Moon song Monday

OK, now see if you can think of five songs with "moon" in the title (in my honor). Here's a few to get your moon juices flowing...

1. Moondance-Van Morrison
2. Bad Moon Rising-Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. Yellow Moon-Neville Brothers
4. Moonshadow-Cat Stevens
5. Harvest Moon-Neil Young
6. Dancing in the Moonlight-King Harvest
7. Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd
8. Moonage Daydream-David Bowie
9. Blue Moon-The Marcells
10. Shoot the Moon-Norah Jones

Sunday Sun Songs

Name five songs with "Sun" in the title. I couldn't stop at just five!

1. Sunshine Superman-Donovan
2. Ain't No Sunshine-Bill Withers
3. You Are the Sunshine of My Life-Stevie Wonder
4. Here Comes the Sun-Beatles
5. Sundown-Gordon Lightfoot
6. Walking on Sunshine-Katrina & the Waves
7. Sitting in the Midday Sun-Kinks
8. Sunshine in the Music-Jimmy Cliff
9. Sunset People-Donna Summer
10. Waiting for the Sun-Doors
11. You Are My Sunshine-Governor Jimmie Davis

What's currently in your car CD player?

The music in my 6 CD changer represents the eclectic within.

1. Norman Brown-Just Chillin'
2. The Essential Sly and the Family Stone-Disc 1
3. Norman Brown-West Coast Coolin'
4. Steve Cole-NY/LA
5. Brian Culbertson-Somethin 'Bout Love
6. Steve Oliver-3D

Flashback Friday

It's all about cruisin' this week ...

• Name three songs that remind you of a car trip you have taken.
• Name three songs that are best heard in a car.
• Name three songs with cars in the title or lyrics.

Hurricane Emily in the Caribbean 07/14/05

Tropical Storm Emily developed into a Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean yesterday. Grenada took almost a direct hit and now Emily is headed toward Jamaica. Forecasters anticipate Emily entering the Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday. Brace yourself for the second major storm of the season!

Sailing on Boca Ciega Bay

Name a song that describes your life today!

• "Dazed and Confused" Led Zeppelin

• "Pain in my Heart" Otis Redding

• "Time is on my Side" Rolling Stones

• "Drift Away" Dobie Gray

• "Change is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke

• Can't stop at just one...mine always turns into a top 5 list!

Boca Ciega Sunset 

Wild hibiscus and berries 

Great blue heron 

Hurricane Dennis makes landfall

Dennis the manace finally came ashore on Sunday afternoon, damage reports vary across the state. Here in the Tampa Bay area, we had squalls on Saturday with high winds and sheets of rain throughout the evening. Sunday morning was wet and windy, but later in the day weather was back to normal. Trees and poles snapped like toothpicks, low lying areas flooded and some roads were littered with debris. This area has been spared so often that many are complacent. Hurricane Dennis stayed west of Tampa Bay, churning up the Gulf of Mexico and landing near Pensacola, only 50 miles from where Ivan struck last year. Residents feared the worst, but were relieved to find that Dennis lacked the strength of Ivan that battered the area last year.

Hurricane Dennis taken on July 7 in the Caribbean. This massive storm unleashed its fury on Cuba and Haiti. U.S. Gulf Coast residents await the storm's landfall today. 

Memories of 2004 are still fresh in our minds. Now Dennis the Menace is on his way, but hopefully not to Tampa Bay! 

The Name Change

You are being chased by a hitman! In order to protect yourself, you decide it is in your best interest to change your name.

What do you change your name to?

Tell us about your pet!

I'm currently petless, but the last pet I had was Samson. He was a brown and white Shih-Tzu/Pekingese combination. He had long hair, the classic pug nose and an underbite. Weighed all of 15 pounds soaking wet, but thought he ruled the neighborhood. He liked to chase cats until the day he cornered one. Let's just say it made him think twice before chasing cats!

Overused Words

I have noticed that there are certain words that people use for lack of anything better to say. Superlative exclamtions like "Absolutely" or "Exactly" should be banished for every one's vernacular vocabulary for at least 180 days or six months...whichever comes first. Your turn! Post whatever comes to mind. Get past the thought stage...blog about it!

What makes you smile? 

Who is the real "King" of Rock'n'Roll?

I know every body says Elvis is, and maybe he was King for his time period. However, the man who is the embodiment of Rock'n'Roll, is still emulated today and yet unsurpassed in creativity, ingenuity and ability is none other than Jimi Hendrix! So what do you think?!?!

Cruisin' over Clearwater Beach! 

So...how good is your penmanship?

Seems I have gone through stages of penmanship... some good, some bad. When I first learn cursive writing, we used long colorful quill pens, the ones you actually dipped in ink! They were called "Quill" pens, however in the 60's the handle was plastic, not a feather. At the beginning I was meticulous about my penmanship, which was actually graded like any other subject. As I grew older and hastier, my penmanship worsened. So much so, that in the 5th grade I received an "F" in handwriting one semester! Well... my mother made me practice cursive writing every night after my homework was done. By sheer determintaion (and desperation), I aced the course at the end of the next semester! Today, my penmanship can be impressive, if I desire. There are those times that call for grace and flair in your signature. But many times I write in such haste, that it takes a linguist trained in hieroglyphics to determine what I scribbled on the page! Write On!!?