Farmville...

Addicted to Farmville on facebook? Can't stop playing? Do you sneak a few minutes plowing, planting and harvesting at work? Do your friends think you're sick? Well, here's a picture that might help you get your friends off your back... go ahead, print it and frame it... to show everyone that Farmville really exists!

Today's Rock History Lesson...

FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS

Freddie and the Dreamers recorded their biggest hit exactly 47 years ago today... July 8, 1963. Their records were immensely popular until 1965, so their impact on the British Invasion was pretty short-lived. Although they were often lumped into the Mersey bands from Liverpool, they were actually from Manchester, England, as were Herman's Hermits and Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders.

They were unusual to say the least, led by a comical chap named Freddie Garrity. At 5'3", Garrity would bounce around the stage waving his arms and leaping about like a madman. Another hit record "Do the Freddie" had a lot of us emulating Garrity on the dance floor. They only had a few hits, and four albums in the USA... but everyone remembers "Freddie and the Dreamers"!

Ringo is 70 today!

Richard Starkey, better known around the world as Ringo Starr, is 70 years old today. Yessir, the Beatle drummer was born July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, England. In 1962 he replaced Pete Best as drummer for the fast rising band called The Beatles. After the breakup in 1970, Ringo continued with a successful music career, as well as several movie and TV excursions.

I don't know about you, but Ringo turning 70 makes me feel really old...

T-Shirts for older folks...

Finally, the perfect gift for those extremely hard-to-buy-for seniors. Just head over to your neighborhood custom t-shirt shop and have a T-shirt made that fits the personality of whoever you're searching to find a gift for. Sometimes, you can find the perfect one in a store... seems a lot of older folks share the same issues. And here's a couple of great examples to fire up your imagination!

The Best TV Show Ever!! (?)

Yeah I know, this is debatable. But of all my past favorites, this show was very near the top... WKRP in Cincinnati. Andy Travis the program director, Jennifer Malone the hot receptionist, Arthur Carlson the "big guy", Herb Tarlek the sales manager of questionable sales ability, Les Nessman the weird news guy, Bailey Quarters the girl Friday, Venus Flytrap the funky overnight announcer, and the morning man I can never hope to emulate... the amazing Doctor Johnny Fever!!

I always got a kick out of the fact that a top-rated TV show was about a struggling radio station, something very ironic there. Does anyone remember the great Thanksgiving Promotion that Mr. Carlson dreamed up? Where they dropped 20 live turkeys from a helicopter onto a mall parking lot... only to see the birds smash into cars and pavement and die... as Les (covering the event) screamed into his microphone "oh the humanity!!"

Anyway it was a great show, and I miss it!

King of the Avatar tribe...

As ruler of the warrior tribe known simply as the Avatar, Keither was a warrior first and king second. He was also well known for his mead drinking and chasing wild coyotes.

(Avatar yourself too:
http://www.avatarizeyourself.com/
it's cool!)

Neighbors...

Imagine this... you're a good dad living in Hayward, Wisconsin. So you build your kids a nice playground in the back yard. Saturday morning mom is about to wake the kids up so they can go out and play on their new playground, when she looks out the windows. Oh no... the darned neighbors are playing on the new layout. And these neighbors aren't easy to play with!!