Who knows, who cares!!??. . .

Will and Kate, Will and Kate, Will and Kate.
I thought their show was cancelled??

Shouldn't they be tending to all those kids they have? Sure they've had their problems.
I think they're even divorced. Well, what the heck? People better than them have reconciled
and gone on to be even better persons. Your mistakes should be viewed as learning experiences.
They can help to build your character.

So maybe she didn't do so well on that dancing TV show. So what? Does that have to be
held against her?

So he had a few girl friends. Don't lots of guys do that?. . .

what?. . . huh?. . . It's who? Jon? Not Will? Royal what??

NEVERMINDDDDD!!!!!!!!!

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There's something about . . .

a weekend that awakens a sleeping giant in me. I am taller, stronger, better rested, happier, healthier and possibly, even wiser.
Don't know why. It just happens.

And there's something about spring, although it's not technically spring yet, that brings my 'bear' out of hibernation ready for another 'year' of scrounging for pic-a-nic baskets throughout the campgrounds.

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Ace of Hearts. . .

When I see that look upon your face I know that I've been dealt an ace of hearts. Something starts.
Pulse is pounding like a conga drum. The blood goes rushing to and from my head; turns my face to red.
So ante-up and hit me once then hit me twice. The stakes are high you know I've got to keep as cool as ice.
This game we're in together could end as quickly as it starts. But I'll just take my chances.
I'll just take my chances 'cause you know that I'm with you and you're my ace of hearts.
You know that I'm with you and you're my ace of hearts.

Deal me in. I'm staying for the course. And if I lose there's no remorse for me. You will always be in
my very breath and in my soul. When chips are down, you take control and then bring me back again.
So ante-up and hit me once then hit me twice. The stakes are high you know I've got to keep as cool as ice.
This game we're in together could end as quickly as it starts. But I'll just take my chances.
I'll just take my chances 'cause you know that I'm with you and you're my ace of hearts.
You know that I'm with you and you're my ace of hearts.

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Just thinking. . .

Wouldn't life be grand if we could all agree that we need to:

**Improve our educational system for our children and grandchildren
**Take responsibility for or improve the environment
**Recognize the great value of the arts to a society and their therapeutic application to the human condition
**Accept the fact that what we do to each other HERE and NOW does matter!

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Rush to judgement. . .

I heard the tail-end of a conservative radio talk show the other day which both frightened and comforted me at the same time.
The topic of discussion was repeal of the Healthcare bill, a bill that conservatives and dittoheads like to call 'Obamacare'. (Clever, aren't they? No partisanship there.)

FRIGHTENING
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Anyway, a caller was voicing a 'constitutional' opinion which would have done any government employee worth his salt proud. He said that the cost of healthcare is rising because emergency rooms treat illegal aliens free of charge. He continued that if someone enters a hospital emergency room seeking treatment but has no insurance and no cash for which to pay for services, he should be turned away. TURNED AWAY! JUST LIKE THAT! No qualms, no conscience, no compassion. Simply turned out into the street. And this he said, is based upon the Constitution of the United States of America. Government should not be involved. (Human decency be hanged.)

COMFORTING
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To his credit, the conservative talk show host questioned, clarified and gave the guy every opportunity to concede some iota of compassion or consideration. But alas, all for nought. Finally, the host said something to the effect of, 'I hear you' and then proceeded to say that the caller was 'really hardcore' and hung up.

And no, the talkshow host was NOT Rush Limbaugh.

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I've Got Your Blog. . .

RIGHT HERE!!

So when I decided to start this thing, I thought, I'll write a new blog every day. Yeah. That's what I'll do. Every day a new blog.
Because, thats what you're supposed to do. Just talk like your talking to a bunch of your friends, well, hopefully you are or will be my friends too. But like you have always talked to your 'pre-blog' friends. Yeah. That's what I'll do.

Then after the first one, sent about 5:30 AM (yes, I do get up early), I was driving to work and I thought, "Maybe I should just write a new blog every week." After all, I don't want to annoy anyone. I don't want to overstay my welcome. I don't want my 'friends' to get tired of me, or worse yet, BORED with me. Maybe I'll just blog weekly. That way, I'll never be pressed for amusing material. That's plenty of time to weed out the mundane and only use the best stuff. Yeah. That's what I'll do. I'll blog weekly.

Then next morning, around 5:30AM, sitting in bed with my laptop and sending another blog, I thought, "Might be best if I blogged everyday. Just to keep up my 'presence'. Stay familiar. Not get lost. Yeah. That's what I'll do. I'll blog everyday.

And so it was decided. (RIght???) I will blog everyday.

Which I did for four days straight. Then came the weekend. AND I FORGOT TO BLOG!!!! Can you believe it!!!???? I FORGOT to blog!!! I can't believe it.

Maybe I should just blog weekly. Yeah. That's it. I'll blog weekly.
Well, for better or worse, this is today's blog.

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Oh Whey Oh. . .

Well, enough of that. Let's talk music.

Most middle-agers like me can well remember the huge, "boss, hit-bound single" Colour My World. In fact, it was a single for Chicago twice. Colour My World, in spite of its success, is only a small part of the Ballet for Girl in Buchanan, the suite which brought us the other top 40 hit Make Me Smile. (Great Stuff!!!)

Well I've been listening to the first four Chicago studio albums (Transit Authority, II, III and V) again, as I periodically do. And they never fail to move me. (I used to be able to play most of the music, solo on the accordion - an aural experience, I can certainly tell you, to behold.) And with each successive listen, I notice more and more of the profound musical influence Chicago's music has had on my playing. Even today, since so much of this music is ingrained in me, small snippets sneak out in the middle of my improvisation and writing.

Well, enough reminiscing. But, if you are inclined to look into some pop music history, check out early Chicago and concentrate on the first four studio albums. (the fourth Chicago album release was a live concert at Carnegie Hall, which is a treat in itself, but consists of live versions of the material on the other four.

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