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I’ve decided Blake Shelton is a genius! (The Voice!)

Posted by on Jul 1, 2011 in Entertainment, Fascinating, Hard to Believe!, Humanity, Real Life | 0 comments

My wife and I began watching “The Voice” on NBC early on.  She was tired of American Idol and I stayed with this season until Pia Toscano was voted off.  I then decided that I had had enough of it also.  I think we thought the Idol format is worn out and even though the judge change was a slight improvement, it wasn’t enough for us. So...

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Idina Menzel: if you get a chance to see her In Concert – GO!

Posted by on Jun 8, 2011 in Entertainment, Fascinating | 0 comments

Last evening, my wife and I had an extraordinary treat!  When we first heard that Idina Menzel would be in Nashville in concert with the fabulous Nashville Symphony Orchestra, we purchased our tickets that day and are so glad we did!  Her concert last night was a SOLD OUT event and after being there, we could see why.  You probably would have noticed us in...

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Only in Music City – Nashville! “Sicka Cicadas”

Posted by on Jun 7, 2011 in Entertainment, Fascinating, Hard to Believe! | 0 comments

Should have known it would happen.  An aspiring Nashville singer/songwriter Kathy Ashworth expresses her feelings about the pesky little varmints that have invaded our environment for the last 5 weeks. As I write this, they have pretty well packed up and headed back into their next 13 year hibernation.  But this little video is worth the post as we say...

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