Sunday, May 27, 2012

A Musical Experience

I usually listen to an audio book while I work around the house and yard.  I finished a book yesterday so instead of starting another today, I listened to some of the music off my computer. 

My working companions included Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, The Bee Gees,S&G, The Beatles, Bon Jovi, Jessica Sanchez,  and others.

Kelly Clarkson has some powerful music to work to.  Adele is great too.  I’ve got a live version of “Puff the Magic Dragon” by PP&M that transports me back to college days.

I found that having Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” playing in headphones makes outside cats skittish.

I marveled at how rich and melodic the pre-disco Bee Gees songs were.

While cleaning out the garage and shed I ran across one of the first electronic math games we got.  It’s a TI Dataman.  I opened the battery compartment and tried to take out the 9 volt battery.  Instead the battery came apart shedding its terminals.  I got the old terminals out and put in a fresh battery hoping to see the thing come to life….and…..no luck.  Nothing looks obviously broken but it has no sign of working at all.  For K&C here’s what the Dataman looks like.

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Any memories of it?

2 comments:

Karen Feagins said...

I think I do remember this.

Karen Feagins said...

I think I do remember this.