songbird's crazy world

 Last month we had the pleasure of attending a Tommy James concert. Here are some of his best, I found some fan video from the night we saw him.  It’s an acoustic version of one of his hits.  Before I play it … You know about his  connection to organized crime .  He wrote a book about it.  The book is going to become   a movie.  Jane’s told that story at the show, then told us this song will be used in the credits. I’m waiting for that movie, I’m sure it will be interesting.

 Well, the Long Island Railroad workers went on strike Saturday morning,  Thousands of riders  lost their transportation into the city. Fortunately I don’t rely on the railroad these days, The timing was awful — the Mets and Yankees are playing a Subway Series at Citi Field.  A lot of Mets fans use the railroad to get to the ballpark.The Mets arranged for shuttle buses for the Long Island fans … although, to be honest, it’s probably Yankees fans on those shuttles…the Mets can’t win for losing … This was the fourth time in history the LIRR experienced a strike — the other strikes were in 1980 (coinciding with a NYC Transit strike),  1987 and 1994.   The 1980 strike didn’t affect me, I was away at college.  The 1994 strike didn’t affect me, I was living in Queens and taking the subway to work,  But in January 1987 I was living on Long Island and commuting to Manhattan, a regular rider of the LIRR.  So, for the duration of the strike — 11 days —...

  Fun, Fun, Fun Welcome to  Saturday: 9 . What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love to  answer the questions, however, and here is today's questions! Saturday 9: Fun, Fun, Fun (1964) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it  here . 1) This song is about a girl who borrows her father's Ford Thunderbird. When is the last time you drove someone else's car? February 2025.  I drove Drew’s car.  He had a medical procedure and couldn’t drive, and my car was in the shop. I hate driving his car. 2) The teen in question is well known for ability to drive "like an ace." If we were to ask your high school classmates what...

 Stupid cat tricks, part one.   We have sliding glass doors that lead from the sun room to the patio.  We also have screen doors. In nice weather, we leave the glass doors open.  Shadow likes to sit by the open door. On Tuesday Drew was watching tv in the living room when he heard a crash from the sun room.  He ran into the sun room … Shadow had knocked the screen door off its track.  She was sitting by the door, clearly ready to pounce on whatever hapless creature was on the patio. She loves to watch the birds … Stupid cat tricks, part two.  The sun room and the living room are separated by a set of French doors.  I was home alone Tuesday night (Drew was at rehearsal).  I closed the doors between the rooms.  Later, when Drew came home and sat down in the living room to watch TV, he saw two eyes staring at him from the other side of the French doors … I accidentally locked Shadow in the sun room …. Well, I did say I wanted a cat with per...

 The news from Long Island … there was a sinkhole today on the Long Island Expressway!  Westbound lanes, exit 49. Guess where I get onto the Expressway when I go home?  Yep, I get on at exit 49 and drive westbound … had to find an alternate route tonight, At least I wasn’t commuting home from the city, a fire shut down penn Station, and Long Islanders tryin* to get home had to find other ways… …just a small taste of the chaos we are anticipating if the railroad goes on strike Saturday.  It will be a disaster.  I’m so happy I don’t work in the city anymore. Though I do hate paying for gas these days,  I drive a hybrid, so a tank of gas lasts a long time, but still…

 Interesting clue on Jeopardy! Tuesday night …  … have I mentioned that Drew is doing Yeoman of the Guard  this year? Around here, libraries and public schools like to offer all sorts of adult education classes.  About ten years ago I took a few yoga classes, and really liked it.  But I had to stop taking yoga because of my knee … I tried to do a warrior two and my right knee buckled.  Turns out I have arthritis in both knees.  But with weight loss, medical treatment and physical therapy, my knees are a lot better.   And I miss the practice,  So when I found out that the parks department is offering summer classes … twelve weeks of yoga from May through August …an hour-long class once a week …and senior citizens (like me) get a 50% discount … starting on Tuesday I’ll be doing mountain pose and downward dog … If I can handle the summer program, I can continue the practice in the fall, the high school offers a yoga class.  And if it’s too ...