Month: May 2026

05/24/26 – Memorial Day

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Memorial Day

Book of the Week

Snapchat sensation, business mogul, and recording artist DJ Khaled, tells us about his keys to success.

I think he offers some excellent advice.

The Keys

by DJ Khaled

Movie of the Week

I just saw this recent film and it is excellent, plus good to see these folks after 20 years have passed.

The Devil Wears Prada 2

To see the trailer, click on the link below:

https://youtu.be/PMd1at7OwiE?si=yvlv7FiDQFXNRg1x

Music of the Week

Burning Down The House

By Tom Jones and The Cardigans

For the music video, click on the link below

https://youtu.be/iYuldgIOelY?si=bfvc_24ZIooGT9Ud

Person of the Week

General Eisenhower

Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American politician and general who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961.

He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first Supreme Commander of NATO. (Source: Wikipedia)

Art of the Week

National Statuary Hall

Washington DC

This room was used as the chamber of the House of Representatives from 1807 to 1857.

In 1864, it became National Statuary Hall, in which individual states sent statues of men and women who influenced the building of the Nation and States.

Joke of The Week

You may have to think about this one for a moment.

Physical Traits

Character Traits

Social Traits

Learning Traits

Miscellaneous

This is even more true in the age of cell phones.

How often is someone you are dining with,  have their cell phone on the table?

Books

Uncle Tony’s

Management Tips & Jokes

By Wm. Allen

Paperback $15.00

Ebook $5.00

Click on Link below to go directly to Amazon

Uncle Tony’s Management Tips & Jokes

Environmental Animals

https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Animals-Harmony-Jann/dp/B0BW2GFPDM/ref=sr_1_16?

I’m Tired of Being Ordinary,

Are You?

My Final Cover The Kindle version of this book is free, and the paperback version is $10 However, I must warn you that this book will not change your life, only you can do that. This book can be ordered from Amazon

 

05/17/26 – Should You Change Your Lifestyle?

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Should You Change Your Lifestyle?

Changing your lifestyle is way too much trouble.

Big Pharma is your friend.

Book of the Week

Younger Next Year

(2nd Edition 2019)

By Chris Crowley & Henry Lodge, MD

with Alan J. Hamilton, MD

[…] you’ll discover how to put off 70 percent of the normal problems of aging—weakness, sore joints, bad balance—and eliminate 50 percent of serious illness and injury. (Source: Amazon)

Movie of the Week

I used to watch this show when it first came out and decided to watch it again. I’m into Season 1 of this 3 season show.

Kung Fu (1972 TV series)

My favorite character was Master Po

To see the trailer, click on the link below:

https://youtu.be/rp1AuBj53Co?si=rFjrDVtJxrEmLZFo

Music of the Week

Laisse tomber les filles (1964)

By France Gall

For the music video, click on the link below

https://youtu.be/FWRCJhsz5t4?si=Fq_EHNRmpJcrKBBa

AI  o the Week

WordPress AI Support Assistant

For those of you familiar with this blog, you will notice I am a little late publishing this week. I’m used to using WordPress’ “Classic Editor”, which disappeared. 

WordPress’ AI Support System work with me off and on throughout the day to get be back in business. I am most impressed.

Art of the Week

Nature is a pretty good artist.

Niagara Falls

Joke of The Week

Some sports humor

Physical Traits

Something to consider

Character Traits

Social Traits

They or you will not be here forever.

Learning Traits

Miscellaneous

Healthy eating begins in the supermarket.

Read the labels and see if it is really something you want to put in your body,

Remember nothing tastes as good as being fit feels.

Books

Uncle Tony’s

Management Tips & Jokes

By Wm. Allen

Paperback $15.00

Ebook $5.00

Click on Link below to go directly to Amazon

Uncle Tony’s Management Tips & Jokes

Environmental Animals

https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Animals-Harmony-Jann/dp/B0BW2GFPDM/ref=sr_1_16?

I’m Tired of Being Ordinary,

Are You?

My Final Cover The Kindle version of this book is free, and the paperback version is $10 However, I must warn you that this book will not change your life, only you can do that. This book can be ordered from Amazon

 

05/10/26 – Happy Mothers Day

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Happy Mothers Day

Book of the Week

Movie of the Week

If you like complicated murder mysteries, I think you will like this. I’m now into Season 4 of this ongoing series.

Is it any good? Well, 25 seasons have already been released, and I understand the 26th season is in production.

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders is a detective drama set in England. The stories revolve around the efforts of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, and later his successor, cousin John Barnaby, to solve numerous murders that take place in the picturesque but deadly villages of the fictional county of Midsomer

To see the trailer, click on the link below:

https://youtu.be/wGXGlQLUy94?si=Xf2Sy4K5kCDXafdp

Music of the Week

Treat Your Mother Right (1984)

By Mr. T

2014

For the music video, click on the link below

https://youtu.be/RO6JiFztJdg?si=TVZD5rmG3grkrpTG

Persons of the Week

Mothers Everywhere

(Including the mothers of cats and dogs)

My Mom

My Mother-In-Law

Art of the Week

La Pietá

By Michelangelo

The sculpture captures the moment when Jesus, taken down from the cross, is given to his mother Mary.

Mary is represented as being very young for the mother of an approximately 33-year-old son, which is not uncommon in depictions of the Passion of Christ at the time. Various explanations have been suggested for this. One is that her youth symbolizes her incorruptible purity, as Michelangelo himself said to his biographer, the compatriot and Roman sculptor Ascanio Condivi:

It is the only piece Michelangelo ever signed.

The statue had to be restored after the figure of Mary was vandalized in 1972; after the incident, the statue was protected by a bulletproof glass screen

Joke of The Week

Physical Traits

Character Traits

Social Traits

Learning Traits

Good Intentions

I believe these helpers have good intentions.

But it has been said that the road to hell is paved with

good intentions.

Miscellaneous

Books

Uncle Tony’s

Management Tips & Jokes

By Wm. Allen

Paperback $15.00

Ebook $5.00

Click on Link below to go directly to Amazon

Uncle Tony’s Management Tips & Jokes

Environmental Animals

https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Animals-Harmony-Jann/dp/B0BW2GFPDM/ref=sr_1_16?

I’m Tired of Being Ordinary,

Are You?

My Final Cover The Kindle version of this book is free, and the paperback version is $10 However, I must warn you that this book will not change your life, only you can do that. This book can be ordered from Amazon

05/03/26 – Cinco de Mayo

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Cinco de Mayo

Book of the Week

Just Ride

By Grant Petersen

A wonderfully sane, down-to-earth, and frequently funny guide to riding, maintaining, fixing and enjoying your bicycle.” (Source: Dave Eggers, New York Times Book Review)

Play of the Week

I’m not sure if this was a play or a concert, likely both.

Anyway, it was fantastic! 

I strongly recommend you see it wherever you can.

Million Dollar Quartet

Music of the Week

Let’s Have a Party (1957)

By Wanda Jackson

For the music video, click on the link below

https://youtu.be/qArzVajzYX4?si=3WWPssTeSeELxdb1

Person of the Week

Wanda Jackson

1958

Wanda LaVonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American retired singer and songwriter. Since the 1950s, she has recorded and released music in the genres of rock, country and gospel. She was among the first women to have a career in rock and roll, recording a series of 1950s singles that helped give her the nickname “The Queen of Rockabilly”. She is also counted among the first female stars in the genre of country music.

Wanda & Elvis

After Jackson spent time touring with Elvis Presley, the pair’s relationship became romantic in 1955. He asked her to make the relationship official by giving Jackson a small diamond ring that she wore on a necklace. In her autobiography, she explained that Presley “won my heart as I was just beginning to understand what it really meant to embrace my femininity and express myself as a young woman.” According to Jackson, the pair’s relationship ended in 1956 once Presley began appearing in films and Colonel Tom Parker took control of his career.

Art of the Week

Branches or Bridges

I Break Them Both

By Kurt Halsey

I have four original paintings by Kurt.

I would like to acquire this one.

Joke of The Week

Physical Traits

Character Traits

That is definitely not the way.

Social Traits

Learning Traits

Miscellaneous

Books

Uncle Tony’s

Management Tips & Jokes

By Wm. Allen

Paperback $15.00

Ebook $5.00

Click on Link below to go directly to Amazon

Uncle Tony’s Management Tips & Jokes

Environmental Animals

https://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Animals-Harmony-Jann/dp/B0BW2GFPDM/ref=sr_1_16?

I’m Tired of Being Ordinary,

Are You?

My Final Cover The Kindle version of this book is free, and the paperback version is $10 However, I must warn you that this book will not change your life, only you can do that. This book can be ordered from Amazon