My Personal Music Top 12, #2

Looking for something different to do on Wednesdays, so I thought I would come up with a series of My personal Top 10 (it's going to be 12 in this case) of my favorite music growing up through the years. I decided I did not want to repeat any artists to allow for a variety, so I had to come up with 12 unique songs by 12 unique artists that I personally have enjoyed the most through the years. I'll do one song/artist every Wednesday from my own personal preference. How well do you know me? Do you think you know my top 12 and in order? 

#12 If you Don't Know me by Now - Simply Red

#11 I Believe in You - Don Williams

#10 Still They Ride - Journey

#9 Rough Boy - ZZ Top

#8 Immigrant Song -  Led Zepplin

#7 Paper in Fire - John Mellencamp

#6 Fins -  Jimmy Buffett

#5  Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard

#4  Turn the Page - Bob Seger 

#3 Listen to What the Man Said - Paul McCartney and Wings 

#2 5150 - Van Halen

Now we are getting down to the absolute nitty-gritty to my top 12. I have always been a Sammy Hagar fan, and when David Lee Roth left Van Halen and Sammy joined, I thought it was the absolute perfect match and I was not wrong. Truth be told Sammy was the first act at my first rock concert years ago. He was the opening act at the Coliseum back in 1979, and that was the first time I was ever exposed to Sammy's Music. He was the opening act to the band who holds the #1 distinction on my countdown ironically. 

Eddie Van Halen has to be one of the greatest guitarists ever, he had his own unique sound that could not be confused with anyone else. When these two got together on their first collaboration together, the album was called 5150 and 5150 just happens to be my favorite track from my favorite album. 

I was fortunate enough to this particular group (not with Roth or Gary Cherone) of Van Halen years ago at the old Star Lake. It was during the Balance tour, the last tour they did before they split the first time. 

If I want to hear something uplifting and will get you pumped, Van Halen was usually my go to and this is the song I probably listen to the most. 

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is now complete, do you believe that 9-11 was 22 years ago? Wow how time flies. Anyways, it's Tuesday and a good reason to do a tidbits. 

* It has been 21,803 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,000-day Calender. I do have to say I am starting to feel my age or older than 21.  

* It has been 7,063 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. 

* 5,651 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together, the pizza hut is gone, the movie was 10,000 BC and it sucked to high heaven. 

* 4,854 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. Second best decision I ever made. 

* It was 4,399 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, we poured sand into a vase and said our I do's and we were hitched. 

* I have now lived 2,035 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong. 

* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 693 days ago today. I am very proud of her, despite everything she has gone through she has come through this like the Champion that she is. One foot in front of the other. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,266 days, I've now outlived him by 560 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! To my younger siblings, bow down to my age seniority. =)

* I have 3,037 days to go until I retire, give or take a few hundred days here or there, but I love doing what I do. Who knows though, doing what I do I may never retire. 

* There are 355 more days to go until the Mountaineers will try to get some revenge here in Morgantown for last weekend when Penn State comes to Morgantown. 

* There are 328 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 190 days to go until the next start of my favorite Season. Spring 2024. 

* 151 more days until Phil steps to center stage again for Groundhogs Day, Phil is spending his summer hanging out in my backyard with all of his other animal friends. It's hilarious to see him running his fat little butt around the yard. 

* 116 more days to go until my Goodbye 2023 Blog is posted, I'm just now getting started on content for that one. 

* There are 104 more shopping days left until Christmas 2023. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 81 days until I hit the age of 60. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 4 more days until the Pitt Panthers bring their butts to Morgantown so we can get some revenge on our game this year. 

* It has been ∞ (infinity symbol) a number of days that I have hated both Pitt and Penn State. 

* I have written 7,300 blogs in the now 18 1/2 years plus a couple of days of being a blogger. 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* I am still loving my ice tea maker, it's been about 6 weeks now since I last had any kind of soda. Terri told me about the Lipton Cold Brew that she really likes. We bought some Sunday and I'll get around to trying it. 

* How do you like my new Wednesday Blog format? Top 12 and last week was #3 and tomorrow we continue the countdown. This week and next week will culminate my list, any guesses what is on my top 2? 

* I guess I am another family member who started playing Monopoly Go on my phone. Bub, Kim, Amy, Val, Terri, Kynlea, Ralph, and a few others are all playing against each other. More and more family members are playing and it's getting pretty cutthroat and competitive. 

* We bought a new vacuum over the weekend. The old one just wasn't working too well so Michelle had me pick up a new one. This thing is phenomenal and lightweight. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This is this week's Tic Tok, who says wrestling is fake. 

* Have a great day

Monday 9-11

It's hard to believe that it has been 22 years since the Terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and one thwarted attack that was intended for the US Capital was brought down in Shanksville Pennsylvania. Four hijacked planes, three of them hit their targets and one was brought down in a field not too far from here where heroes sacrificed their lives to prevent the attack on the Capital. 

It's one of those days where we all knew where we were and what we were doing. I was in college and was not working that day and only had one class that evening (which was canceled). I was watching Jerry Springer on TV and they cut into the show with a live news break. By this time the second plane had hit the World Trade Centers and for the first time in my life I felt the United States was actually under attack.

 One plane could be a coincidence, but when the second plane hit I knew that had to be some kind of a coordinated effort. Then the Pentagon was hit then flight 93, we were all glued to our televisions that day watching war unfold in our own backyard. 

It was probably the last time Americans were all one united country. 

Have yourselves a great day, and take a little time out and remember those who were lost. A number of them had Morgantown connections. Shelley Marshall was married to one of my childhood best friends. Chris Gray was a former WVU Quarterback. 

Sunday

Here Kiwi and I are once again in a quiet household, We're sitting here discussing last night's game and he said there is much room for improvement. I have to agree with his bird's eye assessment on that. I wasn't really happy with what I saw and there is a lot of room for improvement. 

What is on our agenda for the day? Well, we are starting it off by doing our weekly grocery shopping. We always go to Krogers on Sunday Morning, Some people have people shop for them but believe it or not it is quality time that Michelle and I have always used together and we enjoy it. Even when I was on the road working for RTI, we always managed to do our Sunday Morning Grocery shopping together. 

After shopping and chores the Pittsburgh Steelers start their 2023-24 season off today as they will host the San Francisco 49ers this afternoon at 1:00. I try not to watch too much of the preseason or get too excited by the results, but I have a feeling the Steelers could be a team to reckon with this year. They have closed up their weaknesses and the younger players are now more experienced and seasoned. Should be a good year. 

My brother Gary was supposed to come into town yesterday, that didn't exactly happen and he said he is going to try to make it early this morning, not sure how that is going to turn out as he sings to his own chorus. Val has some electrical problems that she needs him to have a look at. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here I sit once again in a quiet household, Kiwi is silent but I hear him on his computer just pecking away. I think he's writing a full length novel called My Humans and Me. He was mentioning last night that he thought Chris Farley would be great playing me, but I had to tell him Chris Farley has been gone for close to 26 years. 

College Football season has it's Morgantown debut for 2023 today as the West Virginia Mountaineers take on the Dukes of Duquesne this evening at 6:00. Because this is a non-conference game and Duquense is an FCS school, the game will only be broadcast on ESPN+. I have it with the Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ package so I'll be able to watch the game this evening. It should be one where we will be able to play a number of reserves and players who will have bigger impacts in years to come. So take note that 

Val called me and told me my brother Gary will be in town today, he's going to go over to her house as she has some electrical problems that he is going to come down and look at, troubleshoot, and repair. I haven't seen him in a couple of years, so it will be nice to get a chance to see him. 

Have yourselves a great day today, make it a great one and make it memorable. 

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes, it is once again that time of the week that we all look forward to when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday!

Are you ready for a little bit of High School Football? Well my undefeated  Morgantown High Mohigans will be hosting also undefeated Musselman this evening at Pony Lewis Field (Click the link to stream the game). 1-1 University High will be traveling to undefeated Brooke this evening and Clay Battelle will be playing host to Valley Wetezel out in Blacksville this evening. 

The WVU Mountaineers will be playing their first home game of the season tomorrow evening when they host the Duquense Dukes at Mylan Puskar Stadium. Being the first home game of the season, I anticipate a lot of people coming into town this evening and tomorrow, so allow yourselves a little bit of extra time when traveling around campus and the football stadium. 

Have yourselves a great day and let's have a great weekend. 

Photo Flashback Thursday

Once a week I like to take a little bit of time out, time to look at some of the 30,000+ photos that I have stored on my computer. Little lost moments in time that I either captured with a lens, scanned or just stole from someplace on the internet. I like to find just one and post it up and recall or relive the picture to the best of my ability. Sometimes this is a pretty easy task and sometimes it's not that easy, one thing it has always been a whole lot of fun.

This weeks pic is from the last Jimmy Buffett Concert that Michelle and I actually made it to. We had tickets to last years show but never made it because she was feeling under the weather. This one was from the only year we did not have our own tailgate and instead rode in a Limo to the concert with a friend and his crew. They really didn't set up a tailgate so Michelle and I wandered around the parking lot and low and behold look who I ran into. 

This was Smitty's first Buffett Concert he had ever attended, but I think he was a few sheets to the wind by the time the concert rolled around so I'm not sure how much of it he remembers.

Have yourselves a great day. 

My Personal Music Top 12, #3

 Looking for something different to do on Wednesdays, so I thought I would come up with a series of My personal Top 10 (it's going to be 12 in this case) of my favorite music growing up through the years. I decided I did not want to repeat any artists to allow for a variety, so I had to come up with 12 unique songs by 12 unique artists that I personally have enjoyed the most through the years. I'll do one song/artist every Wednesday from my own personal preference. How well do you know me? Do you think you know my top 12 and in order? 

#12 If you Don't Know me by Now - Simply Red

#11 I Believe in You - Don Williams

#10 Still They Ride - Journey

#9 Rough Boy - ZZ Top

#8 Immigrant Song -  Led Zepplin

#7 Paper in Fire - John Mellencamp

#6 Fins -  Jimmy Buffett

#5  Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard

#4  Turn the Page - Bob Seger 

#3 Listen to What the Man Said - Paul McCartney and Wings 

This was a tough one for me, for one I love the Beatles who are the most successful band in music history, but this song is Paul McCartney and has a very specific meaning to me. While I am a big Beatles fam I was a bigger Paul McCartney fan so I put him in the countdown with his work with wings rather than the Beatles. 

Listen to what the man said takes me back to the Summer of 1975. The old Riverside Pool was in its final year of existence, the year before Krepps Park opened, and I used to go with my cousins and Aunt every day of the summer to the pool. Sharon, Lynne, Glenna Mae and I were always there, it was pool you actually had to drive to as it was out close to Maidsville along the river. Where the Longview Power, Loading Dock currently resides.  

It seemed like for weeks every time we pulled into the parking lot, this song was always playing on the radio. So I have always associated it with a great Summer and a place I used to love to go and swim at. Anything goes at that pool, scuba masks, boats, inflatable floating lounge chairs, you name it the pool was big enough to accommodate everything. 

 I miss those days, but every time I hear this song or 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago it always takes me back to that summer swimming with a two very special cousins. 

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Your three day weekend is now over with and it's time to start a shortened week, great time to do a tidbits. 

* It has been 21,796 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,000-day Calender. I do have to say I am starting to feel my age or older than 21.  

* It has been 7,056 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. 

* 5,644 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together, the pizza hut is gone, the movie was 10,000 BC and it sucked to high heaven. 

* 4,847 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. Second best decision I ever made. 

* It was 4,392 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, we poured sand into a vase and said our I do's and we were hitched. 

* I have now lived 2,028 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong. 

* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 686 days ago today. I am very proud of her, despite everything she has gone through she has come through this like the Champion that she is. One foot in front of the other. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,266 days, I've now outlived him by 553 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! To my younger siblings, bow down to my age seniority. =)

* I have 3,044 days to go until I retire, give or take a few hundred days here or there, but I love doing what I do. Who knows though, doing what I do I may never retire. 

* There are 362 more days to go until the Mountaineers will try to get some revenge here in Morgantown for last weekend when Penn State comes to Morgantown. 

* There are 335 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 197 days to go until the next start of my favorite Season. Spring 2024. 

* 158 more days until Phil steps to center stage again for Groundhogs Day, Phil is spending his summer hanging out in my backyard with all of his other animal friends. It's hilarious to see him running his fat little butt around the yard. 

* 123 more days to go until my Goodbye 2023 Blog is posted, I'm just now getting started on content for that one. 

* There are 111 more shopping days left until Christmas 2023. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 88 days until I hit the age of 60. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 11 more days until the Pitt Panthers bring their butts to Morgantown so we can get some revenge on our game this year. 

* It has been ∞ (infinity symbol) a number of days that I have hated both Pitt and Penn State. 

* I have written 7,296 blogs in the now 18 1/2 years plus a couple of days of being a blogger. 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* I am still loving my ice tea maker, it's been about 5 weeks now since I last had any kind of soda. This coming from a guy who could sit down and drink a 2-liter bottle at any meal and did so quite often. Brewed lipton iced tea with real squeezed lemons for taste. 

* How do you like my new Wednesday Blog format? Top 12 and last week was #4 and tomorrow we continue the countdown. We're getting down to the real special music and acts. 

* I guess I am another family member who started playing Monopoly Go on my phone. Bub, Kim, Amy, Val, Terri, Kynlea, Ralph and a few others are all playing against each other. 

* I went and found myself a nice deal on a head shaver this weekend, Tuckers Treasures has a 50% off of everything and I found a Bald Buddy for $22 and it was the last one on the shelf so I grabbed it. I even ordered a replacement head off of Amazon so I can deep clean one when I need to and put another one on. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This is this weeksTic Tok, true story when this footage was taken off the camera at MSN studios I was actually in the studio picking up some basketball tickets off of a friend of mine. Scott Bartlett (another friend) was the #2 guy at MSN and brought me in and sat me down to show me this clip (without the background music obviously) and his words to me were simply "Don't Cry". 

* Have a great day

Labor Day

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Labor Day. This is what is traditionally known as the unofficial last day of Summer although Fall doesn't begin for another three weeks. 

Take this day, do some BBQing, spend it with family and loved ones and just take a day off from work and enjoy your day, you have earned a day of rest and relaxation. 

No big plans for Michelle and me, I think we're going to throw some brats on the grill and mostly relax and enjoy ourselves. Michelle has the day off, but she is going to go and spend some time with her Mother this afternoon, Mondays are her days to go and visit. 

Anyone watch the WVU Game Saturday Night? We lost 38-15 to Penn State, but that was about what I expected which wasn't much. Penn State will arguably be the toughest team we play this year and we played in front of 110,747 fans up in Happy Valley. It's time for the Mountaineers to put that one behind them and start concentrating on Duquense this Saturday evening at 6:00. It's going to be a home game, so when traveling around town allow yourselves a little extra time. 

Have yourselves a great day and enjoy your day off. 

RIP Jimmy Buffett

When I woke up yesterday morning, I was excited because it was the start of football season. Kiwi and I were both excited as we started our day despite being bug underdogs last night. 

The news broke early yesterday morning, I saw it from a friends post on Facebook that one of my all time favorite artists, someone I have seen in concert I think 12 times had been battling a battle with skin cancer that turned fatal. Jimmy Buffett a man whose followers are a nation called Parrotheads were all in total shock when we learned of his passing. 

When I found out the news Michelle was still sleeping, I was trying to think of a way to tell her when she got up so that it would not be too big of a shock and disappointment. A co-worker had texted her and informed her so when she got out of bed she was already sad as she had already heard the news. 

Michelle and I made it an annual think to travel to Pittsburgh to see Jimmy, the only show that we actually missed (but had tickets to) was last years when Michelle was feeling under the weather and we did not make it to Burgettstown. There was the year before when we did not buy tickets, but that was a COVID year and the concert never took place. Our last one was when they had the big ticketing issue at the Pavillion but we rode the limo up that year and were parked on the opposite side of where we usually parked. 

RIP Jimmy, Wings Up

Game Day!!!

Here Kiwi and I sit all excited, it is the start of the 2023 WVU Football Season. Kiwi is a big football fan, he's just not a fan of all the wings people like to eat that are associated with Football. He's OK with Hot Dogs, Nachos, French Fries, and other things that do not involve bird parts being sacrificed for our culinary enjoyment. 

The season does start today for both WVU and Penn State. Two schools that have played 59 times previously, but have not played against each other since 1992. Last season we renewed an old rivalry against Pitt (who we play again in two weeks) and this season it is Penn State. The Mountaineers have not won at Penn State since Fred Wyant was our starting Quarterback in 1954. 

The Mountaineers enter the game as a 21-point underdog to the Nittany Lions. I know people have dreams and expectations, but I'm sorry this is not the year to defeat them. I would have loved to have played and destroyed them during the Rich Rod years, I don't see it happening with this current coaching staff. 

I'm happy for the start of football season though. 

Have yourselves a great Day, unless you are Penn State fan then may your day be filled with sorrow. =)

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes, it is once again that time of the week that we all look forward to when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday and the start of a three day Labor Day Weekend!!!

I can't believe I completely missed the start of the High School Football season last week. Morgantown and University Won and Clay Battelle suffered a late defeat. Are you ready for a little bit of High School Football? Well my undefeated and unscored upon this season Morgantown High Mohigans will travel to Bridgeport to take on another undefeated Bridgeport team. University High is at home once again to take on Parkersburg South. Both teams won last week. Clay Battelle is off this weekend and will host Valley Wetzel next weekend in Balcksville. 

Not sure what mine and Michelle's plans will be this weekend, I know the Mountaineers open their season tomorrow against Penn State at 7:30 tomorrow night. The game will be on NBC and will have a large national audience, it would be nice if we could manage to put together a respectable showing against the 7th ranked team. 

Have yourselves a great day and the start of a great weekend. 

Photo Flashback Thursday

Once a week I like to take a little bit of time out, time to look at some of the 30,000+ photos that I have stored on my computer. Little lost moments in time that I either captured with a lens, scanned or just stole from someplace on the internet. I like to find just one and post it up and recall or relive the picture to the best of my ability. Sometimes this is a pretty easy task and sometimes it's not that easy, one thing it has always been a whole lot of fun.

I didn't go back too far for this picture, it was last Saturday Night at the Johnny Koon event. I grabbed a pic of Gerald, Kim, Michelle, and Mom originally then Michelle Koon jumped into the picture and I couldn't pass up this very special moment. It would have been sad to have missed this lost moment in time. 

Have yourselves a great day, make some memories and maybe do something special with someone special. 

My Personal Music Top 12, #4

 Looking for something different to do on Wednesdays, so I thought I would come up with a series of My personal Top 10 (it's going to be 12 in this case) of my favorite music growing up through the years. I decided I did not want to repeat any artists to allow for a variety, so I had to come up with 12 unique songs by 12 unique artists that I personally have enjoyed the most through the years. I'll do one song/artist every Wednesday from my own personal preference. How well do you know me? Do you think you know my top 12 and in order? 

#12 If you Don't Know me by Now - Simply Red

#11 I Believe in You - Don Williams

#10 Still They Ride - Journey

#9 Rough Boy - ZZ Top

#8 Immigrant Song -  Led Zepplin

#7 Paper in Fire - John Mellencamp

#6 Fins -  Jimmy Buffett

#5  Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard

#4  Turn the Page - Bob Seger 

I have always been a big Bob Seger fan, I first started to get into hinm with my old buddy Smitty when he was a huge Bob Seger fan. He was always listening to his against the wind album.

It was a couple of years later, I remember stopping by my Sister Terri's and hearing the sone Turn the Page on the radio. I stayed in the car and listened and sang it, it was one of the first times a song actually captivated me like that. It has the ability to pick you up and put you into his life as if you were the one living it. You knew what it was like being an early 70's rock star and some of the troubles you may run into. 

Funny story, back in the 90's I used to play softball for Judies Lounge here in Morgantown. Well Sunday - Thursday Night Judies was a strip bar then would bring in bands on Friday and Saturday Night. Of course you have a bunch of guys with a great softball sponsor giving us free entry, free beer and so many pitchers of mixed drinks and they had naked girls running around, so I may have stopped by a few times after games. I remember one night one of the strippers put this song on the JukeBox. Big mistake, instead of guys sitting by the stage tipping her, we were all in the front of the bar all singing this song un unison. She was just sitting on the stage just shaking her head. I think that was the last time she selected that music to strip to....lol

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is over with, College Football just kicked off this past weekend and the Mountaineers travel to Happy Valley this weekend, can't think of a better reason to do a tidbits. 

* It has been 21,789 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,000-day Calender. I do have to say I start to feel my age or older than 21.  

* It has been 7,049 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. 

* 5,637 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together, the pizza hut is gone, the movie was 10,000 BC and it sucked to high heaven. 

* 4,840 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. Second best decision I ever made. 

* It was 4,385 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, we poured sand into a vase and said our I do's and we were hitched. 

* I have now lived 2,021 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong. 

* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 679 days ago today. I am very proud of her, despite everything she has gone through she has come through this like the Champion that she is. One foot in front of the other. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,266 days, I've now outlived him by 546 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! To my younger siblings, bow down to my age seniority. =)

* I have 3,051 days to go until I retire, give or take a few hundred days here or there, but I love doing what I do. Who knows though, doing what I do I may never retire. \

* There are 342 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 204 days to go until the next start of my favorite Season. Spring 2024. 

* 165 more days until Phil steps to center stage again for Groundhogs Day, Phil is spending his summer hanging out in my backyard with all of his other animal friends. It's hilarious to see him running his fat little butt around thee yard. 

* 130 more days to go until my Goodbye 2023 Blog is posted, I'm just now getting started on content for that one. 

* There are 118 more shopping days left until Christmas 2023. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 95 days until I hit the age of 60. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 11 more days until the Pitt Panthers bring their butts to Morgantown so we can get some revenge on our game this year. 

* There are 4 more days to go until the Mountaineers travel to Happy Valley and get another shot at an old-time Rival, Penn State. 

* It has been ∞ (infinity symbol) a number of days that I have hated both of those two schools. 

* I have written 7,291 blogs in the now 18 1/2 years plus a couple of days of being a blogger. 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* I am still loving my ice tea maker, It's been over a month since I have had a soda or anything with aspartame in it. 

* How do you like my new Wednesday Blog format? Top 12 and last week was #5 and tomorrow we continue the countdown. We're getting down to the nitty gritty. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This is this weeks Tic Tok, what it's like living in Morgantown. 

* Is it really Late August?  Wait, that means FOOTBALL SEASON!!!! 

* What's a Nittany? A common question that many may ask since we are Playing the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday. It's a Mountain on or near the Penn State campus. 

* Have a great day

Monday

All good things must come to an end, and that includes those fun filled things you working stiffs refer to as weekends. Now it is time to take your collective noses and stick them back onto the grindstone of life and get back to doing what it is that you do for a living. 

I have not heard how the Lantern and Butterfly went Saturday Night, but they sold out of both items and sold out early and at full price, this was the first time that they have ever done that and they have had some pretty productive years. This may turn out to be the biggest donation yet for this event. It was a beautiful evening. Pam and George made it as well as Michelle's sister Chris, Amanda and Joey and four of Chris's Grandchildren. Brittany brought Matt and his sister Lauren so we had a number of first timers show up for this event. Thank You to all. 

Yesterday Michelle and I traveled to Cassville to once again to meet up with a number of family members to celebrate Arabella's Birthday. 

Today would have been Michelle's Grandmother Ruth (Gigi as she is referred to) 102nd birthday. She missed making to 100 but we still celebrated the 100th Birthday. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Sunday

Here I sit on a quiet Sunday morning with my old buddy Kiwi, we are up talking about the start of College Football and the simple fact that I missed an entire week of High School Football on my Friday Blog. 

Yesterday was a productive day, we did a little bit of shopping in the early afternoon. We stopped by Lucky Duck, Morgantown's new Bin Store located where Rite Aide used to be in Sellaro Plaza. They fill the bins up on Friday and everything is $10 and every day the price drops for the items remaining in the bins. On Thursday the remaining items are all $1.00 and on Friday they refill all the bins and and the price goes back to $10.00. It was our first time going there, and it's just stuff people buy on pallets at a deal and they fill the bins with them. 

Last night we went to the Johnny Koon Butterfly and Lantern Release. It was once again at Westwood Middle School this year and they had a nice turnout, hopefully they raised a significant amount of money for the cause. 

Today, Grocery Shopping and regular chores. We have a birthday Party this afternoon that we are attending. 

Have yourselves a great day. Make it memorable and spend it with some special people. 

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Here Kiwi and I once again sit in a quiet household, he's up wanting to discuss stock tips to me and wanting to invest in Edsel Motors, he thinks it's going to make a big comeback then he'll drop the stock and sell it. I'm telling you that bird has an active imagination.

If you are not doing anything tonight or would just like to find a really good cause to donate money towards, the Johnny Koon Light up the Night and Buttefly release is this evening at Westwood Middle School.  Lanterns and Butterfly's are just $5.00 was and make for a very photographic situation, so bring your cameras. Come on out, take a chance on winning some door prizes and raise some money for a very good cause. Weather permitting we will be there, so come on out. 

Hayley and Tyler stopped by last night, they made a trip to Morgantown so Michelle ordered a couple of Pizza's from Pizza Al's as they came in for a visit. It was nice to see them, we haven't seen them for a couple of months due to busy schedules. I kept Peanut inside all day, knowing that if Hayley arrived when she was outside she would have taken off and hidden. So to avoid the headache, yesterday was an inside day for Peanut. 

Have yourselves a great day, hope to see everyone this evening. 

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes, it is once again that time of the week that we all look forward to when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Looking for a little bit of cheap entertainment, and by cheap I mean free? Smashmouth  who also sang this who most people will be most familiar with will be performing this evening at the Hazel Ruby McQuain Ampitheater this evening. This will be the last concert of the summer season. Starting next week that they are going to do movie nights down on the Mon finishing up with the Rocky Horror Picture show around Halloween. 

WVU starts next weekend, but tomorrow is the first two games of the College Football Season. I'm excited to see what this team has to offer. Navy vs Notre Dame to kick it all off tomorrow. 

Have a great day. 

Photo Flashback Thursday

Once a week I like to take a little bit of time out, time to look at some of the 30,000+ photos that I have stored on my computer. Little lost moments in time that I either captured with a lens, scanned or just stole from someplace on the internet. I like to find just one and post it up and recall or relive the picture to the best of my ability. Sometimes this is a pretty easy task and sometimes it's not that easy, one thing it has always been a whole lot of fun.

This week is an easy one for me, one that Michelle took last Friday evening. My old Roommate and I had buried a hatchet that never needed stuck there in the first place. Funny thing is, most of my family have either never met Gregg Cutrone or have just heard stories of him. Funny story, other than Grandma Hall and my wife Michelle, Gregg and I lived together longer than I have with anyone else. Gregg was a brother to me and I'm glad to have reconnected with him. 

Gregg lives in Clevelnad now and is a Brown's fan and former season ticket holder, which is kind of funny because he grew up a Steelers fan, living in Greentree which if you are going downtown Pittsburgh and see the WDVE Building, Gregg grew up on the other side of the Parkway. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

My Personal Music Top 12, #5

Looking for something different to do on Wednesdays, so I thought I would come up with a series of My personal Top 10 (it's going to be 12 in this case) of my favorite music growing up through the years. I decided I did not want to repeat any artists to allow for a variety, so I had to come up with 12 unique songs by 12 unique artists that I personally have enjoyed the most through the years. I'll do one song/artist every Wednesday from my own personal preference. How well do you know me? Do you think you know my top 12 and in order? 

#12 If you Don't Know me by Now - Simply Red

#11 I Believe in You - Don Williams

#10 Still They Ride - Journey

#9 Rough Boy - ZZ Top

#8 Immigrant Song -  Led Zepplin

#7 Paper in Fire - John Mellencamp

#6 Fins -  Jimmy Buffett

#5  Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard

Def Leppard is a band that I fell in love with the first time I heard them. I first noticed them around 1982 when they published their third album, Pyromania. The first song I remember hearing was Photograph and I thought these guys kind of had a led zepplinesque about them Heavy Guitar Riffs and Vocals they just invited you to scream out. 

Their fourth album, Hysteria took them being an awesome rock band to the leaders of the industry. A lot of good music came on that album including my favorite Def Leppard song Pur Some Sugar on Me. It was almost an anthem to my generation sung by a band with a one-armed drummer named Rick Allen who lost an arm in a car wreck between Pyromania and Hysteria. The band could have easily replaced him, but they didn't they waited on him to re-perfect his craft minus an appendage. 

I still love listening to their music all these years later. 

Happy Birthday George "Moke" McClain

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my nephew George "Moke" McClain a very happy birthday today. If his and my math is right he is 35 years old today, or if you use my exclusive 1,000-day calendar that I prefer to use, he is 12. 

I am very proud of what this young man has accomplished in his life, wrestler, war veteran, network professional and someone whose career has no limitations. 

I did manage to talk to Moke briefly yesterday and wish him a very Happy Birthday. I'm not sure what his lovely wife Ang and the girls have anything planned for him today, but whatever it may be he has more than earned it. 

If you get the chance make sure you reach out to Moke today and wish him a very Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday Moke.  

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is over with, once again resetting goals and addressing a Tuesday, great reason for tidbits. 

* It has been 21,782 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,000-day Calender. I do have to say I start to feel my age or older than 21.  

* It has been 7,042 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. 

* 5,630 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together, the pizza hut is gone, the movie was 10,000 BC and it sucked to high heaven. 

* 4,833 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. Second best decision I ever made. 

* It was 4,378 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, we poured sand into a vase and said our I do's and we were hitched. 

* I have now lived 2,014 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong. 

* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 672 days ago today. I am very proud of her, despite everything she has gone through she has come through this like the Champion that she is. One foot in front of the other. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,266 days, I've now outlived him by 539 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! To my younger siblings, bow down to my age seniority. =)

* I have 3,058 days to go until I retire, give or take a few hundred days here or there, but I love doing what I do. Who knows though, doing what I do I may never retire. \

* There are 349 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 211 days to go until the next start of my favorite Season. Spring 2024. 

* 172 more days until Phil steps to center stage again for Groundhogs Day, Phil is spending his summer hanging out in my backyard with all of his other animal friends. 

* 137 more days to go until my Goodbye 2023 Blog is posted, I'm just now getting started on content for that one. 

* There are 125 more shopping days left until Christmas 2023. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 102 days until I hit the age of 60. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 25 more days until the Pitt Panthers bring their butts to Morgantown so we can get some revenge on our game this year. 

* There are 18 more days to go until the Mountaineers travel to Happy Valley and get another shot at an old-time Rival, Penn State. 

* It has been ∞ (infinity symbol) a number of days that I have hated both of those two schools. 

* I have written 7,283 blogs in the now 18 1/2 years plus a couple of days of being a blogger. 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* I am still loving my ice tea maker, It's going on a month since I have had a soda. 

* How do you like my new Wednesday Blog format? Top 12 and last week was #6 and tomorrow we continue the countdown. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This is this weeks Tic Tok,Got to love these two. They are from Parkersburg. 

* Is it really Late August?  Wait, that means FOOTBALL SEASON!!!! 

* Have a great day

Monday

All good things must come to an end, and that does include those fun filled things we refer to as weekends. Now it is time to take our collective noses and stick them back upon the grindstone one more time and get back to doing what it is that we do to make this a better rock to live on. 

For me it was a good and productive weekend, met up with Gregg on Friday, did some things Saturday to help Michelle and her animal friends in the back yard and did all of our shopping. Not to mention I got both cars inspected late last week. 

That was last week, this is this week. A week of new goals and things to accomplish. Nothing really planned for me this week, I know Michelle will be visiting her Mom tonight and one day this week her and her sisters are getting together for a spa day for their Mom. Something they do every once in a while. 

I may tackle some yard work today,. the grass is getting a little bit long and it's time to fire up the ole lawn tractor and behead all of that overgrown grass to spruce up the yard. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

Sunday Morning Ramblings

Here Kiwi and I sit on a quiet Sunday Morning, we're up discussing on whether or not either one of us actually watches TV or if it is just on for background noise. He says I just have it on for noise and I say I watch it, don't ask me what is on it other than a football game, but I watch it....sometimes.

Had a good day yesterday, Michelle made a couple trips to goodwill around town to look for a few things since she is losing so much weight, we ended up getting a toilet paper holder and a shaker bottle for the Overnight Oats that she eats every morning. She really likes these things and they do not mess with her sugar. 

We did go to Rural King to buy some more corn and bird seed. Michelle really gets a kick out of feeding the deer and the birds. I can count no fewer than 7 deer, at least 4 of them bucks, that stop by pretty much on a daily basis. As well as Turkey's, Phil the Groundhog, and a wide array of all kind of bird species. I'm just waiting to see a bear one day, and there have been a couple known to be in the area. 

Today would have been my stepmother Jean Hall's 74th Birthday. She was born on this day in 1949 and touched so many lives. 

Typical Sunday for us.

Have yourselves a great day. 

Saturday Morning Ramblings

Me and Gregg Cutrone

Here I sit once again in a quiet household, I tried to get Kiwi to write my blog today but he's being hard-headed and wants to re-renegotiate his contract for more millet again. I'm holding firm on my negotiations, so he's not speaking to me this morning. 

It was an eventful week this past week. I did get both cars inspected. Michelle's car needed rear breaks and there was a wire showing on the inside passenger side drive tire, somehow getting worn down or something not right. So I put 4 new tires on her car (I was going to do it last fall but didn't) and she is taking it in to get it aligned Tuesday Morning. There is a shop close to her work and they will take her to work and deliver the car to her. Michelle has known the owner of the Sube Shop for years, he was one of Chad's friends and he has always been a big help to her. Two cars were inspected for another year. Check. 

Earlier this week and it started last weekend, I was communicating with my old roommate Gregg about him being on the WVU Fans page. Gregg played football for WVU back when we were roommates, but we really had not spoken in 35 years. Monday he messaged me and invited me to go meet him at Keglers last night. His Football Recruiting class was having a get together and he invited me. We exchanged phone numbers on Monday and had a nice two-hour phone conversation earlier this week. Gregg and I roomed together for 3 1/2 years while he was playing here. It was great to meet some of his team mates as well, Michelle wanted to get a picture of her and Freddie Boom Smalls but that never came to fruition. These are the guys who beat Penn State and Boston College with Heisman Trophy Winner Doug Flutie in back-to-back weeks. Gregg was heading back to Cleveland last night, but we'll keep talking. It's like we picked up like we were still living together. 

No plans for the day coming up, I never got around to cutting grass last week due to getting cars inspected and having them serviced. The weather wasn't completely cooperative last week, so I will either cut the grass this weekend or early next week. 

Have yourselves a great day 

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes, it is once again that time of the week that we all look forward to when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

Looking for a little bit of cheap entertainment, and by cheap I mean free? Sam Bush will be performing this evening at the Hazel Ruby McQuain Ampitheater this evening. This will be the next to the last concert for the season with Smashmouth closing out the season next Friday. After that I hear they are going to do movie nights down on the Mon finishing up with the Rocky Horror Picture show around Halloween. 

I do believe as of press time that Michelle and I will be agendaless this weekend. Nothing on our schedule, but that doesn't mean anything, things can change very quickly on that front. Football is getting ready to start here in a few weeks, so that will be where my Saturday's attention will be. 

Have a great day. 

Photo Flashback Thursday

Once a week I like to take a little bit of time out, time to look at some of the 30,000+ photos that I have stored on my computer. Little lost moments in time that I either captured with a lens, scanned or just stole from someplace on the internet. I like to find just one and post it up and recall or relive the picture to the best of my ability. Sometimes this is a pretty easy task and sometimes it's not that easy, one thing it has always been a whole lot of fun.

Since yesterday was Jimmy Buffett week on my personal top 12 for Music, I thought I would grab a pic from our last concert of his we actually made it to and use one of those pictures.

This was thre year Michelle and I rode up in a Limo and didn't have our own tailgate. So we decided to walk around a little bit and you'll never guess who I ran into having his own tailgate. I think this was Smitty's first Buffett Concert, so Michelle had to grab a picture of the two of us that day. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

My Personal Music Top 12, #6

Looking for something different to do on Wednesdays, so I thought I would come up with a series of My personal Top 10 (it's going to be 12 in this case) of my favorite music growing up through the years. I decided I did not want to repeat any artists to allow for a variety, so I had to come up with 12 unique songs by 12 unique artists that I personally have enjoyed the most through the years. I'll do one song/artist every Wednesday from my own personal preference. How well do you know me? Do you think you know my top 12 and in order? 

#12 If you Don't Know me by Now - Simply Red

#11 I Believe in You - Don Williams

#10 Still They Ride - Journey

#9 Rough Boy - ZZ Top

#8 Immigrant Song -  Led Zepplin

#7 Paper in Fire - John Mellencamp

#6 Fins -  Jimmy Buffett

Anyone who knows me knows I love me some Jimmy Buffett. I think I have seen him 12 times and Michelle I think is at 11. The artist I have seen more than any other artist. Michelle and I actually themed our wedding around his lifestyle. 

The first time I had ever heard fins it was live at PNC Park. 50,000 people in Unison waving their hands in the air and I was hooked. It was a tough choice to make a favorite Jimmy Song, there are so many that he does that I absolutely love, but I think Fins has to take the top spot for Jimmy in my rankings...this week. 

Some of Jimmy's band are outright legends in their own right. Mac McAnally is a 10 time Country Music Association Musician of the Year. Nadirah Shakoor has the absolute voice of an Angel. Morgantown's own Ellie Mannette, the inventor of the Steel Drum even played the Steel Drum for Jimmy at PNC Park. How many of you knew that the best Steel Drums in the world were made in Osage? 

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is over with, once again resetting goals and addressing a Tuesday, great reason for tidbits. 

* It has been 21,775 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,000-day Calender. I do have to say I start to feel my age or older than 21.  

* It has been 7,035 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. Next group has just arrived in town. 

* 5,623 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together, the pizza hut is gone, the movie was 10,000 BC and it sucked to high heaven. 

* 4,826 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. Second best decision I ever made. 

* It was 4,371 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, we poured sand into a vase and said our I do's and we were hitched. 

* I have now lived 2,007 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong. 

* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 665 days ago today. I am very proud of her, despite everything she has gone through she has come through this like the Champion that she is. One foot in front of the other. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,266 days, I've now outlived him by 532 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! To my younger siblings, bow down to my age seniority. =)

* I have 3,065 days to go until I retire, give or take a few hundred days here or there, but I love doing what I do. Who knows though, doing what I do I may never retire. \

* There are 356 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 218 days to go until the next start of my favorite Season. Spring 2024. 

* 179 more days until Phil steps to center stage again for Groundhogs Day, Phil is spending his summer hanging out in my backyard with all of his other animal friends. 

* 146 more days to go until my Goodbye 2023 Blog is posted, I'm just now getting started on content for that one. 

* There are 132 more shopping days left until Christmas 2023. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 109 days until I hit the age of 60. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 32 more days until the Pitt Panthers bring their butts to Morgantown so we can get some revenge on our game this year. 

* There are 25 more days to go until the Mountaineers travel to Happy Valley and get another shot at an old-time Rival, Penn State. 

* It has been ∞ (infinity symbol) a number of days that I have hated both of those two schools. 

* I have written 7,276 blogs in the now 18 1/2 years plus a couple of days of being a blogger. 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* Michelle had a favorable yearly review this week, they gave her an extra week of vacation plus a raise. 

* I am still loving my ice tea maker, would you believe that I have not had the first soda since I started drinking brewed unsweetened iced tea. 

* How do you like my new Wednesday Blog format? Top 12 and last week was #7 and tomorrow we continue the countdown. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This is this weeks Tic Tok, brings aging into a whole different perspective. 

* Is it really August? I have two cars I need to get inspected this week now and the damned students are back. 

* Have a great day

Monday

It is once again that time of the week when we put the weekend behind us and look forward to what the week has to offer us. It's time to take our collective noses and stick them back onto that grindstone of life and get back to doing what it is that week do that makes this world a better world to live in.

I did see something kind of funny on Facebook over the weekend, I was scrolling and on one of the groups that I frequent, the WVU Mountaineer Fan Page and I scroll down and see this image. For those of you didn't know him or ever get the chance to meet him, Gregg Cutrone was my room mate from 1984-1987 when he Graduated. We had roomed together at three different locations, two on Brockway across from the Bakery then the last two years at Barrington North. Gregg is not a member of that group, so I messaged him the night before his birthday and pointed out that post and added him to the group. It was a nice pleasant surprise for him. 

So what is on this weeks agenda? I'll be heading to Hartsells twice this week to get both of the cars inspected. I'm putting Ice (Michelle's Car) in on Thursday and Pearl (my Car) in on Friday for inspections. I'll have to drop a car off in the early morning and then uber over to pick it up as Michelle goes to work with the other car. Speaking of Ice, we paid it off yesterday so now we own both cars outright after purchasing them new. 

Haver yourselves a great day, make it special and make it memorable. 

 

Sunday

Here I sit on a quiet Sunday Morning, refreshed from Kiwi taking over my responsibilities writing yesterdays BLOG and ready to start writing. 

In case you have not taken notice and I swear they they just left, the students are back to moving into the dorms. I would say the vast majority of them are already here with a few stragglers coming in between now and the start of classes on Wednesday. Allow yourselves a little bit of extra time when traveling around town due to not only all the additional traffic, but a bunch of people dropping off their kids and not knowing how to drive in Morgantown. Patience is a virtue. 

Last night I wanted some ice cream, Michelle and I drove to Mountaineer Country Ice Cream with the thought of getting some, that place was more packed than I have ever seen it. We walked into the store and it was packed, so it was on to plan B which was Dairy Queen and my Butterfinger Blizzard fallback. 

Our plans for the day, well we didn't do anything yesterday mainly based on the Thunderstorms in the forecast. Today's forecast also has Thunderstorms, but I'm not sure of I believe them. Grocery shopping and chores. 

Have a great day. 

Kiwi's Korner

Hey everyone it's me Kiwi. Dad is sleeping still and I've opened my cage up and come over to his computer and am writing this to give you a superior species (that's aviary) point of view. My Humans can't hang so I'm stepping in and stepping up. 

I'm going to have both of my humans home today, Mom leaves for work every morning and Dad answers to our every calling, you can refer to him as the bird slave. 

Mom's pretty nice, I have a number of cousins dropping by every evening, but they always stay outside because my cage just isn't big enough. Mom the sweetheart that she is feeds them every day. Now it's not the premier stuff that I get of choice nuts and seeds, but since there are so many of my cousins dropping in Mom feeds than the wild bird food. That's fine as long as I am still treated as special as I am. 

I overheard them talking last night, I was pretending like I was busy so they wouldn't think I was sticking my beak into their business, they are undecided for any plans this weekend. I know Dad said the grass isn't high enough and he'll take care of it next week and Mom is just enjoying a couple of days off. 

I usually grind her coffee beans for her every day, but today and tomorrow she usually drinks out of that Keurig thing. I'm not sure why, I am the world aviary champion bean grinder, and I could charge top dollar for my services. 

I'll make everyone a deal, you have fun today and I'll fly around town and poop on on the students making the traffic horrible. 

Big Ole Hairy Friday

Yes, it is once again that time of the week that we all look forward to when we can take time to cease the labors for the week and take a little bit of needed time out to enjoy the fruits of those labors. It is again the dawn of another weekend and a Big Ole Hairy Friday.

If you are looking for a little big of entertainment tonight, a band called Home Free is playing tonight at the Hazel Ruby McQuainAmphitheater downtown tonight at 8:00. I'm not really familiar with them but tonight's show is a free show as they are kicking off their world tour. They are playing in Connecticut tomorrow night and tickets are selling for between $75 and $185, so this might be someone to catch. 

No immediate plans for this weekend for us, but we are right in the middle of Move in Days for the WVU Students into the dorms. Classes start on Wednesday so town is going to have a big influx of residents this weekend. In other words, they are back. No more quick trips with little traffic around town, get ready for the headaches and traffic jams. 

Have yourselves a great day and the start of a great weekend. 

Photo Flashback Thursday

Once a week I like to take a little bit of time out, time to look at some of the 30,000+ photos that I have stored on my computer. Little lost moments in time that I either captured with a lens, scanned or just stole from someplace on the internet. I like to find just one and post it up and recall or relive the picture to the best of my ability. Sometimes this is a pretty easy task and sometimes it's not that easy, one thing it has always been a whole lot of fun.

This weeks pic goes all the way back to the year 2006. These two young kids were just dating in High School and decided to attend the prom together. Moke and Ang were very young with their lives just beginning together. 

We had started the day off at the WVU Coliseum taking pictures and after I grabbed a number of them from there, we went back to Jeans (who is in the picture) and grabbed a few more fun pics from the day. 

You just knew these two were going to end up together, now they are married with two wonderful daughters. 

Have yourselves a great day. 

My Personal Music Top 12, #7

 Looking for something different to do on Wednesdays, so I thought I would come up with a series of My personal Top 10 (it's going to be 12 in this case) of my favorite music growing up through the years. I decided I did not want to repeat any artists to allow for a variety, so I had to come up with 12 unique songs by 12 unique artists that I personally have enjoyed the most through the years. I'll do one song/artist every Wednesday from my own personal preference. How well do you know me? Do you think you know my top 12 and in order? 

#12 If you Don't Know me by Now - Simply Red

#11 I Believe in You - Don Williams

#10 Still They Ride - Journey

#9 Rough Boy - ZZ Top

#8 Immigrant Song -  Led Zepplin

#7 Paper in Fire - John Mellencamp

I have always been a John Mellencamp fan. Even back when he started out as Johny Cougar to when he was John Cougar Mellencamp to his real name which is John Mellencamp. 

He's always had a soulful rhythm about him and what he sings and records. I always find myself listening to his greatest hits album Words and Music, it's just one of those albums you can listen and relisten to and every song puts you into a different kind of mood and euphoria. His music just has that kind of Magic. 

Paper in Fire is probably my favorite song that he has done, and there were so many that I could have chose from, it's always touched me from the first time I ever heard it. 

Tuesday's Tidbits

* Monday is over with, once again resetting goals and addressing a Tuesday, great reason for tidbits. 

* It has been 21,768 days since I was born, that is 21 years using my new,  new, and improved 1,000-day Calender. I do have to say I start to feel my age or older than 21.  

* It has been 7,028 days since I graduated from WVU with a Degree in Geography. I love my field and have been fortunate to make a career in it. 

* 5,616 days ago Michelle and I had our first date together, the pizza hut is gone, the movie was 10,000 BC and it sucked to high heaven. 

* 4,819 days ago I proposed to Michelle in the backyard at 4:00 in the morning. Second best decision I ever made. 

* It was 4,364 days ago in front of our closest friends and family, for the most part, Michelle and I became husband and wife at the Marilla Center, we poured sand into a vase and said our I do's and we were hitched. 

* I have now lived 2,000 days longer than my Dad did and I'm still going strong. It's two years exactly according to my birthday age calendar. 

* Michelle has been living a clean and productive life and beat that alcohol demon 658 days ago today. I am very proud of her, despite everything she has gone through she has come through this like the Champion that she is. One foot in front of the other. 

* My older Brother Jonathan lived 21,266 days, I've now outlived him by 525 days making me Senior Supreme Sibling once again! To my younger siblings, bow down to my age seniority. =)

* I have 3,072 days to go until I retire, give or take a few hundred days here or there, but I love doing what I do. Who knows though, doing what I do I may never retire. \

* There are 363 more days to go until Michelle and I celebrate our Thirteenth Wedding Anniversary together. 

* There are only 225 days to go until the next start of my favorite Season. Spring 2024. 

* 186 more days until Phil steps to center stage again for Groundhogs Day, Phil is spending his summer hanging out in my backyard with all of his other animal friends. 

* 153 more days to go until my Goodbye 2023 Blog is posted, I'm just now getting started on content for that one. 

* There are 139 more shopping days left until Christmas 2023. You still have plenty of time to prepare and get ready.

* There are 116 days until I hit the age of 60. Yeah I know, I'm really older than 21. 

* There are 39 more days until the Pitt Panthers bring their butts to Morgantown so we can get some revenge on our game this year. 

* There are 32 more days to go until the Mountaineers travel to Happy Valley and get another shot at an old-time Rival, Penn State. 

* It has been ∞ (infinity symbol) a number of days that I have hated both of those two schools. 

* I have written 7,268 blogs in the now 18 1/2 years plus a couple of days of being a blogger. 

* Older Drone still needs to be sent out for repairs, not a big priority at this time. My little drone is awesome and I really like it....when I take time out to fly it.  

* I think I know where I want to do my next drone flight, out by the old county graveyard whenever I get to it. 

* Weather is nice and I have time now, maybe I should go out and fly. 

* I am still loving my ice tea maker, freshly brewed from tea bags and unsweetened Iced Tea has replaced soda for me and I am actually starting to feel it. 

* How do you like my new Wednesday Blog format? Top 12 and last week was #7 and tomorrow we continue the countdown. 

* How about I start doing my favorite Tic Tok of the week? This is this weeks Tic Tok, this actually looks like it would have been a lot of fun. 

* Is it really August? I have two cars I need to get inspected this month now and the damned students are about ready to return. 

* Have a great day