BILL BLOG
Thursday January 9, 2025
Thursday morning…still danged cold in Music City. And tomorrow it looks like a lot of Nashville could shut down with significant snow moving in early tomorrow morning. 4-6 inches or more…and that’s a lot for Nashville. Pretty sure there’s no milk, eggs or bread left at the grocery stores.
The road we live on becomes impassable with a half inch of snow much less 4 to 8 inches so we’ll be going nowhere for a few days I’m sure. But we’re stocked up and there’s lots of football on TV this weekend.
YESTERDAY
I wrote a really fun song with Tim Stafford over in Knoxville yesterday from an idea Tim had that I loved. Couple of laugh out loud songs in this one titled “I Would If I Could”. Tim put it in a great acoustic guitar groove that made it even more fun. That’s the thing about writing with great guitar players like Tim. They tend to make every song sound better because of this musical skill sets. Love this new song. And here’s an EXAMPLE of Tim’s great guitar skill. Thank you Mr. Stafford.
SHOULDA WOULDA COULDA
During our songwriting appointment yesterday Tim and I got into a conversation about missed financial opportunities. I told him about a radio friend of mine telling me and a bunch of morning show hosts one year to go home at buy as much Microsoft stock as you can afford…right when laptops and the internet we’re breaking out. Brave old me, I bought 10 shares that split 4 times. Sigh. Should have bought 5,000 shares.
Tim made me feel a little better by telling me he was all set to buy Bitcoins…maybe three that were going for about $1,000 each when he had the opportunity. At the last second he decided to not pull that trigger. Had he done so those 3 bitcoins are worth about $300,000 or so.
Hey…but I look at the bright side. I do have a closet full of Beanie Babies upstairs so I have that going for me!
A CANCELLATION
Yep…the winter forecast here brought on a cancellation of the house concert I was to play with my friends Wil Nance and Lauren Mascitti Saturday evening. Nobody needs to be sliding on roads. So this concert in Thompson Station, Tennessee has been rescheduled for May 10th. So we’ll look forward to that.
SONG OF THE DAY
Today it’s “Southernism” by Brady Seals. Brady, formerly with the hit group Little Texas joined me and my friend Josh Shilling who’s out singing and playing keyboards with Wynonna online to tackle this idea about “all things south” that was running through Brady’s creative head that day. It’s Brady’s latest single and this track that he produced on it just rocks. Put a little south in your ears by clicking on the link to the song above.
HEALTH NOTES
Disturbing news. Clarel Antontoine M.D. said in an AARP article that “the backbone of our health care system, private practice, is on the brink of collapse. As a result, the nearly 70 million Americans on Medicare, many with chronic conditions, can expect longer waits for medical care.”
And here’s an eye-opening quote from a neurosurgeon. “People who drink have bad brains.”
And some good news. Dick Vitale the one of a kind passionate basketball broadcaster says his cancer is gone from his throat and that he could return to work soon. Really good to hear.
HERE’S YOUR SIGN
Solid thinking there.
THE QUESTION
In LA right now is how is it possible that the fire hydrants ran out of water trying to fight that devastating fire that has claimed so many home, buildings, and iconic places? A whole bunch of rich celebrities booked expensive hotel rooms as they too lost their homes. Questions to be answered.
SPEAKING OF CELEBRITY HOMES
The late comedian Joan Rivers NYC home went up for sale 10 years ago. Never sold with an asking price of 38 million dollars. They took it off the market for a few years and have now dropped the price 10 MILLION dollars. You know you have a valuable home when you can drop the price by 10 million bucks.
If Joan were alive today I’m sure she’d have some really funny lines about it not selling…and why. And man she had some funny lines.
“I don’t exercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor.”
Or…”The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.”
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NEW JOB
I’m going to have to let my daughter who lives in Germany know about this new job of being a “Teledriver”. A customer calls for an EV no driver vehicle, but a “Teledriver” sits behind a screen and drives it to them remotely. They get to where they are going, get out, and then the Teledriver takes over again driving it to the next customer. The job pays about $50,000 per year.
LOOK OUT BELOW
It’s that time of year when Iguanas pass out from cold weather in Florida and start falling from trees or from high dive board at the pool. So if you’re walking and an Iguana drops and injures you…does medical insurance cover that? I think I’d carry a sturdy umbrella to keep over my head right now down there.
HEADLINE OF THE DAY
Landlord Shocked To Find His Rented Apartment Turned Into Chicken Coop. (But who couldn’t use the eggs?)
TODAY
My writing appointment with Darin and Brooke Aldridge today was rescheduled but…I’ll be seeing them a week from Saturday in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina as our “Evening in The Round” show with Linda Davis, Lang Scott and myself open a show for them at the Greg Rowles Legacy Theatre. We’re all looking very forward to that show.
Have a great Thursday!
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