This old Sunday has run here before, but that was a few years ago. And I like it. There is big news today in my old hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Harper Lee’s new old novel “Go Set a Watchman” is being released. Apparently, a lot of people already are restless, because the real-life Atticus Finch, Lee’s father, wasn’t Gregory Peck after all. I am looking forward to reading the book, and I’m reserving judgment until then. Things have been kind of slow around the Web site this summer, but be sure to check in next week. Arlo & Janis turns 30 on July 29, and I expect we’ll have a modest party. And did I mention it’s hot?
In the Footsteps of Little Billy
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196 responses to “In the Footsteps of Little Billy”
This is not Stevie Winwood. This is Steve from Royal Oak.
https://youtu.be/o4R4w9JI0Yc
Happy Sunday
The Hebrew Bible reading for this Sunday is …
http://www.gocomics.com/frank-and-ernest?
Peace, emb
about sleeping temperatures – until my wife died I never had the weird problem of waking up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat, I finally realized she kept the thermostat higher, so me keeping it lower I got cold and I wound up bunching myself up real tight, so if I’m too warm (lawn mowing too late) ceiling fan on low usually puts me to sleep.
EMB, Thanks for reminding us that we occasionally need to take our heads out of our * and put it in the clouds. As for our house this morning, we put the tv on a music channel, classic rock, and started dancing around the great room. You should have seen Cilla’s eyes. She thinks we’ve gone crazy, and she’s probably right.
And for a Sunday morning I can recommend nothing better than Vince Gill and Patty Loveless at George Jones” funeral. You won’t be sorry.
Keep dancing, Jerry, keep dancing!
NASA has a great website called “Astronomy Picture of the Day”
apod.nasa.gov
Every day something for those who like to learn a little something. There’s an archive you can search and yesterday featured a video of the Pluto flyover.
Enjoy
Anyone else been having a problem getting the OF streaming site? It has been a few days now, and all I get is some message about “unsupported video type” or “invalid file path”. Neither means anything to me. I get this whether I attempt to go to the site from my list of favorites or from a new google search; whether from Internet Explorer or from Mozilla Firefox.
c x-p: I cant help w/ the OF site; it comes in fine for me. But I did find this link:
http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/pinkpajamas.html
It’s sung by a male tenor, I think, and the URL says ‘scoutsongs.com’, so it’s probably common to both BSA and GSA, which implies the Better Homemaking Certificate of Patriotism, so it’s not improper, right?
Peace, emb
Debbe 😉 I know you don’t feel this way about your job, hon, but I’m afraid I might after 19 days without a break.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzGoDtmTllg
What I’m Not Watching On TV Right Now- “Total Divas”, which is apparently a fake reality show about stars of a fake sport. Besides, if I wanted to see a bunch of narcissistic, shallow, self-absorbed posers, I could just walk through the administration offices at work any Monday through Friday.
A fake reality show about stars of a fake sport? Sounds like CSPAN to me. Especially with your description of the participants.
c-x-p, I am not sure what is wrong. The OF site streams fine for me.
But I did notice that the site uses Flash to stream the video and there have been constant security releases for Flash in the past couple of weeks. It is possible that the site is checking your version of Flash and refusing to work if you are not running the latest.
I just checked in with the Old Faithful site and, even though the next blast isn’t predicted until 15:21 MDT, there’s a crowd there.
OF due 1611-1631 CDT. emb
Looks like a windy day in the park.
c x-p: “it comes in fine for me.” I remember now that’s often not true. Often I get a message at the bottom that says something about checking the website. I click the X and I get an colorful moving spectrum that says Windows is seeking to fix the problem, the site flicks off and on, and then OF comes on.
Peace, emb
My son – the computer pro – visited and did a lot of stuff, including making the OF site available again. He said things which make me believe that Gary may have been on the right path. These are not things I will ever understand in this world (and won’t care about in the next world!) but I’m happy enough to be able to see OF again.
Thanks to those who offered opinions.
What I’m Not Watching on TV Right Now – The Movie “Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf”.
Need I say more?
Dear c x-p, lucky you, having a son who can do all that! At my house, it’s catch-as-catch-can, which child or grandchild has what computer knowledge; how far away they live and how often they visit. I had to pay a helpful expert to fix the Flash Player problem I was having, but it was well worth it. I hadn’t been updating it when asked, thinking I didn’t need the updates; it seems that it gets all huffy and useless if you don’t.
c x-p, how far away from you does your son live, and how often does he visit? I am just nosy and want to know. I’m glad the OF site works for you now.
BTW, do be careful about installing updates; I’ve encountered some that are sneaky attempts to install malware. I’ve learned to always go to the providers’ websites and check to see (a) if there really is a download that I need and (b) to get it directly from them.
He’s about 14-15 miles away. Except that he’s on call for his job 24/7 [and they DO call him at all hours], he tries to get here for Sunday mid-day meals. Sometimes he has the time to stay a while and fix our computers [if necessary], but not often. He is a bachelor so there are no other claims on his time aside from his own shopping, mowing, etc.
A lot of today’s work was catching up on updates – some places don’t seem to offer them directly to users like me. Son saw that last week, so took data he needed and downloaded them onto a disc at his place this past week then used the disc to fix this laptop today. It would have been many long hours doing the downloads “live” last week.
The downed crab apple tree from last Monday is now gone, along with some dead branches from our red oak and some all-too-live branches from a weed/tree. I’m pleased the cost wasn’t even near the thousand paid a few years back for an ash removal. However, this week’s removal was not done nearly as well as that ash removal.
Debbe 😉 Yeah, this could be Hippie Chick music…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRAhTY3Dwl0
Good morning Villagers…..
Jerry, what’s that old adage….dance like no one is watching….just be careful you don’t step on any cat tails 🙂
Well, Ian has returned…with plans of moving to E’ville. And I am fine with that, but you just don’t give a one week’s notice, and a one week paycheck to up and move without a secured job. We will be doing a lot of talking today.
Don’t know what The Boss has in mind, but school will be starting soon, Ian will be leaving…and I need someone hired. Marlene at the other hen house needs a co-worker too…Andrew is maintenance and she is in full production with over 200 cases of eggs a day….she is 67 and still going strong. She is an inspiration. She has worked with this family for over 20 years and has seen and heard it all.
And Ian is my guru when it comes to old Dell here. But, he’ll be home every couple of weekends, that is if he’s not working. I’m going to have him go over this computer with a fine tooth comb and work out some kinks.
Going to take tomorrow off, visit Mom, and the temp will be around 83 degrees….finally.
ya’ll have a blessed Monday
GR 😉 something I don’t have
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Kc_mB9N_M