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Friday April 18, 2025
Friday morning, or I should say, “Good Friday Morning.” Here comes Easter weekend. 76 for the high today.
Meanwhile, in Hawaii, they are calling for 3-5 inches of snow today!
YESTERDAY
With the warm weather arriving we’ve been trying to do a little landscaping. And with no writing appointment yesterday I had no excuse to not help with that. Okay. My wife is landscaping. I’m her mulch deliverer for the most part, and her outdoor complainer.
She’s planting, digging and growing vegetables. I’m not a veggie guy. Until they come up with a macaroni or steak plant…I’m not interested in tilling and fertilizing. I’m pretty much over yard work and maintenance. I keep trying to convince her to just let me concrete the entire lawn, but she somehow does not see the beauty in that.
And I also can’t convince her to put in a putting green for me. The longer we’re married, the more narrow-minded the woman has become. Sigh.
GRAND OLE CIRCLE
Last night at the Grand Ole Opry, my friends Darin and Brooke Aldridge sang “The Grand Ole Circle” while standing in that six-foot circle of wood that is so iconic in country music history. The same six-foot circle that the three of us wrote the song about. Here’s a little VIDEO of that.
Darin and Brooke have been invited over 50 times now to come sing in that circle, and it’s always special. I’m blessed to be part of this song that pays tribute to those great Grand Ole Opry Stars who have been singing their songs in that circle for 100 years now.
SONG OF THE DAY
Here’s another song that Cledus T. Judd recorded that I wrote titled “If I Had Kellie Pickler’s Boobs”. And this one has a pretty good story behind it.
I wrote and recorded the song “If I Had Boobs” on my first comedy song CD. One day, I get a call from Cledus asking if I wanted to write with him and his producer Chris Clarke down on Music Row at Warner Music, where Cledus was an artist at the time. For sure, I did. So I meet the two of them in an office, and we kick around ideas of mine, and nothing is working for them. Finally I tell them about the “Boob” song I have on my album and they ask me to play it. I do…they laugh. Then Cledus has the idea of rewriting the song a bit.
At that time, Kellie Pickler had just won “Dancing With The Stars”.
And shortly after the show, you could not help but notice that Kellie had gotten more voluptuous up front. So my song was rewritten into the new version about Kellie. Crazy. And then a couple of guys from the Grammy-winning bluegrass group “The Grascals” came in and sang harmony on this silly song. Go figure.
KELLIE
Kelllie heard the song and posted how funny she thought it was. It’s not the first time Kellie Pickler demonstrated her sense of humor to me.
When I was on the radio in Cincinnati, Kellie had a record out titled “Red High Heels”. And she and her record label were sending out a red high heel to radio personalities with Kellie’s autograph on it. Somehow, I didn’t get one. When I interviewed her while she was promoting that record, I did nothing but complain to her about her oversight. Over and over. Until finally she said, “I’m going to send you a $#!&! shoe!!
I thought she was just playing it up to make the interview funny. But about a week later, look what showed up in the mail in my name.
Along with this handwritten note.
I’m a fan of hers.
HEALTH NOTES
A study found that older adults who use their smartphones, computers, and other digital devices on a regular basis are less likely to suffer from cognitive impairment. As much as 42%.
A sleep expert suggests wearing socks is the answer to getting better sleep at night. 32% of Americans have trouble drifting off to sleep.
There’s some evidence saying that AI creates cancer-killing molecules with 400 time the previous efficiency.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Somehow, I’ve never been tempted.
WHAT’S IT PAY?
If you win the TV show Survivor it’s a million-dollar payout. But what do the winners from other shows pocket?
The Amazing Race winner also received a million bucks.
The American Idol winner receives just $250,000.
The Voice winner gets less. Just $100,000.
While America’s Got Talent pays out a million. But by the time they take everything out it’s more like $300,000.
SELFIE SPACE
That beautiful unfinished church in Barcelona known as Sagrada Familia draws LOTS of tourists. To control that some officials have established a “selfie” zone. A place where tourists can get their snapshot of themselves and the church at the same time. So one can now get a “Church-Selfie” if they want.
You can always pick out those who are addicted to taking selfies. They carry a long stick with them when they're on vacation.
And this is the reason I wrote a song titled “Get Over Your Selfie.”
HEADLINE OF THE DAY
Old Man Had Cavity In 1 Tooth, But The Other 2 Were Fine. (Nice to have a couple of spares left)
TODAY
On this Good Friday, I’m going to write an Easter song idea that my friend Rick Lang who’s in town all this week from Maryland writing songs at my publishing company. Seems appropriate doesn’t it?
Have a great Easter weekend!
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