectedly abruptly braking. This week, it caused an 8-car pileup on the San Francisco Bay Bridge.
Video shows the car entering the tube and stopping. I'm thinking it has to with loss of GPS signal, but some comments from Tesla test drivers have experienced the same problems on the open road.
This safety glitch could be serious.
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Robbie Bachman, drummer for the Canadian band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive has passed on at the age of 69. May he rest in peace. The news was confirmed by his brother Randy, who made the statement "Maybe Jeff Beck needs a drummer!"
Details surrounding his death haven't been released.
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Going under the knife is a term for surgery as in scalpel. The topic of this blog: PLASTIC SURGERY. The list is long.
Once considered a Rock musician Kenny Rogers switched to Country Music and found a bigger audience. Fortune and fame also included looks and vanity. People were shocked to see the 'New Kenny'
Sorry man, the surgeon pulled too tight on you.!
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Paul McCartney is now 80 years old and was reported to have several surgeries over his 55 plus years of performing. Always subtle changes enough to keep the female fans running back!
Giving up the ghost, he's been letting his grey hair show through and he could use another 'nip & tuck' on his jowls as they are sagging... again.
More later...
I've mentioned many times that Trump is a 'world class' conman. It's safe to say that no man past or present could come close to his accomplishments. With hundreds of thousands sending money and thousands paying to attend his 'save America' rallies, he's a "Grifter gone gold" and you can quote me on that!
Earlier this week, I saw a story claiming he hoarded most of the $147 million in donor raised money. Are you salivating yet?
I've got something that will top that ten-fold.
His major announcement (
Just in time for Christmas) Donal Trump Digital Trading Cards.
Yes, you heard it here first.
Oh... the price is only $99 !!
This is by-far the best of the best... better than Trump steaks or Trump wine.
Your favorite of all time president who claims to be better than Lincoln, better than Washington.
Depicted in Super Hero poses, laser eyes, Racer, astronaut, sports star, in a shower of Trump stamped gold bullion... You need this. I can tell!
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