HOLDING BACK THE SUN'S HOT RAYS

 THE GODERICH SALT MINE REFLECTED IN THE CALM GREEN WATER OF THE HARBOR

It was a drive to Goderich and back for Pheebs and I on this overcast Sunday morning.  Picked up some gas and a few things at Walmart while there.  With the afternoon cloud cover still holding back the Sun's rays, the furry Kid and I managed a slow walk around the Park's pond.  There is still a lot of humidity in the air.  Looking forward to cooler air moving into the area soon.....At the time of posting this tonight, it's raining................

 RELAXING BY THE QUIET WATERS OF LAKE HURON READING THE SUNDAY MORNING FUNNIES

 'HEY DAD LET'S HEAD FOR HOME AND GET SOME WEENIE SNACKS GOING'

Al's Music Box:)) Laughter In The Rain is a song composed and recorded by Neil Sedaka, with lyrics by Phil Cody. It includes a 20-second saxophone solo by Jim Horn.  The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1975.  (Sedaka's first single to top the Hot 100 since 1962) The song was released on Elton John's Rocket label in the US.  After hearing a version of "Laughter in the Rain" by singer Lea Roberts on the radio several weeks before the planned release of his single, Sedaka phoned Elton John to have MCA Records rush the Sedaka version to release within five days.  The opening chord of the chorus was based on that used by John in 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', which Sedaka has described as a "drop-dead chord."  He combined that with a pentatonic melody inspired by Aaron Copland.  Cody recalled experiencing writer's block when initially attempting to write the lyrics at first, but after a two-hour outdoor nap aided by a small amount of marijuana, the lyrics came to him, allowing him to finish the song in about five minutes:  Neil and I started writing the song early in the day and I just wasn't getting it. So, I went for a walk, smoked a very small amount of weed and sat under a tree and took a short nap. It was a bright sunny day, not a cloud in the sky and yet, when I got back to my post at Sedaka's right elbow, the lyric just fell onto the page with very little effort from me. Somewhere, in my consciousness, I guess I was having a Gene Kelly moment.  The song spent two weeks at the top of the adult contemporary chart.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Why Dogs Are Better Than Kids.........

- It doesn't take 45 minutes to get a dog ready to go outside in the winter.
- Dogs cannot lie.
- Dogs never resist nap time.
- You don't need to get extra phone lines for a dog.
- Dogs don't care if the peas have been touched by the mashed potatoes.
- Dogs are housebroken by the time they are 12 weeks old.
- Your dog is not embarrassed if you sing in public.
- Average cost of sending a dog to school: $42  Average cost of sending a kid: $103,000

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"I'm a walking economy," a man was overheard saying..."My hairline's in recession, my waist is a victim of inflation, and together they're putting me in a deep depression."

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A Sunday school teacher asked little Susie, "Who's your favorite person in the Bible?"Susie said, "King Solomon.""Can you tell us why?""Because he was so nice to ladies and to animals.""What do you mean?""He had six hundred wives and three hundred porcupines."

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Teacher: "What is the chemical formula for water?"
Student: "HIJKLMNO."
Teacher: "What are you talking about?"
Student: "Yesterday you said it's H to O!"

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