songbird's crazy world

 You are not going to believe this one. To refresh your recollection… Drew bought the grill on May 5, and was initially told it would be delivered May 11.   It wasn’t.  They cancelled and rescheduled 7 times.  At that point, Drew told them to cancel the order and refund his money.  The customer service rep tried to argue with him, but agreed to cancel the order.  Right after he canceled he got an email indicating they’d deliver the grill that week.  He thought that was an error. Obviously there was no delivery, Today he got an email saying they’re delivering the grill Wednesday!   So he checked with his credit card company.  He did get a refund from Sears … for $20.  Not for the full price of the grill.  Apparently during one of his many phone calls to complain, a service rep decided to issue a small refund to pay for the inconvenience of having the order delayed. Lawyer brain just kicked in …

 We’ve lived her almost a year, I know the area well from my many walks.  But I can still find something new every now and then. The neighbor’s dormer is coming along nicely. Think someone might be celebrating a birthday? Yeah, sounds like a significant birthday.

It seems all my favorites from the 60’s are leaving us. Bobby Sherman passed away last week. Let’s not forget he was on a tv show … Here Come the Brides He guest starred on another show And who is that blonde surfer in this video?

 I will have two posts today.  The first will be about today’s theme, And the theme?  National Day. So what could be more appropriate than songs about the founding of a nation? I am a history geek.  I admit it.  I revel in it.   I am also a Broadway nerd,  especially musicals. So when the two cross paths … 1776 . I saw it on Broadway with Brent Spiner (of Star Trek fame) as John Adams. I saw it at City Center, in a production where everyone wore modern clothes and John Larroquette played Benjamin Franklin.  I saw a production at a small Long Island theater. And every year, around the 4th of July, I watch the 1972 movie starring William Daniels. I’ve seen the movie so many times I can recite dialogue. They strove for historical accuracy but occasionally missed the mark.  It’s a movie, they have to take some dramatic license.  But … Well, what they did to Caesar Rodney … Rodney was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Delaware. ...

Shadow was excited, her tail was whipping around… Want to see the view from our window that got Shadow so excited? I know what it sounds like when doves cry … It was cloudy and a bit cool when I took my walk the other day.   I walked to the pool — took exactly 8 minutes.   The poor lifeguard was in sweatpants and a hoodie.  But surprisingly there were two kids in the pool.  Go figure. Seen on that walk. The last day of public school was Friday.  I think the graduation signs will come down soon. The construction site on my street …the old house is completely gone. So, a bit more about the grill misadventure.  Drew always bought appliances at Sears. There was a huge Sears store located in Hicksville.   He’d also buy a service contract for each appliance.  As you may know, Sears went bankrupt a few years ago.  They closed all the stores, but reinvented themselves as Sears.com, and also continued to provide repairs pursuant to their many service ...