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Tuesday May 6, 2025

 

Here comes Tuesday. It’s just 46 degrees as I begin today’s Blog with a high of 71 expected. A bit cool for Tennessee at this time of year.

 

YESTERDAY

Pretty uneventful Monday around the Whyte House. I somehow forgot yesterday was Cinco de Mayo so the margarita blender went untouched. So, I’ll try to make up for that in the next paragraph.

 

SONG OF THE DAY

Had I realized yesterday was indeed Cinco de Mayo I would have chosen Margarita Smile as my “Song of the Day” choice. So, I’m a day late and a margarita short here. But this is a fun song Brent Burns wrote a lot of but I got invited to help shape it up a little more. And that’s what we did.  This song turned out to be the title track for one of the numerous Trop Rock albums.

 

Turn up your volume and your margarita blender and listen.



 

HEALTH NOTES

A new study published in the British Journal of Medicine found that just 75 minutes of moderate-intensity physical exercise per week was associated with a 17% decrease in cardiovascular disease risk, a 7% drop in cancer risk and a 23% reduction in early death.

 

This is eye-opening. A new study claims that people who pay more in taxes could be less likely to die from cancer. Here’s a LINK for that article.

 

Tomatoes sold in 14 states have been recalled due to a salmonella risk.

 

HERE’S YOUR SIGN



 

Every golfer would agree.

 

DISNEY EXPENSIVE

A Father of 5 put up a video on X documenting how much a 1-day trip to Disney World cost him: $1,400 for one day in the park. The video has been viewed over 7.7 million times. He’s a local, so imagine how much it would set back a family of 5 who flew into Orlando and spent multiple days.

 

I see more trips to Chuck E Cheese. I’m sure the parents can convince their kids that the ball pit is just as exciting as Space Mountain.



 

SPEAKING OF KIDS

How about the 7-year-old boy in Ogden, Utah, who drove his little sister 9 miles to a McDonald’s to try and get her a Happy Meal? True story. Police had to call the parents after the car ran over a curb strip and they questioned the young man.

 

Pretty sure his Father has McGrounded the kid.

 

GULF OF WHAT?

The bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America is up for a full House vote.  I don’t know. I write a lot of beach songs, many of them with lines that include the “Gulf of Mexico”.

 

I’m on the side of a friend of mine who’s written a lot of beach songs who points out that “Gulf Of America” is hard to rhyme.



 

MARRIAGE QUOTE

Just think, if it weren’t for marriage, men would go through life thinking they had no faults at all.

 

MOTHERS DAY

It’s sneaking up this weekend. What to get her. Pressure. I’m not a lot of help…but…I do think you might not want to gift Mom with one of these. Pretty sure.



 

HAPPIEST CITIES

The publication Manual just listed their happiest cities in the world. Not one U.S. city made the list. Their top 5 are:

 

5…Antwerp, Belgium

4…Aarhus, Denmark (I had to look that one up)

3…Singapore

2…Zurich, Switzerland

 

And the Happiest City on the Planet according to them, is Copenhagen, Denmark



 

LESS GENERALS

US Defense Secretary Hegseth is saying he’s going to cut the number of Generals we have in the military by 20%. More soldiers, less generals seems to be the theme. And that news makes me think of this SONG.



 

TODAY’S HEADLINE

Prisoner Serving 2,000-Year Sentence Could Face More Time. (Some real optimistic thinking there)

 

TODAY

I’m off to write with my American Idol friend Alex Miller again this morning. This is a brand-new VIDEO of a new song, “The Byrd,” that features my friend Alex along with 9’s country star Tracy Byrd. I did not help write this one (dang it) Pretty entertaining.



 And joining us today will be hit writer, and one of my favorites Wyn Varble who wrote hits like “Have You Forgotten” for Daryl Worley, and “Waiting on a Woman” for Brad Paisley to name just a couple. Wyn also writes funny songs like I do. Here’s an EXAMPLE of that.



 

Should be a fun morning.

 

Have a great Tuesday!


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