Today's Tids Issue
4,020
For treasures within:
I
drift back to a quieter time
When life was tough,
Though more sublime.
When folks had just enough.
But were happy with less,
Having Families full of love.
When homes seemed blessed
With bounties from above.
Humble
and Kind was song sung last night on the Voice by16 year old
singer Addison Agen, who before the final lyrics broke down in tears. She felt
her words that much. “Humble and Kind”. What a great title for this season we
are in. Included in the song are phrases like, “Go to church because your mama
says to. Visit grandma and pa every time you can, it won’t be a waste of time.”
It goes on, “Hold the door, say please, thank you; Don’t steal, don’t cheat,
don’t lie.’ And, “Don’t expect a free ride from no one. Don’t hold a grudge or
a chip and here’s why. Bitterness keeps you from flying.” “Let yourself feel
the pride, but always stay humble and kind.” It was written by Tim McGraw.
After
Sunday’s game with the Steelers, Pat’s tight end Rob
Gronkowski was asked how he felt after what proved to be the game sealing catch,
He answered, “That it felt real good.” He went on and said, “I’d like that
feeling 24-7, every day of every week.” There are so many natural ways to get
high in this world of ours. How thrilled is your heart when you see a person you
love; or you hear music that sets you floating off the ground. And how many times
after an accomplishment do hve that feeling that could never be matched by artificial
alternatives. Life is full of perfect highs, and most of the time they are just
sitting there to be taken… within yourself.
The
Question:
What color were Bette Davis Eyes? Bonus: What was double Grammy Winner
Kim Carnes other hit?
The
Headlines:
--Apple And Tech Stocks Pull Down Dow In Opening
Hours; Tax Bill Vote Holding Back Investors; Dow Could Bring $25K Christmas
Present.
--Train In Washington Derailment That Killed At Least
3 and Injured Over 70 Said To Have Been Traveling At 80mph In 30mph Zone
--Senate And House Expected To Vote On And Pass Tax
Bill Today.
--California Thompson Fire: “Fire Fighters Have Never
Seen Anything like This”; More Structures threatened As Blaze Moves To Become 2nd
Largest In History.
--Saudis Intercept Another Missile Fired By Yemen.
--Ex Conn Dem Senator Lieberman Says Trump Is Right
To Focus On America First In Defense And Foreign relations; Trump Speech
Yesterday Shows President Is “Fully Engaged In The World To Promote Our
Security, Our Freedom, Our Prosperity”.
Peruvian
Rorshach
tests are Inca blots.
The
“Bacon of the Month” Club. I have never been much of a
joiner, but, that has possibilities.
“Bette
Davis Eyes”. When the Voice singer Chloe Kohanski began
her run of ITunes Number 1 Hits, I said to myself, she is a natural for that great
old Kim Carnes tune. Last night she sang it in the final session and I liked it
a lot. She also displayed her ability to take command of the stage like no
other performer in this competition. But, in fact her original tune, “Wish I
didn’t Love You” was even better, giving her an early #1 spot on ITunes sales
rankings. But, she fell to #2 when the “Tennessee Rain” effort by Addison Agen blew
by her later this morning. Now it seems that all of the voting enthusiasm revolves
around those two singers, even as Brooke Simpson beings to make headway. Brooke
was good with “Oh Holy Night”, but didn’t thrill me with her other two. Old country
boy Red Marlow may have had the best of the night with his Bob Dylan through
Garth Brooks rendition of “To Make You feel My Love”. It was perfect in many
ways. He will be number one on the Country Charts for sure. The best duo of the
night for me was Adam and Addison with beautiful, tender song from “Once”, “Falling
Slowly”. But tonight, somebody wins. After last night, I thought it a was clearly
my favorite Chloe. But, I’m finding this morning that young and super talented Addison
as a huge fan base, too.
ITunes
Top Ten Rankings: Addison (Tennessee Rain) #1, Chloe 2
(Wish I Didn’t Love You), Red 3 (I Pray), Brooke 4 (O Holy Night, Addison 5
(Humble and Kind), Chloe 7 (Bette Davis Eyes), Brooke 8 (What is beautiful) and
at #10, Addison-Adam Falling Slowly. Red as at #11 with To Make you feel My
Love. The rest of the top 100 for today were dominated by old Chloe (7) and Addison
(5).
The
headline said, “Plastic Bag Banning Working Well In
Newport.” I read that as I slipped my morning newspaper out of a… plastic bag. I
looked down the street only to see a woman bending over with a plastic bag in her
hand to pick up dog deposits. Then I remembered that there are still plastic
bags for vegetables and fish in grocery stores that can’t use them anymore for
checking out customers. I guess the town council views as more responsible citizens
vegans and vegetarians, fish eaters and dog crap picker-uppers. Who says we don’t
still live in a segregated society.
There
have been a lot of changes at the three big Cable News Networks,
Fox, CNN and MSMBC. Fox has probably been altered the most in the past several months.
Fox is still number one followed by MSNBC which has made great strides over a
rapidly fading CNN. The last available overall ratings for these three stations
was for the month of October. The top ten cable news programs are Hannity,
Tucker Carlson, Rachel Maddow, Bret Baier, The Five, Martha McCallum, Fox News
Tonight (Replaced now by Laura Ingraham), Lawrence O’Donnell, America’s
Newsroom and Outnumbered. CNN’s top show, Anderson Cooper, came in at #25. I have
seen selective show ratings for the last couple of weeks in December. It shows
that the above top10 shows are still in command, with newcomer Laura Ingraham
coming solid winning her time slot. The top morning shows are Fox and Friends (1.6million),
Morning Joe (1M) and New Day (656K). The biggest surprise to me is how far the Inventor
of Cable News, CNN, has fallen.
The
Answer:
Bette Davis had deep Blue eyes which with 1940’s color
photography would often appear brown or hazel. Bonus: Kim Carnes was known as the female Rod Stewart. Her “Bette Davis
Eyes” was the run-away hit of 1981. She had other pretty good songs, including
a duet with Barbara Streisand, “Make No Mistake, He’s Mine”. “More Love”, “Crazy
in the Night” and “I’ll be Here Where the Heart Is” were good but not big hits.
She lives in Nashville where she has written for Kenny Rogers, Vince Gill and
Reba McIntire. Her biggest hit as a songwriter was “Love Comes from Unexpected
Places.”
I
like this Christmas song with Allison Krauss and Yo-Yo Ma.
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