AND I WILL LEAVE IT THERE

Overnight rains extended into morning so Pheebs and I didn't go far.  I don't find gray overcast days too inspirational.  We went down Bayfield River Road to the end, turned around, and came back.  With temps at 51F Kelly had the furnace on when we came in the door and the house was roasty toasty.  I like that.  By late morning the Sun's rays were trying to find their way through the heavy overcast clouds without a lot of success.  In fact, today's outside cold and wet dampness felt like an early November day.

 A COLD RAINY START TO OUR MORNING DRIVE

 A WET SILVERY ROAD IN MY OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR

Too wet and cold to do anything outside so I turned my attention to reading......and I will leave it there.  

Al's Music Box:)) Runaround Sue is a rock and roll song (in a modified doo-wop style), originally a US No. 1 Hot 100 hit for the singer Dion during 1961, after he split with the Belmonts. It was written by Dion with Ernie Maresca, and tells the story of a disloyal lover. The song ranked No. 351 on the Rolling Stone list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.  In 2002, Dion was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Runaround Sue".  According to Dion, he started to put the song together at an informal party for a friend's birthday, where he started improvising lyrics and encouraged his friends to add doo-wop background harmonies to a clapping rhythm. He then took the idea to his friend, budding songwriter Ernie Maresca, and they developed the tune and lyrics together. Having recently split with the Belmonts, Dion then discovered another vocal group, the Del-Satins, and they rehearsed the song. The co-owner of Laurie Records (Gene Schwartz) liked the song, and it was recorded in the summer of 1961 at Bell Sound Studios in New York City.  The lyrics are sung from the point of view of a man whose former girlfriend, named Sue, was extremely unfaithful. He warns all potential lovers to avoid her at all costs, as Sue "runs around" with every guy she meets and never settles down with any man in particular. He advises: "now people let me put you wise, Sue goes out with other guys" and suggests that potential suitors should "keep away from Runaround Sue".  Dion stated in his autobiography The Wanderer, that although his wife's name was Susan, "Runaround Sue" had nothing to do with her. Elsewhere he stated that the name Sue was of a girl he had admired from a distance, and that "her name fit the lyric line perfectly."  However, during a 1990 interview with his wife on The Oprah Winfrey Show, they presented the story that the song was indeed about her. 

A YELLOWING BEAN FIELD

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man is going skydiving for the first time. After listening to the instructor for what seems like days, he is ready to go.  The man goes up in the airplane and waits to get to the proper altitude. Excited, he jumps out of the airplane. After a bit, he pulls the ripcord. Nothing happens. He tries again. Still nothing. He starts to panic, but remembers his back-up chute. He pulls that cord. Nothing happens. He frantically begins pulling both cords, but to no avail.  Suddenly, he looks down and he can't believe his eyes. Another man is in the air with him, but this guy is going up! Just as the other guy passes by, the skydiver, by this time scared out of his wits, yells, "Hey, do you know anything about skydiving?" The other guy yells back, "No! Do you know anything about lighting gas stoves?"

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Q: How does an archeologist tell a male skeleton from a female skeleton?
A: He knows it’s a female skeleton if the jawbone is worn down.

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Points to Ponder::

- The light went out, but where did it go?
- Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds fee" on money they already know you don't have?
- How come when I call Information they can't tell me where my keys are?
- Why do people go to Burger King and Order a Double Whopper with a Large French Fry and insist on getting a Diet Coke?
- Does the reverse side also have a reverse side?
- Why is the alphabet in that order?
- If you got into a taxi and he started driving backwards, would the taxi driver end up owing you money?
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