PLAYER

photo by Jarle Refsnes

Saturday was Record Store Day, and I'm good with that.  What's old is new again.  Licorice Pizza mean anything to you?  We aren't just old geeks, you know.  You are welcome youngins, for vinyl.   story

Principle in the type:  "A man walks down the street/He says why am I soft in the middle now/Why am I soft in the middle/The rest of my life is so hard/I need a photo-opportunity/I want a shot at redemption/Don't want to end up a cartoon/In a cartoon graveyard..."        You Can Call Me Al, Graceland album, Paul Simon

LIVIN'

photo by aaron vazquez

Mind if I linger a pinch more on previous topics?  Because the news is Dolly's next up at the Hollywood Bowl, and, I, just, have such an itchin' to go!  Stay tuned. 



                                        

Principle in the type:  "Being true to our authentic self requires continual effort to increase our light, knowledge, and understanding."     Ronald A. Rasband  

                                                                                                 Happy weekend, Loves!

FACE TIME

photo by Praveen

After once again another actress, Gillian Anderson, was studied and in the press blasted for alleged cosmetic surgery, it was kind of fine with me to give the women a break, when during awards season attention was turned to Tom Cruise.  It has been media-deemed his face is too "puffy" and he's had "some kind" of work done.   (If it matters, Anderson posted "this is how I really look.  #agingwithoutshame.")        link   

It's complicated, trying to look young.  Do we need to look forever young?  What matters most?  

Principle in the type:  "Do you think outward attractiveness, your dress size, or popularity make the slightest difference in your worth to the One who created the universe?"   Dieter F Uchtdorf  

SAVED FOR LATER

photo by Humor Blog

65-year-old Dennis Haskins, the actor who played school principal Mr. Belding on popular 80s sitcom 'Saved by the Bell' just  "graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's theater and speech department--decades after"  he first started school there.   " 'And it's not honorary,' he added. 'I earned it.' "      story         

Principle in the type:  "It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready.  I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything.  There is almost no such thing as ready.  There is only now.  And you may as well do it now.  Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any."         Hugh Laurie        

 

CYBER NOT-BULLYING

photo by Steven Pisano

There are some wonderful programs out there.  Especially that involve one of us looking out for another of us.    Enter, feel good moment, stage right.





                                   

Principle in the type:  "Be involved; be informed.  Try to be understanding and tolerant and to appreciate diversity.  Make meaningful contributions to society through service and involvement. . . . Do not follow wrong paths or bend to accommodate or accept what is not right.              M. Russell Ballard

                                                                                         Top'of the weekend to you, Peeps!

HAPPY AGING

photo by Pete

"A federal judge has ruled that the music publishing company that has been collecting royalties for the song 'Happy Birthday To You' does not hold a valid copyright" to the song.  It has the right only to certain arrangements, and not to the song itself.   news                I'm not sure who's getting the royalties check for 'Happy birthday to you/You live in the zoo/You look like a monkey/And you smell like one too,'  ---but they might be rich.

Principle in the type:  "Looking old ... should be a boast about experiences accrued and insights acquired, a triumphant signal that you are someone who, beneath that white hair, has a card catalog of valuable information."       Frances McDormand

 

PEACE, LOVE, AND ROCK AND ROLL

photo by Eva Rinaldi

Ringo Starr celebrated 75 years of age the old fashioned way, at a record store.   Peace and love was the day's theme.  (Always better than aging eyes and a drop belly!!)    story 

 Principle in the type:  "Life is not meant to only be appreciated in retrospect."   Dieter F. Uchtdorf