BILL BLOG
Friday November 15, 2024
Friday morning and I’m packed and ready for a road trip to Greenville, Ohio this morning for a Saturday night show with Linda Davis and Lang Scott. Just 57 for a high this morning.
YESTERDAY
My writing appointment got cancelled because my co-writer Brady Seals had forgotten he’d booked a show in Branson, Missouri. He’s there picking and a singin’ right now. So we rescheduled and that opened up my day.
And that allowed me and wife time to bring up the Christmas tree up from the garage and put it in the stand by the fireplace. And when the lights go on and the fireplace is lit…it gets very Christmas looking here at the Whyte House.
SONG OF THE DAY
This one is from my now east coast friend Rob Bellamy “If There Was No Alcohol”. This was an idea that Rob brought to the writing table one morning online. He in Boston, me here in Nashville. It turned out to be a great party-sing-along type song.
Rob is a former hockey player. He was an “enforcer” as was his brother who also played. That means that these Bellamy Brothers were in a LOT of fights on the ice. When I write with Rob I always learn something new about the game of ice hockey…so that’s a bonus. Check out the song by hitting the link above.
SPEAKING OF SONGS
I’m on the road this morning with Hillary Scott’s Mom and Dad who are button popping proud (for good reason) as their daughter Hillary and her daughter Eisele have just released a video of a Christmas song titled “HardTo Wait For Christmas”. Check that out and tell me it won’t melt the Grinch’s heart.
The singing talent goes all the way through the Scott family. Mom and Dad can sing, their daughters can sing, and now their daughter’s daughters can all sing too.
HEALTH NOTES
The WHO says the surge in worldwide measles is driven by the lack of vaccine coverage.
Word is that a new nasal spray is on the way that could delay Alzheimer’s by years. (Let’s hope that’s true)
Good news. Overdose deaths are down 14% from last year. That makes 2 years in a row it’s declined.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Well praise the Lord for that.
BLACK FRIDAY
Those sales have kicked off early and often. Now’s the time to grab your online bargain. Some folks are buying advent calendars.
You can get a “Dad Joke” advent calendar.
A weird dog advent calendar.
A beer advent calendar.
By the time you finish the beer advent calendar you won’t care that it’s Christmas. My wife and I did receive a really cool advent calendar from our daughter Heather and her husband Casey last year from Germany where they live. They sent 25 German made products that we looked forward to opening every single day up to Christmas…making us feel like we were a little closer to them. And no…they didn’t send and German beer!
REFRESHING TO HEAR
The billionaire owner of the LA Times newspaper is vowing to revamp the liberal paper’s editorial board saying, “If it’s news, it should just be the facts, period”. (Imagine that)
COUNTRY
This could be cool for country music fans. Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning who will once again host this year’s CMA Awards show have another project coming up on Hulu. “It’s All Country” will feature the two of them talking to country stars and songwriters about the stories behind some of the big hits we all love. Some of the first guest will be Lady A, Luke Combs and Kacey Musgraves. I’ll watch that…how about you?
DID YOU KNOW?
That your Apple iPhone has a hidden app in the “settings” that will allow it to text you when it’s about to rain? Yep. News to me as well. FYI…it’s really hidden. I haven’t found it yet.
YOUR PASSWORD
Those password experts say we need to stay away from common passwords that make us easily hackable by those who have nothing better to do with their time. My theory is that those to hack us are the same people that knock on our door at dinner time trying to sell us something.
Don’t use the most common password. Believe it or not…a lot of people settle for 123456. Other often hacked passwords are “secret” and “password” itself. Experts say our password should be at least 20 characters with a mix of upper and lower case with numbers and symbols mixed in as well.
BIG FIGHT
A lot of boxing fans I suppose will tune in tonight to watch Mike Tyson come out of retirement to try and bite the ear off of Jake Paul. Jake Paul will make 40 million…Mike Tyson 20 million at least. Heck, for 40 million I might let Mike take a bit of my earlobe!
HEADLINE OF THE DAY
“Bear” Damaging Cars In California Was Actually A Person
In A Suit And Insurance Fraud, Officials Say. A grizzly crime if I ever heard of one.
TODAY
Northward bound to Greenville, Ohio which is north of Dayton for our “Evening In the Round” Show with Linda Davis and Lang Scott.
The St. Clair Memorial Hall looks to be a beautiful old, restored venue…and we can’t wait to hit the stage there Saturday night.
Have a great weekend!
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