IT'S ALWAYS LOADED WITH FRIED ONIONS

I was at first encouraged by a pink sunrise through the trees but it was soon gone and the day remained cloudy.  A short drive into and around Bayfield for Pheebs and I.  Home again I busied myself on the end of my snow shovel clearing out a couple inches of new fallen snow.  

WE SURE HAVE A LOT OF SNOW AND IT JUST KEEPS ON COMING

RIGHT NOW THE SNOW IS LIGHT AND FLUFFY BUT WHEN TEMPS GO ABOVE FREEZING ALL THOSE SNOWFLAKES WILL TURN TO DROPS OF WATER AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF WEIGHT ON AREA ROOFS

HEY THERE'S MY GOOD NEIGHBOR FRANK DOING OUR DRIVEWAY TODAY

Shortly after noon slipped up to the Walmart Pharmacy and picked up some meds for a friend who was unable to get there today.  Before returning home I slipped through the A&W drive-thru and picked up a 'Double Buddy Burger'.  It's always loaded with fried onions.

I WAS STARTLED WHEN A FREIGHT TRAIN WENT WHOOSHING THROUGH THE RAIL CROSSING AHEAD OF ME THIS AFTERNOON ON ORCHARD LINE

On the way home I dropped off the meds.  Roads were snow-packed but the visibility was good.  Not snowing, and no icy cold winds.  Not much going on this afternoon.  Did some cleaning and a load of laundry.  All is good, just counting the days to warmer weather:)) 

 'HEY DAD, WHY IS ALL THIS SNOW IN OUR BACK YARD??

 STARING AT THE SNOW AND WISHING IT WOULD GO AWAY

Al's Music Box:)) Rise is an instrumental written by Andy Armer and Randy 'Badazz' Alpert, first recorded in 1979 by trumpeter Herb Alpert. The A&R representative at A&M Records, Chip Cohen, knew Randy Alpert was into funk and disco music. He asked Randy to rework Tijuana Brass hits as funk tracks.  Herb Alpert recalls, "I think we started by playing ‘A Taste of Honey’ or ‘Tijuana Taxi'. And it just felt like the wrong approach. I didn’t feel comfortable playing that way."  As Alpert and Armer were working on Cohen's assignment, they decided to write an original song for Herb as well. The result was "Rise". “Rise” was originally recorded as an uptempo dance number, however, while recording the master at A&M studios, the drummer on the session, Steve Schaeffer, strongly suggested that Herb and Randy try slowing the tempo down to 100bpm.  It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in October of that year and remained in the top position for two weeks. Herb Alpert thus became the first artist to reach the top of the Hot 100 with a vocal performance ("This Guy's in love With You" 1968) as well as an instrumental performance. "Rise" was also successful on other charts, peaking at number four on the R&B chart, number 17 on the disco chart and spending one week atop the adult contemporary chart. The recording also received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instruemental Performance. Songwriters Armer and Alpert were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition.  "Rise" has been frequently requested as a sample by various artists. Randy Alpert declined most of them. When he heard the tape of Notorious B.I.G. rapping over "Rise" he was wildly enthusiastic about it and immediately approved the sample. He later gave Bell Biv DeVoe permission to sample the song, because he was a fan of the group. He declined to let The Sopranos use the song during a scene where someone was being beaten. Alpert also refused to let Pfizer use "Rise" in a campaign for Viagra which would have relied on the double entendre implied by the song's title.  In October 2016 the "Rise Remix EP" was released on the Herb Alpert Presents label. It has seven selections with six remixes as well as the original track.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( It is pouring rain in the flood plain of the Mississippi Valley, and the rising river begins to threaten all manner of private homes, including that of the local Rabbi.  With water coming into the ground floor, a rowboat with police comes by, and the officer shouts, "Rabbi, let us evacuate you! The water level is getting dangerous."  The Rabbi replies, "No thank you, I am a righteous man, who trusts in the Almighty, and I am confident he will deliver me." Three hours go by, and the rains intensify, at which point the Rabbi has been forced up to the second floor of his house.A second police rowboat comes by, and the officer shouts, "Rabbi, let us evacuate you! The water level is getting dangerous."  The Rabbi replies, "No thank you, I am a righteous man, who trusts in the Almighty, and I am confident he will deliver me."  The rain does not stop, and the Rabbi is forced up onto the roof of his house. A helicopter flies over, and the officer shouts down, "Rabbi, grab the rope and we'll pull you up! You're in terrible danger!"  The Rabbi replies, "No thank you, I am a righteous man, who trusts in the Almighty, and I am confident he will deliver me."  The deluge continues, and the Rabbi is swept off the roof, carried away in the current and drowns. He goes up to heaven, and at the Pearly Gates, he is admitted and comes before the Divine Presence.  The Rabbi asks, "Dear Lord, I don't understand. I've been a righteous observant person my whole life, and depended on you to save me in my hour of need. Where were you?"  And the Lord answered, "I sent two boats and a helicopter, what more do you want?"

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- I came home from work this evening and said to my wife, "Are we having salad for dinner?"  "Yes we are, how did you know?" she asked.  I replied, "Because I can't hear the smoke alarm."

- Teacher: If there are seven flies and I hit one with a ruler, how many are left?  Little Johnny: Just the squashed one.

- I gave my father $100 and said, “Buy yourself something that will make your life easier.”  So he went out and bought a present for my mother.

- My wife was getting annoyed that I kept leaving freezer door open and it kept on defrosting.  We have since split up, it’s all water under the fridge.

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 MORNING WALK IN THE KOFA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA

 RELAXING ON THE PORCH AT OUR CONGRESS ARIZONA HOME

 AT COUNCIL ROCKS IN THE DRAGOON MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA

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