A random photo...

 

The Beatles - Free As A Bird

Apparently, this is old news to long time Beatle fans, but it's new news to me.

Recorded in 1995, fifteen years after Lennon was killed.

 Today's pic shows the white peacock that inadvertently wandered into the frame outside the Sussex studio where they recorded FREE AS A BIRD, making the boys believe that John was again with them, given his love of white feathers 

Highly appropriate!

Crazy, crazy fans...

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38285385/mlbpa-calls-player-safety-ronald-acuna-jr-incident

Panic Is Setting In! | CNN Host Left Speechless After Recent Polls Don't...

Viktor won the Fed-X playoff today

 

He won $18 million dollars!

Viktor is 25 years old & no honey pot ran onto the green

to hug him & kiss him!

Viktor Hovland is from Oslo, Norway, but he & his family have 

lived in America for a long time.

Viktor went to Oklahoma State & is a really good golfer.

The Fed-X payouts:

Tour Championship Payouts

Here’s a look at the payouts from the Tour Championship:

1. Viktor Hovland | $18 million

2. Xander Schauffele | $6.5 million

3. Wyndham Clark | $5 million

4. Rory McIlroy | $4 million

5. Patrick Cantlay | $3 million

T6. Tommy Fleetwood, Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa | $2 million

T9. Max Homa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Sam Burns, Adam Schenk, Keegan Bradley | $990,000

T14. Russell Henley, Sepp Straka | $780,000

T16. Rickie Fowler, Tyrrell Hatton | $710,000

T18. Lucas Glover, Jon Rahm | $670,000

T20. Si Woo Kim, Tony Finau, Tom Kim | $620,000

23. Brian Harman | $580,000

24. Sungjae Im | $565,000

25. Nick Taylor | $550,000

26. Corey Conners | $540,000

27. Jordan Spieth | $530,000

28. Jason Day | $520,000

T29. Taylor Moore, Emiliano Grillo | $505,000

Van Morrison's "Domino" Cover - McKendry Brothers 2014 at MaGurk's (Ft. ...

Really incomprehensible scary stuff...

Justin in his dorm room...

 

Justin with his roommate

I did not know this, but Justin & his roomie went to high school together.

They did not hang in the same crowd but they've known each other for four years!

Mom says they shared no tears saying goodbye.

Justin was too excited & upbeat.

Mom says she will probably cry when they get back home...

The mug shot...

Uh oh! Now they realize that Trump may

Fundraise off his mug shot!

“That's one of the questions about this sort of value of a mug shot in this case. Right? It's, sure, it’s treating Donald Trump if he does get one, the same as any other defendant but you’re also giving him a photo that there’s no doubt that he's gonna use on promotional material, he’s gonna use on fundraising material,” Murray whined. 

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kevin-tober/2023/08/24/cnn-worries-trump-will-use-mugshot-his-political-advantage

Big Brother John was the first to go away to College...

 he went to Loyola in Maryland. Dad, Mom, John & me drove to the school. We dropped him off & drove back on the same day. I was happy for him. Don't remember the parent conversation.

Justin left for College yesterday. Univ of Maryland. Sam, Kelly & Justin flew...

Amanda & Luke said goodbye at the airport...very touching.

Wish you well Justin!

Eva is truly fearless...

Every now & then I like to listen to this...

Are Men necessary?

Acrobatic Bear actually thinking

about tensile strength 

and leverage...

Amazing!

Remember Oliver Anthony?

Why The Beatles dumped Peter Best for Ringo

 Peter just didn't get it!

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Today in 1960: the first onstage photos of the group called ‘The Beatles' - taken, according to George, on the first night of their first Hamburg stint, at the Indra on Grosse Freiheit.

They would play 48 nights there through October 3. (They were contracted to stay until 16 October, but more about that another time.) And, each paid 30DM (£2.50) per day by the venue's owner Bruno Koschmider, they made a deal with the devil in terms of their performing hours:

8:00-9:30pm, 10:00-11:00pm, 11:30pm-12:30am and 1:00-2:00am during the week; 7:00-8:30pm, 9:00-10:00pm, 10:30-11.30pm, midnight-1:00am and 1:30-3:00am on Saturdays; and 5:00-6:00pm, 6:30-7:30pm, 8:00-9:00pm, 9:30-10:30pm, 11:00-midnight and 12:30-1:30am on Sundays. That's 34.5 weekly hours of singing and playing.

"The city of Hamburg was brilliant," George would recall about his perspective as a 17-year-old. "A big lake and then the dirty part. The Reeperbahn and Grosse Freiheit were the best thing we'd ever seen, clubs and neon lights everywhere and lots of restaurants and entertainment. It looked really good."

And so it would turn out to be, in more ways than one...

"FREE MAN IN PARIS" (Joni Mitchell Cover)

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) On The Latest Round of Indictments

Yesterday was Maureen's birthday

 They were treated to dinner by the Zees'. Great photo I say!

It's election season

Mr President...did you know that a city in Hawaii burned to the ground while you were on vacation?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/desperate-residents-looting-businesses-robbing-223334797.html

“Rich Men North Of Richmond” HITS NUMBER ONE!

https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/12/right-wing-new-song-oliver-anthony-rich-men-north-of-richmond/

This was twelve years ago but isn't Baseball Great?

Phils win another one tonight...

Robbie Robertson has died at age 80...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robbie-robertson-dies_n_64d3ec04e4b0677e50463a4f#

I liked his stuff.

Dylan is still livin' @ 82

Willie @ 90 still shows up at a show now & then!

Legends

I came across this photo today

I have posted it before, but for some reason most times I want to use it I can't find it

in my very sophisticated photo library! 

So, I'll use the photo for todays Post...

California 7-Eleven store employees are under investigation for excessive force...

The Cruel Fate That Awaits a Hornet Queen

The Cartier family is truly fun to watch...

There were five of us. Only one wore Ray-Ban...

 

Taylor Swift is wacky, but in a good way...

 Taylor Swift recently gave a reported $55 million in bonuses to people working on her Eras tour, including $100,000 to truck drivers hauling equipment from city to city.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/taylor-swifts-longtime-truck-driver-220040696.html

Her Dad passed out the Bonus checks!

Apparently, Taylor did a Barbie thing in L.A.

I really don't know Taylor or Barbie,

I'm just winging it here...

Headed to the Taylor Swift concert in LA!

I'm done.

(Luke Amanda & Justin)

McK Bros Martin Visit_To Be Alone with You

August is the month we fear the Yellow Jacket!

Why Do Yellow Jackets Seem More Aggressive at the End of the Summer Season?

August 25, 2022 by Brian Kelly

Of the various types of wasps, yellow jackets have one of the fiercest reputations. Thoughts of them usually conjure mental images of airborne hostility and repeated painful stings. 

Why Are Yellow Jackets So Aggressive?

Stepping in a yellow jacket ground nest can be flat-out dangerous. Yellow jackets are social insects, so they instinctively collaborate for the good of the nest. Unfortunately for those who encounter them, that includes defending the nest. Not only will yellow jackets chase you for yards, if not further, but they can also sometimes swarm, leaving you pursued by dozens to hundreds of them. If you are allergic or suffer multiple stings from encountering a swarm, there is the possibility of anaphylactic shock and possibly even death. 

Are Yellow Jackets Aggressive to Humans?

Yes, they are highly aggressive. Yellow jackets will not only attack you but also chase you away, stinging you the whole time. Medicine.net notes that an average of 100 people per year die from reactions to yellow jacket stings. 

Why Are Yellow Jackets Aggressive in the Fall?

There are a few factors, starting with dwindling food sources. As cold weather starts to arrive and gardens are less productive, the amount of available food plummets, and just like humans, yellow jackets get more surly when hungry. Combine this with population pressures because their colony has reached the maximum level, and you get some angry insects. Queens usually build their nests in late spring / early summer, and the rest of the time until fall is consumed by a breeding cycle that can sometimes produce up to 5,000 yellow jackets. That is certainly a lot of mouths to feed on short rations.

A video of how it finally Dawned on him to kill the yellow jackets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAJsd_L_mbM