This is probably one of the hardest posts I’ve written in recent times but the ones that come from the heart usually are. This year spent in the scorer’s booth has had quite the profound effect upon my life and for that and everyone in the MCHL Ironclad League, you have my undying thanks! :)
Perhaps if Intuit's marketing department would actually have a clue what is really important to the people who use their software and had management that truly cared, perhaps they could have been spared my original reaction to their latest "innovation" in the form of another cash-grab... :(
There are corporate policies that really make you sit back in awe of the stupidity used to create them. Even though the ultimate outcome is positive, it beggars belief why they couldn't be bothered to do this for safer forms of payment as well!
The week ending 26 May 1990 saw the Billboard singles chart dominated by the ladies occupying the five top spots for the first time since 30 Jun 1979 when Donna Summer had two singles in the top five. So tonight's theme celebrates those two legendary weeks on the charts with some serious girl power! :)
On this day in 1997, Fleetwood Mac would begin recording "The Dance" series of reunion concerts in Burbank on the 20th anniversary of the release of their album "Rumours" which turns 50 years old this year! With all of the drama backstage during the recording of this iconic album, there's no way we're not having some fun with it tonight! :)
It seems that no matter where you look for your news, it's hard to make a persuasive argument that it seems to be pretty much full of every evil released from Pandora's Box (even though it was actually a jar) with no respite in sight unless you're a billionaire. If you're feeling a bit at loose ends in this world of ours, this theme of holding on for the hope that remained in her jar is right up your alley... :)
Mending a bulb on the Traverse isn’t a simple thing such as lifting the bonnet and swapping a bulb in about a minute. Oh no, GM’s engineers ensured it was far harder and would take much longer. Today, I actually managed to swap a bulb in only ten minutes which is fifty fewer minutes than it usually takes… :)
After hearing some harrowing tales of dealing with queues at DMV and experiencing them with my kids in the past, I really wasn't all that keen to be stuck in a queue for hours on end to renew my driving licence. Fortunately, DMV has an online alternative... :)
When the hardest part is taking your own passport photo and the scariest part is actually trusting the less-than-stellar mail carriers to deliver the new documents…that’s actually not too bad an outcome for this process even by the current government!
On today's date in 1982, there was one album nearing the end of it's nine week run at the top of the Billboard album chart and it was Asia's self-titled debut album that ended up being the best selling album that year!
Once again, the House of Commons is proving the old saying from "Yes, Minister" that it's often like a bucket of crabs where the ones on top are constantly being pulled down by the ones on the bottom of the bucket. The past couple of weeks are the clearest proof of how true that is... :)
Another pile of shingles in front of a neighbour's house and that means more roofing scammer solicitors on my doorstep. This one was at least rather unique and memorable which really isn't a good look for him or solicitors in general... :(
Bonus music time and spending the evening celebrating Billy Squier who celebrates his 76th birthday on the same day my grandmother did! That seems a hat-trick of happy memories to me... :)
Loyalty in the UK government lasts about as long as it takes for someone to get the idea of pinching the top job and moving in Number 10 Downing Street. Sir Keir Starmer seems to be trying to fight off a leadership challenge. Only time will tell if he'll be successful but if history is anything to go by, his chance of staying in post are not so hot!
Another year and my oldest child has gotten a wee bit older. But it's the wisdom that has come with those years that has truly taken my breath away this year... :)
Happy Mother's Day to all those who celebrate and may your day also bring you peace and contentment! :)
Alex Van Halen (in the striped shirt holding the drumsticks) turns 73 today so we're going to drive those speakers really hard with some seriously hard rocking tunes!
Special needs softball and tonnes of pictures taken to cull, almost making it through lunch at Olive Garden without incrementing of the year field being detected, and having two Labradoodle terrorists coming to visit. Yep, that's this universe's idea of a "low key birthday"... ;)
¡Tienes tres intentos —y los dos primeros no cuentan— para adivinar el tema de esta noche!
My cousin Cindy’s daughter graduated from Union College in TN with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music. The direction she is heading for her future isn’t the one that any of us expected after hearing for years that she’d eventually follow a long line of McClerrens into the classroom. Sometimes having faith in the journey isn’t easy. But it is right and good and that is what truly matters! :)
My dear cousin Cindy in southern Illinois shared a lovely bit of news that her daughter Courtney has just graduated from Union College in Tennessee with her Bachelor's in Music where the original plan was to teach K-12. But a final examination led to the revelation of the love of "musicology" and that's how she's ended up in Oxford to do her Master's at Ole Miss...and that's how this theme came to pass! :)
That AT&T would unilaterally raise their prices because they can in a realm where "competition" is a complete joke is hardly a surprise. But the way they did it and the conspicuous lack of meaningful notice falls square into the realm of "deceptive trade practices". Now if only we had a Federal Trade Commission that actually cared enough to enforce the law...
It's not often that one of the songs in theme of the night provides the title but here's one that absolutely does do just that! :)
Tonight's theme features the King of Pop and not even a delayed start and lack of the Zamboni before the first game was going to stop us! :)
One of the quickest themes to come together but make no mistake, this is no mellow mix but you're going to be feeling just fine knowing it's 4:20 somewhere, man! :)
