Happy B'Day...yesterday. What kind of dogs are Zoomer and Zephyr?Really great names...by the way! I feel old too...so you are not alone on that front. May I ask what kind of volunteer work you do on your computer? I think I need to do some volunteer work...I do not have enough to do to occupy my time.

Zoomer and Zephyr are Schnoodles...Schnauzer Poodle mix...both are rescue dogs.

i volunteer for the Nassau Humane Society in Florida and the Nassau County Extension Service here. I do newspaper ads, occasional articles for the paper, newsletters.. etc. These are the two web sites which I do...and the links to the newsletters.

Nassau County Extension Service

Horticulture News

Nassau County Humane Society

Humane Society Newsletter

Hubby and I are on page 13.

Bear, Drew is lucky to have a guy like you, as I'm sure you are lucky to have a guy like him. Irrascible and out there as your posts may sometimes be, I think the two of you are on online example of how loving, dedicated, committed, nonthreatening, and "normal" (whatever that may mean) our gay family relationships are.

Wow..looks like you stay pretty busy. But, looks like a lot of fun.too. And of course a wonderful cause.You and your Hubby look very happy...he has the same name as my Hubby.

Drew was going back to his office from lunch, and as he was crossing the road he was hit by a moron who ran a red light. He suffered a fractured leg, a broken arm, two broken ribs, and his lung collapsed as they were taking him to the hospital, causing cardiac arrest.

I was so scared I was going to lose him, and I didn't leave the hospital for longer than an hour until he was released the next week. I was pretty ripe, but content that he was okay.

He's at home now, making Denny and I crazy, because he can. He's just stir crazy, and I did manage to hook his computer up to his workplace so he can do something, anything.

We are all well.

When Harvey Korman died I almost asked who the third person would be, as you all know they go in threes, but I thought it would sound tacky.

It didn't help a bit though, and I opened the paper this morning to find that Yves St. Laurent died yesterday at age 71. I was a huge fan of his men's sportswear, and looked forward to what he would put out there in his women's wear collections. I'll miss him. He was a genius, in many ways.

Actually, we lost two original Star Trek personnel within 3 days of each other 2 weeks ago (May 15 and 18): Joe Pevney, who was tied for directing the most episodes of the original series, and Alexander Courage, who wrote the theme.

Am I telling my age if I say that I came running home from grade school to watch Dark Shadows and Star Trek?

I know Star Trek was in it's first go around of re-runs, but Dark Shadows was at the end of its run. Gotta love 1972 and 2nd grade!

The only thing you're telling about your age is that you're considerably younger than I. I watched Dark Shadows and the original run of Star Trek when I was in high school. I got married in December 1972 and graduated college in May 1973!

She is younger than me, too. I never was a fan of StarTrek and I never watched Dark Shadows.I remember a show that I loved was called Where The Action Is. I was in love with Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and The Raiders....LOL.

Weren't we all! I worshipped that ponytail!

Mark Lindsay was very cute. My first kindergarten memory is rushing home for Dark Shadows.
PS. Mascots won the 7-8 yr old division championship yesterday. Woo hoo.

Congrats on the championship!!!! Watching your son play little league is one of lifes high points.

Quick hello's and catching up from the porch

Many many thank-you's! After a 12 hour swat standoff they finally got the ************************ who assaulted my cousin. She's recovering, but right now only the immediate immediate family are able to see her. I thank you all for your prayers and thoughts.

Bear....knew it was serious, and now seeing how serious, I'm sure that even when he's at his crankiest, you appreciate Drew and are thankful for his love. Life is precious, and those we love and who love us make it even more precious.

OK...going to get coffee before I get sloppy sentimiental here. BUt again, this little board family is a treasure!

Jazz

Jazz I am so glad your cousin is recovering and they got the SOB! I had a girlfriend that didn't survive her attack with a baseball bat (she had two babies) and it took them weeks the catch the slimeball.

Life is precious and it can change in an instant. I don't want to waste my time with hateful feelings, if I can't forget I'll forgive, I want to mean what I say and say what I mean and I think you can never tell someone you love them too many times.

Please accept my very best thoughts and prayers for your cousin's speedy recovery.

And now Bo Diddley has died of heart failure. He was one of a kind. RIP, Bo.

My prayers are with ya Jazz, hope they get him, torture him, lock him up and throw away the key!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your cousin. Hard to imagine these kind of things hitting close to home...and when they do they always knock you for a loop.

Goodness!!!!How awful!!! and frightening. I am so glad Drew is making his way back to good health. Keep us posted from time to time on his progress.

Tremendous hugs for all of you,
tcfan

OMG Jazzie! Please DO keep us posted. How awful! Been there, done that; several times so I know how scary it can be.

Sending Hugs and Prayers You and Your Family's Way!

Always,

Hajar

I saw Paul Revere and the Raiders at the Commodore Ballroom in Lowell Mass ummmmmm around 40 years ago and I'm not kidding.

OMG...I loved him!!!!! I wish I could have seen him in person.The walls of my bedroom were covered with his pictures. I remember reading sooo long ago that he liked his tea sweetened with honey. He was just so sexy and his voice was,too.. Those were the days!!

Thought this was neat,


http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/05/3...dible-sushi-art

Oh my they were delicious those guys and all the bands I saw when I was a youngster. The Commodore Ballroom was "the place". We saw Eric Clapton with Cream, The Kinks, The Turtles, Rod Stewart and the Faces, The Yardbirds, Eric Burton and War, Grand Funk Railroad. I also saw Janis Joplin at the Hampton Beach Casino in NH. Oh we had some times in the old hippie days a lifetime ago.

I humbly remain just an old hippie. much to the dismay of my grown children.

Me I was a Monkees' fan. Saw them in Cincy when I was in 6th grade. Thought Davy Jones belonged to me. Now I look at him and think...WHAT WAS I THINKING! I don't even like short men. and at 5/3 he was short!
Please no feedback from short men.

Oh Woshkie, I am completely jealous. What a bunch of rock gods to see. Of the above, only seen Clapton. Awesome. I had 5 older sisters and was utterly influenced by their music. Too young to be a hippie too old to be a yuppie. Geez, what generation does that put me in?
Love the Kinks and Eric Burton has the most amazing voice. And Janis, oh how I wish I could have seen her.

I always liked Mickey. To quote you "Now I look at him and think... WHAT WAS I THINKING.".

I saw The Monkees when they toured the first time, I did so because the Jimi Hendrix Experience was opening for them, and "Are You Experienced?" was an album that warped my fragile little mind. I had to see this, and I could have happily left when he ended his set.

As for The Monkees, themselves, I had seen better bands at mixers. I was all of 11 and I knew this. They were far more convincing on the cover of 16 magazine (I bet that's a mag that a lot of you don't remember).

LOL...Davy Jones...my sister thought he hung the moon.

I always felt bad for Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith, who were real musicians forced to take a back seat to Dolenz and Jones, who were primarily actors and mediocre musicians (not to mention the appalling Boyce & Hart material they had foisted upon them). Tork actually trained at Julliard and was buds with Stephen Stills. Nesmith had good cred with a number of folk bands and went on to invent the long-form music video.

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As for The Monkees, themselves, I had seen better bands at mixers. I was all of 11 and I knew this. They were far more convincing on the cover of 16 magazine (I bet that's a mag that a lot of you don't remember).

16 magazine! Blast from the past, there! I actually subscribed back in my junior high ("oldspeak" for middle school) days and won two of their contests!

My first purchase of a 16 magazine ..... Bobby Sherman on the cover.

Yep...I remember 16 Magazine. I also remember those: True Confessions, Modern Romance....LOL..I would feel so naughty reading those...but,that didn't stop me. I wonder if those magazines are still published...not that I would read them now... HaHa!

I have a subscription to Elle, and I actually read it. It was given to me by some co-workers as a sort of gag gift. They know I watch Project Runway, and I did occasionally buy it, so they knew that, while it was funny, I would not be offended.

I just wonder, now, if they'll get me one to Marie Claire, which is where Nina Garcia is going, and is Runway's new voice. I don't know if I can deal with that one, to be perfectly honest with you. A friend once gave me three years of Gentleman's Quarterly, and I don't think I ever read one article the whole time it came to my house. It's kind of like that.

People I know are aware that I have an ipod, and that it, along with my cell phone, is something I don't leave the house without. It allows me to be entertained anywhere I may be, so an odd thing has happened. If I do something nice for someone I'll get back to my office and I'll find, not a "thank you" card, but a $25.00 gift card for itunes. Does that happen to anybody else here, or is it just me?

Anyhow, I took a colleague out for an inexpensive lunch and came back a couple of days ago to find a $50.00 gift card, which is always nice. I went to itunes and, since I had just seen "Sex and the City", I got a plethora of episodes from all 6 seasons. Hey, at $1.99 a pop, it's a great buy. I also got the new Usher, which is a terrific ride, but the one thing I got that I didn't know much about is the album by Duffy.

She's a young, blonde, blue eyed Welsh girl who, like Amy Winehouse, inexplicably, does soul music. I had heard the free single, "Mercy", at itunes, but, while the single was pleasant, I didn't expect much. It turns out that "Mercy" is the worst track on the album, and I'm very happily surprised. So, my question is, what does anybody here know about her? I'm curious.

Bearish


I am absolutely entranced with the lass.
I found her by accident one night really.
I posted about her on the other board a few times and even mentioned to you that they were comparing her to Amy...She also reminds me of Cerys Matthews of Manic Street Preachers and my Welsh guy turned me on to them and her.
Welsh peeps are deeply musical.

He and I are FINALLY really friends.
It took a long time. Shweeeeew

Thankee sai to all of youse for going
through all that with me and putting
up with me.

I swear they could be sisters.

Here's Cerys and Tom Jones another
Welsher and then some Duffy.

Swoooooooon

Tell me if you see the comparison.

Oh yeah and Pita loves her too

I mean she gives me chills!!!!!



Tis Freezing




Distant star

Now that you mention it, I kinda, sorta, remember you saying something to that affect. Unfortunately that was after getting the free, totally pleasant, and completely unremarkable "Mercy", and it did a fly by on me. In fact, the "free" part probably added to my writing it off. Sad, but true. How could something be great if I got it without paying?

When I first played the CD I actually was surprised when we finally got to that track. I wasn't impressed enough by it to remember that it was on "Rockferry". She's great, but, I still don't she's as wondrous as Amy is. Then again, I didn't appreciate Amy until "Back to Black", so she will get even better as she makes more music.

I was fooling around earlier and found out Jeff Healey died back in March. Wonderful musician from Canada, only 41 years old. I'm so depressed.... check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRov2XscQJc

Oh nooooooooo
OHMG I loved him and that song
is one my love gave to me.
I LOVE that song.
I am so upset....He was blind also.
I'll go see why he died.

It was cancer. Just so freaking sad...so young and talented. I've been watching all the youtube videos just to see him play the guitar. I don't know how I missed the news back in March but it sure cast a black cloud over this day.

Oh I am so crying 'cause that song means so much
to me and he was so sweet and talented and yeah my husband died young of cancer and [expletive deleted]!!!!

Sorry sweets I wasn't trying to open old wounds. I was shocked I hadn't heard of his death and wanted to share a little of his brilliance. Don't know how many people have heard of him.

Yeah,it was sad to lose such a talented musician.

Oh Radys no worry.I'm used to it..but it just shocked me 'cause he was so sweet.. I've seen him onso many interviews..I'm used to peeps
dying young on me sadly.

Something I really never even considered.
I'm glad you told me.

Now I can do something...write a letter or send something 'cause I was a big fan.

I found it terribly sad that he was gone and even worse, I didn't know. Not an American artist so not big news. I truly enjoy his music and really wish there could have been more.

We were really lucky to be able to see such greats in our own city. The Commodore was legendary and I'm not sure when but I went home to Lowell to visit around 20 years ago and it was torn down. They had built an ultra modern train station there. So sad. And ironically speaking of the Kinks it was just like that song "Come Dancing" and how they tore down the palais "part of my childhood died, just died". Life is so ironic, eh? Also regarding Janis. We were standing along side the stage before her concert and this woman came over to where we were. She was yelling at a couple of men and appeared drunk and very upset. I didn't even recognize her but my date said " that's her". Well it was so weird because she was such a legend and when you see someone up close it doesn't connect. She was tiny! People think she was big because in her later life (24 or 25) she was quite bloated, but she was very short and skinny when we saw her. She tore it up that night. All the while chuggin on a large bottle of Southern Comfort. When the fans started chanting for her to sing "Piece of My Heart" she got really pissed off. Apparently she hated how commercial that song had become. Such a tortured artist. Oh how I go on talkin about the day. By the way guys going on 35 days smoke free,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yippee!

Watching "300" again! Didn't make it at the theatre, but took me back to my childhood! I remember getting up early to watch Hercules and other gladiator type movies; this took me back! Some great BODIES in there! Anyone watch the videos on YouTube describing how they got so chiseled? Loved the way it was filmed; slow motion, blood splatter, costuming! It really took me back! HOT!!!!

Radys I just do NOT want you to feel bad lol
I'm sorry.

I would have found out sooner or later but I godda' tell ya' his death just hit me hard.
He's so young..Too young.. And he has kidlets and a wife and he was just the sweetest man alive. I didn't know he battled cancer all his life.Well as Bear said a life well lived. Some of us don't get kidlets or wives or even a chance to share our music with the world ..So I guess we just try to celebrate the life and the beautiful music he gave us after the shock has worn off...And we just miss them is all. That song is on my main playlist so I listen to my guy a lot.


Jeff Healey, of the Canadian based Jeff Healey Band, performs in New York's Central Park on July 1, 2000.


Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey dies at 41
Updated Sun. Mar. 2 2008 8:38 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

Legendary blues and jazz guitarist Jeff Healey has died, his publicist said Sunday. The Canadian musician had battled cancer his entire life.

"It was something he fought with considerable bravery," his publicist, Richard Flohil, told Newsnet late Sunday.

Healey, 41, had lost his eyesight to a rare form of the disease, retinoblastoma, at the age of one.

The musician had performed with such acclaimed guitar players as B. B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins and George Harrison.

His full name was Norman Jeffrey Healey and he passed away Sunday in the city of his birth, Toronto, at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Healey first began playing guitar at the age of three and formed his first band while still a teenager, according to his website. He played with a very distinctive style, laying his guitar on his lap.

"Visually, Jeff was an intriguing player to watch, because he played guitar -- by any conventional standard -- all wrong, with it flat across his lap," said Flohil. "But he was remarkable, a virtuoso player."

One of his best-known songs, "Angel Eyes," came from the Grammy-nominated album See the Light.

His blues band, simply called the Jeff Healey Band, has sold more than 1 million albums in the United States. But along with rock and blues music, Healey was also an accomplished jazz musician.

In his final years he had hosted a jazz program on Jazz-FM in Toronto, playing rare tracks from his vast collection of more than 30,000 78-rpm records.

He had also been touring with a group called the Jazz Wizards, playing American jazz from the 1920s, 1930s and early 1940s.

They had been planning to perform a series of shows in Britain, German and Holland in April.

Healey leaves behind his wife, Cristie, 13-year-old daughter Rachel and three-year-old son Derek.

No need for you to be sorry. I was glad to have a place to vent. I used to live in the Upper Peninsula and became familiar with many Canadian artists. I wasn't really sure if anyone here would know his work. You are right I will celebrate his life and music.

Just a sidenote.... Jeff Healy was the musician shown in the movie "Roadhouse" with Patric Dempsey.