Big Leather Couch

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You can register for free at playlist.com and type in a band name and BAM the song will be there to assist in building your playlist.

Travis lays out some guidelines for this meme and they go like this:

1. Grab the banner, make your post title Five on Friday, and be sure to link back here.

2. Go to Playlist.com to make your play list of five songs. Choose a particular theme to share with us. You can simply post the play list, or you can add a little summary about what you are sharing.

3. I don't know how to make a specific linky, so be sure to leave me a comment to let me know that you participated.

4. No tags, but feel free to invite your friends to play along if they need a post topic on a Friday.

It might not be June 21st, but the Summer has started here in memphis. HOT it tis. Been mid-nineties for 10 days at least

WAIT, I said all this yesterday!

Anyway...it inspired this set of music...which is not in the exact order I wanted but not only has playlist.com taken away the option of letting you start the music, it was not letting me rearrange the playlist today...ugh...well all five songs are there and that is most important

So, Tuesday evening with the boys went great. No drama, no problems. Well, except for one minor mishap, that did not even concern the boys. This resulted in my having to drive to Jackson, MS yesterday, a drive of around 7 hours round trip.

It made everything work out great, so it was worth it.

BUT...LOL...while I was driving, all these thoughts were flooding my head and I was driving, so I could not write them down...well, I could, but for most of the trip it was also raining, so I was trying to be cautious!

At one point I said to myself, "Self, wouldn't it be great if you could record these thoughts and then you will have them later when you want to do your post? Because you know that sieve you call a brain will have forgotten them by then..."

And I said "Gee Self, you are worth keeping around sometimes..."

That is when it hit me...my CRACKBERRY!!!!!!! It has a recording device in it...so this is what I call, Thoughts From The Road...real edgy kinda Kerouac type of title, but please don't expect literary genius...I don't!

* Do you 'manage your windshield wipers' when the rain comes in drips and in downfalls and everything in between as you drive? Or do you just set them at one speed and let them continue to flap over and over in front of your face?

* Doing good things for family and friends is wonderful, but it is when you do something special for a stranger that sets you from the pack.

* How come things come into my brain and then, when I reach for the recorder, they slip away?

* How come I didn't think about this voice recorder sooner? SHEESH!

* About 2 months ago I strained the pointer finger on my right hand. It is still bothering me and it 'locks-up' at times. I hear a clicking in there. Sometimes when it is bothering me, I hear the voice of Mom Joan saying "If you keep cracking your knuckles you will have arthritis when you get older"....hummmmmm

* Having Al Green on the radio, even in a downpour, makes the drive much more bearable.

* Do you use cruise-control when you are traveling on an Interstate? Or are you a 'keep my foot on the gas-pedal' type?

* Is it really necessary for a radio station to play the Beatles every 4th song? I swear they are doing that on this station...and no offense to the Beatles or BUD of "WTIT: The Blog", but HECK-A-DOODLE...every fourth song????

* Seeing blue sky up ahead after so many hours of driving in the rain is a welcome sight. Having the rain start again? Not so much!

* If the speed limit is 70MPH, how fast do you go?

* Sly Stone was a genius...when he was not out of his mind.

* Why do people use the flash on their camera when they are at concerts or sporting events? A flash is only effective for 15 feet, tops which means unless you have seats on stage next to Bono, turn the flash off on your camera!

* It really is too bad the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival runs into the Beale Street Music Festival. Though some artists do appear at both, most can not. But HECK-A-DOODLE...the lineups on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd are just mind-blowing. I guess one year I will have to go down to N'awlin's and check that festival out.

Hey, seriously, I have had posts up, but no time to read your brilliance...I will be by today to visit!

All I have to say after that is....Cynthia & Jerry got a message their sayin'...."All the squares go home!"