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

WINNING AT LOVE

photo by BeckyCortino

There is such a thing as stamp news, and it's usually rather benign!   As was the recently released USPS sky-blue stamp, featuring "an illustration of a plane skywriting the word love.”   Awww, all the heart eyes.   If only love stamps had the power to solve the world's problems?     story    

Principle in the type:  "Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved."    Thomas S. Monson

USE YOUR HEAD

photo by Danny Nicholson

Studies have shown that in college, doing well in certain expected classes isn't necessarily the precursor to staying in school.  While doing well in other certain classes, Is the precursor or sign, officials say, to students' staying in school.  Did you get that?  Well, it's true.      news   

Principle in the type:  "Make sure you learn the things that are not taught overtly.  If all you know is what you read or what you can hear, you will not know very much.  Moments of reverence are so precious when you think and feel."    Boyd K. Packer