Alas, Leon Redbone Died Yesterday

I have to admit, I am not an expert on Leon Redbone's music. I can not name all of his most popular songs, or tell you anything about his life, but I have always admired his unique voice and style.

It takes a lot of courage and stubbornness to be different, and Mr. Redbone was definitely different!

He played the songs HE wanted to play, and never worried about the modern trends, and what was "hot" at the time.

If you're not familiar with Leon Redbone's music, here's an example...

His wardrobe was old timey, and he wore hats, which is not done much anymore.

Everything was "throwback," not just his clothes. The music he played, his singing style (kinda like Al Jolson)...

Yes, Al sang in blackface, but nobody knew it was wrong back then. 

...his song choices, EVERYTHING was refreshingly Leon Redbone alone!

There have been a lot of unique entertainers that have come and gone, like Tiny Tim, or Weird Al, but Leon Redbone was an excellent musician who took his music seriously, most of the time...but not all of the time...

Most of us (me included), do not have the cojones to be different, like Leon Redbone. He was a special, beloved entertainer, who will always be remembered, not in spite of his quirky style, but because of it!

Trapped In Another Dimension!!

Oh, my! It's already 2:29 in the afternoon and I haven't even started my daily blog posting yet!

Wha happen? I don't really know. I think I kinda fell into a bizarre time warp, and lost the whole stinkin' mornin'! 

Whatever it was, I need to get this thang started, before it's too late to meditate and relate! 

Of course I meditate before I write this blog! What? Do you think I just sit down here at my P.C. and start typing aimlessly with no thought on what I'm gonna say...like I'm doing now? I have more R-E-S-P-E-C-T for you readers than that! 

With that in mind, why don't we discuss..umm...how's about...uh...let me meditate a few more seconds. 

I think I've got it! Let's discuss the vast amounts of RAIN we've been having here in central America! 

Now, I don't mean Central America like...

I mean like...

Let's face it, God knows we need water to survive, and we truly appreciate water, which comes from rain, like the song says...

I don't question God's ways, but boy oh boy, we sure have had a ton of rain lately. I'm not complaining, but the farmers are worried they won't get their crops in on time, and the folks with flooded homes would enjoy a little dry out time, and our dog, Chevy has been shaking like a leaf every night from the thunder boomers. 

It's okay, though, because we're tough in the Midwest! Like we always say, "we won't melt, we can run between the raindrops, good Lord willin' and the creeks don't rise!"

Maybe I'm delirious from all the wetness, but I actually enjoyed carrying buckets of water from our overly wet basement yesterday. I kinda felt like Mickey Mouse in that weird cartoon about the buckets and lots of water...

So, that's all I have time for today, due to my nap, I mean, the bizarre time warp that trapped me in another dimension for a couple of hours. 

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Surprise! Your Final Exam Of 2019!

With the school year at an end, I figgered it's about time for your FINAL exam, until I give another FINAL exam next year.

Put on your thinking caps, sharpen your pencils, remove all toys and other distractions off your desks, and "get ready to ruuuuuumblllllle!"

This exam will be responsible for 98% of your grade, so don't blow it! The other 2% comes from the comments you've made throughout the year, which means some of you should be afraid...VERY AFRAID!!

1. What is the name of this blog?_______________.

2. What is the name of this blogger's doggie?__________

By the way, you don't have to actually write in any answers, just answer in your mind. We're on the honor system here. 

3. What is this bloggers favorite bazeball team, that is really doing rotten right now, but "hope springs a turtle in the human breast." 
(A turtle?)________________

4. This brilliant blogger loves:
a. J Lo.
b. Pork rinds
c. Old cartoons
d. Syfy
e. Puppies
f. Piña coladas
g. All of the above, except Piña coladas.

5. This beloved blogger is the official songwriter for what GREAT, ICONIC radio show?_________________

6. Your favorite YouTube song written by me is...

a.

b.

c.

4. None of the above, and none that are not above!

7.This blog deals with the serious issues that are troubling human beans throughout this place we like to call earth, and tackles the pressing questions that even Einstein would be stumped on! 

True or False________.

8. You ALL know the name of The Lone Ranger's hoss (Silver), but what was the name of Tonto's hoss? (Don't touch that Google button!) _________.

9. What is the super-genius Kiel Villeneuve famous for? ____________.(Here's a hint)

10. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

a. One log.

b. Two twigs.

c. Two, two by fours.

d. Woodchucks do not have hands that can pick up wood.

e. Woodchucks are way too lazy to work, so why are we even discussing this!

11. Where is the internationally famous singer/songwriter, Rebecca Tompkins from?

A. Albania

b. Austria

c. Albuquerque

d. Andromeda

e. Australia (hint below)

12. What high school did both Paul Bass and me matriculate?______________(Hint: Rhymes with Battonchill) (Although, I don't know if you can matriculate in high school. I think that's reserved for those wild college students!) 

13. Who is, most likely, the most consistent reader of my ridiculous blog?

a. George R.R. Martin

b. J.K. Rowling

c. Ernest Hemingway

d. Gary Larson

e. Jason Durham (Hint: It's Jason)

This will conclude your final exam of 2019, we trust that you will score yourself honestly. Any attempt to falsify your mental answers would be considered "bad form." 

It goes without saying, that we cherish your readership of this blog! In fact, we cherish ANY ship that would take us on a tropical vacation before we kick the proverbial bucket! 

Put your pencils down, and stop chewing on them. That's gross!

A Potpourri Of Stuff For A Tuesday

I like being retired, but it ain't all it's cracked up to be. 

1. More time to do stuff, but not as much energy to do that stuff.

2. Freedom to take vacations, but not enough money to go on 'em. (Unless you've made a lot of pazoozas throughout your life and saved it. I've done neither)

My affordable vacation spot.

3. Folks will excuse our unfiltered speech and nutty behavior, due to our ancient brains headed for senility, but only to a breaking point, where they cart our butts to Shady Acres 'till we die. 

As you know, Bloggadocious 222 is not here to talk about the pros and cons of retirement. That would be "boresville," to borrow a made up word from a previous blog. 

Our goal is to make you smile that smile I know you can smile! You can do it. I know you're dying NOT to smile, and thinking, I'm not gonna smile just because that dumb Danny wants me to smile, but, was that the beginnings of a little smile starting to form? Uh? Uh? Come on. I can see it happening. There ya go! You can't stop it now. Oooh, oooh, it's coming...Ha!

I've been seeing robin birds attacking squirrels a lot! I do not know why the robins are attacking those poor innocent squirrels, but I'm guessing the squirrels are getting too close to their little blue eggs.

Do squirrels eat robin's eggs? You tell me, I'm not a birdologist! 

I'm bothered by harmless creatures getting picked on by bully birds, or being bullied by ANY other animals! Life is hard enough for the woodland inhabitants, and they should be given a break from senseless abuse by sadistic...uh...abusers! 

On the other hand, that's the way God made things. 
Animals chase each other, frighten weaker animals, and eat their fellow animals! 

No, I do not understand God's purpose in this, but He is WAY smarter than me, and I'm not questioning Him for one second! I will ask Him about it in heaven, if He has time! (Just a joke, God has all the time he needs) 

Your number is 7,975,432,867, 423. Now serving 2.

Speaking of "kick-flicks," I just don't believe that when Jet Li, or Bruce Lee, or Moon Lee, or any of those Lees kick and punch a "bad guy," they are gonna stay down for good. 

Picture this.  Jet, Bruce and Moon are infiltrating an evil, foreign military installation that has dozens of guards protecting it. Maybe even 200 guards!

They have to be quiet, so they go through the secret facility kicking and punching the guards, trusting that they will not wake up. 

However, in the final scenes, when Jet, Bruce and Moon are fighting the FINAL bad guys, our heroes can punch and kick them 100 times each, and the final bad guys keep fighting! Why don't they go down and stay down like the guards, with just one punch or kick? 

Chuck Norris did not go down with one punch!

I guess I'm being too nitpicky. Maybe the FINAL bad guys have been trained to withstand the forces of a swift kick or one inch punch better than the common guards. I overthink, don't I?

It's Tuesday, so I'm allowed to go all over the place with my blog. You didn't know that, did you? 

Baaai