BILL BLOG
Wednesday August 21, 2024
Wednesday…that old “Hump Day”. And another gorgeous day coming to Nashville…sunny with a high of 81.
YESTERDAY
I wrote with one half of the Popes yesterday…Adam and Amy. It was the hairy legged Pope (Adam) that showed up yesterday but we wrote a duet for he and his wife that was fun and up-tempo…something I would suspect they might record somewhere down the line. They’ve been kind enough to record three songs I’ve written with them including “Tonight I’m Playing Patsy” that they perform in every one of their shows. A truly wonderful couple and folks love them wherever they go and perform. Good day with Adam yesterday.
NEW SHOW
This one popped up out of nowhere yesterday. Tomorrow, Thursday I’ll join my friend Steve Dean to perform at Yazoo Brewery here in Nashville for a Chamber of Commerce group.
We’ll be talking to them about Freedom Sings USA and playing some of the songs we’ve written through the years with veterans. Our hope is raise a little money for that cause and educate more folks about the healing nature that music has with our veterans. Looking forward to it.
SPEAKING
OF THE MILITARY
I got a nice belated Father’s Day gift from my daughter Heather and her husband
Casey who is a pilot in the Army yesterday.
And a green Army sweatshirt with that logo on it which symbolizes the company-unit that my son-in-law flies for over in Germany. I’ll be wearing that bad boy a bunch this Fall. It arrived very late because as my daughter reminded me, “Dad, the military moves slow”. Worth the wait.
NATIONAL RADIO DAY
That was yesterday. So here’s to all my radio brothers and sisters who have ever cracked open a microphone. Here’s to the memories of checking a rain gauge every morning. Reading obituaries and school closings on the air. Ripping and reading the news from an old AP machine. Spinning 45 RPM records on the air…all of which I did for many years. And it all started in a trailer that sat in a cow pasture in Bowling Green, Missouri.
I will always be grateful that the owner Paul Salois took a chance on an 18 year old kid and put him on the air that led to a career I could have never dreamed of.
HEALTH NOTES
There are no cardiologists in half of US counties as study reveals ‘incredibly concerning” care gaps.
Tirzepatide cuts risk of diabetes by 94% in adults with prediabetes and obesity or overweight, drugmaker says.
Seniors
are using those VR headsets to go hiking in the Alps, travel, skydive and more
virtually. And the word is that it helps fight off dementia. And that would be
a very good thing.
JOKE
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason.
SURVEY SAYS
That on average Americans have 4 bad days a month. The leading cause for that according to the 2,000 that were asked would be:
Waking up sick.
Slept poorly.
Woke up with a headache.
Losing keys or phone.
And my favorite…running out of toilet paper.
SMUGGLING
I mentioned in an earlier blog those trying to hide drugs will go to great creative means. The latest? 5 million dollars’ worth of meth was just discovered in watermelons in California.
So that means it could have been a double “bust”. Police bust open a melon, and then they bust the criminal.
STREAMING
Yep…more and more are moving away from cable TV. The latest numbers reveal that 41.4% stream as opposed to just 26.7% still on cable. Those are the highest numbers ever for streaming. And the You Tube numbers are through the roof as well.
SOME FOLKS HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS
That would be the folks who have invented “roller pickle ball”. Yep. Pickleball on skates. Like on rollerblades in the summer and ice skates in the winter.
Look for doctors who do hip and knee replacement to get really busy.
A GREAT LONG LIFE
The world’s oldest human died in Spain yesterday. Maria Branyas (Morera) passed away at 117. In her sleep peacefully. We should all be so lucky.
TODAY
I’ve got nothing on my calendar today which means I’ll start tackling some “need to do “stuff that’s stacked up. Funny how that happens when you’ve been busy.
Have a great Wednesday!
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