BILL BLOG
Tuesday January 11, 2025
It be Tuesday! A cold Tuesday. A high at the freezing mark today of 32.
We did get a light dusting of snow yesterday. It did not stick to the roads so Nashville was luckier than other nearby states. But it’s turned cold enough to make one put long underwear on over their long underwear.
YESTERDAY
Pretty boring here around the Whyte House yesterday. I got out early and tested our roads because I had a “have to do” thing to take care of. But once that was done? It got pretty quiet and un-busy. But I did spend some time with a guitar working on song ideas for co-writes coming up this week.
THROWBACK
This popped up on You Tube over the weekend and brought back some radio memories. Check out this VIDEO of me and my then morning radio partner Scott Dolphin trying to give away $20,000! And check out the mullets. Those were the days. And Scott is STILL doing the morning show all these years later up there. That’s a long run in one place in radio. Folks up there are lucky to wake up with him. We had way too much fun working together.
SONG OF THE DAY
Today I’m choosing the Irene Kelley song “Walk With Me Today” that she recorded on her Benny’s TV Repair album. Benny was Irene’s Dad who had a little TV repair business in the basement of the home she grew up in in the state of Pennsylvania. This is certainly one of my favorite bluegrass-gospel songs I’ve ever helped write and I thank Irene for the idea.
It was one of the first songs we wrote together sitting at her kitchen table one morning. She played me the start of the idea and I loved it and felt blessed to contribute to it. And when she recorded the song she added our talented friends Darin & Brooke Aldridge to sing harmony on it. To me it sounds a bit like an old familiar hymn. Listen and see what you think.
HEALTH NOTES
Bad news. Louisiana became the first state to report a human dying from bird flu in the US.
And flu rates are surging all across the US. Only five state report low levels of the flu. South Dakota, Delaware, West Virginia, and the very lowest levels were recorded in Vermont and Montana.
Add to that HMPV cases are increasing in China and the US. Yet another infectious disease to worry about.
SIGN
And there’s your visual this morning. Gramps on a ramp.
LEAVING
According to Atlas Van Line these are the top 5 states folks are leaving these days. Louisiana, South Dakota, Illinois, and of course California and New York.
Reasons given? High taxes, not enough jobs and the high cost of living in some states…like California where the MEDIAN price of a home in the LA area is now $1,094,000. Experts claim you need to around $240,000 per year to be able to live in the LA area. Yep…I think I’d make a call to Atlas Van Line as well.
SAGE ADVICE
A 100 year old woman is the oldest employee at a Home Depot store. She works their twice a week…drives herself to work. She admits that she has unretired 3 times now claiming, “I got so tired of myself”.
I admit, I have gotten to a point in my life to where when I have a couple or 3 days of nothing to really “have to do” that I think I could master the retirement thing. But deep down I know I’d probably suck at it.
There are signs however of when you’ve reached that time in your life. One sign is in this joke.
How do you know when you’re getting to retirement age? You go to an antique auction and three people bid on you.
Not a good sign. Now if I played golf as well as my brother Gary does...then maybe I could see myself selling my guitars and buying new golf clubs and getting a membership at a Country Club somewhere. BUT...here's what my golf game is like these days.
So that's out.
YIKES
We have not taken our Christmas tree down yet and already I’m seeing articles and ads for Valentine Day. Way too much pressure. I ran out of unique ideas of what to give my wife for Valentines years ago. And dressing up as Cupid doesn’t really do anything for her anymore. Sigh.
And this cake I baked for her last year on Valentine Day did nothing for her either.
Good luck to all the guys this year.
GOLDEN GLOBES
Those were handed out a couple of nights ago. If you’re wondering why they call that awards show “The Golden Globes”…
There ya go.
SPEAKING OF ACTING
It turns out that the owner of the Dallas Cowboy Jerry Jones has acting chops. Taylor Sheridan, the producer of the hit series “The Landman” starring Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore and Jon Hamm knew something the rest of us didn’t know apparently when he put Jerry Jones into this hospital scene. Watch THIS and you’ll see he’s no slouch.
HEADLINE OF THE DAY
Help! I Moved To A New Country And Somehow My Mom Still Found Me. (Yep…I think a lot of Mom’s stick an Apple Tag on their kids without the kid knowing it.)
TODAY
My songwriting appointment was cancelled for today as my co-writer is down with strep throat. Nasty stuff…been there. And a lot of it seems to be going around right now. Stay healthy y’all.
Have a great Tuesday!
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