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Gotta admit: Been here – done this!

Posted by Benton on Jun 14, 2011 in Entertainment, Fascinating, Grandchildren | 0 comments

Now I pass this along to my son and son-in-laws as they are deep in the thick of “A Dad’s Life”. I’m in “A Poppy’s Life” – where I take their kids, love them to being totally spoiled and send them back home to “The Dad’s Life”. This is a must see! Sit back for about 4 minutes and enjoy...

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

Posted by Benton 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...

Only in Music City – Nashville! “Sicka Cicadas”

Posted by Benton 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...

I am a big fan of talented young people!

Posted by Benton on May 23, 2011 in Fascinating, Hard to Believe! | 0 comments

A buddy of mine posted a video of this young man over the weekend as he played to near perfection the great Clapton hit “Change The World” written by some terrific Nashvillians I might add! I was blown away by the talent of Sungha Jung, the nearly 15 year-old fingerstyle guitar virtuoso from South Korea. Deciding at age 9 he wanted to play...

Could we call this – being at the right place at the right time?

Posted by Benton on May 17, 2011 in Fascinating | 0 comments

So what would you do if you’re on an airplane traveling from New York to Palm Beach and the flight captain of the plane announces over the intercom: “Those of you on the right side of the aircraft can see ……” Instead of the beaches of Tampa – this was the shuttle Endeavour! Stephanie Gordon from Hoboken, NJ pulls out...

6 minutes of fascinating video!

Posted by Benton on Apr 4, 2011 in Fascinating, Hard to Believe! | 0 comments

The German’s seem to be ahead of the game in auto manufacturing and have been for many years. As I sat and watched this, I kept wondering – is this really true! And it is! Get ready to be amazed at this example of German...