Rainy Days and Sundays


I watched Sunday Morning on CBS today for the first time in quite a while. Early church competes but this week I recorded it. There were 2 relevant stories (to me) this week. One was on the return of men’s hats. I had just mentioned in a blog that JFK started the trend of not wearing hats. I found it interesting that hat sales were up and it is attributed to Brad Pitt. It seems that guys are thinking if he wears hats and that Angelina Jolie woman hangs around him then maybe if they wore hats…..

I personally think most men look terrible in hats.

The other story was about Russian immigrant singer Regina Spektor .


Her music is used a lot on my favorite show – Grey’s Anatomy – and a show my wife likes - CSI NY. The director of CSI really likes her music and is planning on having her in the show for 1 episode next season. She is a talented singer/song writer who has not let fame go to her head.

"My grandparents turned 18 and World War II happened the next day," she said. "So I have that very Russian-Jewish thing of 'Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about something terrible.'"
So she is enjoying her good fortune but not losing sight of how blessed she is.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/18/sunday/main2371910.shtml


Today it’s turned out to be a cold rainy Sunday. I’ve spent it making a digital tape, CD, and DVD of the Rufus Payne Rhythm drum line performance at Belk’s last Dec. These will go to Tim and Karen. I used Windows Movie-Maker software to do it and while it is not as flexible as Adobe Premier, it is easy to use and user-friendly.



Right now I am on the treadmill. I’m doing 60+ minutes at 3-3.5 mph every 2nd day. I raise the incline to 6 degrees for the last 30 minutes and it provides as good or better of a workout than jogging. Come to think of it this topic was on Sunday Morning too. They had a guy who hiked from the Mexican to the Canadian border and back again – twice. He’s getting married and he and his wife will spend their honeymoon hiking from Canada to Mexico.


I’m also watching the Chicago / New Orleans playoff game. It’s not a bad game. Well I have to stop typing before I perspire all over my keyboard.