SUNDAY FUNDAY - APRIL 14, 2024

 SUNDAY FUNDAY - APRIL 14, 2024

ECLIPSE:

We made it through the Eclipse.  Did you get a chance to see it?

I enjoyed it.  I was at Wimberley with a friend - and yes, there were clouds.  But I saw it as the moon slid over in front of the sun.  And, as it reached totality, the clouds moved in and I didn’t see the end. 

 The next total solar eclipse with a coast-to-coast path spanning the Lower 48 states will occur on August 12, 2045.  (Hmmm - 21 years away, I’m not sure I’ll be around for that. )

I considered the eclipse kind of a “God-Thing”.  The God who made the university put moons in orbits around planets and planets in orbits around stars (in our case, it is “The Sun”); we are gathering into galaxies.  What an INFINITE GOD!!!

Humor: 

What is some of the songs we grew up with were changed for us older people. Can you remember the original word? 

Herman’s Hermits — Mrs. Brown,  You’ve Got a Lovely Walker. (Daughter)

Ringo Starr — I Get By With a Little Help From Depends. (My Friends)

The Bee Gees — How Can You Mend a Broken Hip. (Heart)

Bobby Darin — Splish, Splash, I Was Havin’ a Flash. (Taking a bath)

Roberta Flack— The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face.(Ever I saw your Face)

Johnny Nash — I Can’t See Clearly Now. (I can see clearly)

Paul Simon— Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver (Lover)

The Commodores — Once, Twice, Three Times to the Bathroom. (Three times a lady)

Marvin Gaye — Heard It Through the Grape Nuts. (Grape vine)

Procol Harem—A Whiter Shade of Hair. (Whiter Shade of Pale)

Leo Sayer — You Make Me Feel Like Napping. (Dancing)

The Temptations — Papa’s Got a Kidney Stone. (Papa was a rolling stone)

Abba—Denture Queen. (Dancing Queen)

Tony Orlando — Knock 3 Times On The Ceiling If You Hear Me Fall. (If you hear me)

Helen Reddy — I Am Woman, Hear Me Snore.(Hear me roar) 

Leslie Gore— It’s My Procedure, and I’ll Cry If I Want To. (Its my party)

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Willy Nelson - On the Commode Again. (Road) 

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TAXES

Tomorrow is TAX DAY.  I did my taxes last week with AARP Tax Help (thanks, Henry)!!!  As the expression goes - “Nothing is sure except death and taxes.” 

An old friend once told me that the only fair tax was one he didn’t pay.  Therefore, I am advocating for a $100 tax on cigarettes.  (That probably would make all smokers quit!!! - Or drive to Oklahoma to buy their cigarettes.)

Have you finished and submitted your Federal Income taxes?  They are due on April 15th.

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SAVE THE DATE

SATURDAY, MAY 18TH, 7:30 PM—BLUEBONNET ORCHESTRA FREE CONCERT AT KLETT AUDITORIUM. It is the 100th anniversary of George Gerschwin’s Rhaposy in Blue, and you’ll love the concert!!!  

OTHER MUSIC:

The Brushy Creek Brass Band plays for Mayfest at Walburg Restaurant on all the Saturdays in May.  We play in the back (in the “Bier Tent”) - Free unless you want a beverage and food.  We play from 7:00 to about 7:40; then another band plays (generally the house band - “The Walburg Boys”, and we play again at about 8:30.  Come for the first set and enjoy the fun atmosphere. 

HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK!!!

LOVE WINS

KAREN WHITE