Started using DR Strings on my bass guitars sometime in the 90’s. No intonation problems. Great resonant sound. Long lasting. Smooth. Same for my guitars. Try ’em if haven’t already. Great budget gift for the guitarist in your life.

Boy how time flies! Two years ago we had 27 trees removed from our backyard. A few were very large and close to the house and were a threat to fall towards it. Apparently we needed to have 28 trees removed.

In June of this year we called the tree company and they said they’d get the tree sometime this Fall when they were in our area. This company is very reputable with reasonable prices so we waited. Tree is still here. We’ll wait. My wish for today is to have it done sooner rather than later.

This is what time a fell asleep this morning. And up at 5:30! My gift for today is a good night’s sleep.

Homemade chocolate chip cookies. A good gift for any day. Blessed to have a live-in pastry chef. And the orange for the perfect healthy food balance…..

I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie
To the hip hip hop-a you don’t stop the rock
It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

In 1978 I was invited to speak at my elementary school’s sixth grade graduation. In my speech I wrote about my extracurricular activites which included sports, music and writing poetry. My teacher (who was an excellent well-respected black male teacher) “encouraged” me to exclude my interest in poetry because it was “unusual” for black boys.

In the Fall of 1979 as a seventh grader on my way to junior high school I heard the above lyrics jump out of the school bus speakers. AT THAT VERY MOMENT I KNEW THAT MUSIC HAD CHANGED! I listened to this song literally a thousand times. Transcribed the lyrics and sold copies to my classmates. Wrote an English paper on how rap music would be the new jazz or new rock and roll. People laughed……

All these years later and I still love poetry. Funny how all those other black boys liked poetry too…..

Yea. Written poetry. Spoken word. Hip hop. Share the gift of artistry this Christmas.

This 1/10 scale remote controlled truck from Traxxas would look good under a tree and even better in the dirt!

Eleven days of Christmas. And you know what you can never have too much of for Christmas? Toys, what else!?! Man I’ve always loved toys and had some of the coolest in my neighborhood. Remote controlled cars and planes were some of my favorite gifts to receive. Man I owned 1/16 scale Blue Angel that I wish I still owned. Or someone could buy me an RC FA18 Hornet like the one pictured above.

Since this is the twelfth day of Christmas I wish the referees would allow the Dallas Cowboys to play with 12 men on the field. Maybe then they would PLAY like real contenders instead of TALKING like pretenders.

How ’bout that, Cowboys….?

The Christmas countdown continues. Pictured above is one of the most renowned microphones in history. It has been used on countless recordings and in many professional studios worldwide.

I plan to do some singing in 2024. No, I do not NEED this microphone. I just WANT my voice to sound like I’m singing through it.

I know that these aren’t for sale. However, a ride in one of these would be a great Christmas gift.