Spooky Tooth & a great picture....

Well Hello World's !!

It's Tuesday, here in England.... and, from what I have felt of it, it's pretty cold outside !! I've just waved B off, from the front door & there is certainly a bit of cold air..... nevermind - I'm staying in the house, tonight - so, there is no need to get overly concerned with the "out there" bit of the Universe !!

Being a Tuesday - B has gone off to her Weight-Watchers class thingy. I know she hasn't been for a while, but....... that just leaves me, home on my own. typing these words. Well - that's not exactly true - ME has just come thru' the door..... so, along with the cats - there are two of us here !!

I've had a very lazy kind of day.......

I didn't wake up, until about 7am  - that's very un-usual for me - I tend to wake well before then !! The down side of waking so late, I didn't take my morning pills & potions. So - taking them that late meant that I went back to sleep & it was about 12 noon, before I woke again !! Bummer !!

Nevermind - my whole day seems to revolve around meds & the time that I take them..... it's not an ideal way to live a life - but, it works for me.

Anyhow - ME is home, B is out & - as far as I know - J is over in Wales, doing the Uni thing, as long time readers will know. I'm not sure if he's coming home, for the Easter holidays..... I'm not privy to such useful information !! I just live here...... oh well.....

That's the family.... as for the music of the moment....

Well, as I type, I'm listening to the 2 Cd set, that came yesterday, by Spooky Tooth. It's called 'Lost In My Dream' and this is my first time, giving it a proper listen. I only really know a couple of tracks, on the whole 2 Cd set.... 'Tobacco Road' & 'I Am The Walrus'. It's the latter track that I really wanted...... paying for a double set, just for one track, might seem a bit over the top - but, what the heck !! Life is far too short to worry about things like that !!

I don't think I mentioned yesterday, but B came home with a framed picture, for me.... !! To explain, as best I can.

Back, last September, Lady V & Sir J visited us, from Atlanta....... over the years, I've got to know of them, thru' the Allman Brother's web site 'Hittin' The Note' and it was fantastic to have them with us, all be it for just a few days !!

Anyhoo - they gave me a picture, taken from the Allman's 'Eat A Peach' album..... it's the one featured in the middle of the fold out, it's kind of hard to explain, but it has been a favourite of mine for years, ever since I first got a hold of the 2 Lp set.

So, anyways - instead of it just staying here, on a shelf, B took it into a framing shop & had it done professionally for me.... it came out really great, I mean, really great !! I can't put into words, what a fantastic job, the shop did - the surround matches, the frame has a shade of blue in it.... it really is brilliant !!

My thanks again, to Lady V & Sir J - for giving me the picture, in the first place... my thank's to B, for talking me into getting it framed & my thanks to the shop, for doing a fantastic job.... it made my day, yesterday !! Thank you everybody !!

Now, I have to find a place to hang it..... I will let you know, as & when I decide !! It might take a day or two, to work it all out.....

Apart from the music - as usual, I have the news on the TV, playing quietly, over in the corner. The Ex-Ukrainian guy is on, talking about how he was ousted by "right-wing" people. By that, I take it he means people who don't think the same way as him ?! Freedom of speech goes a long way - especially when you get shot at, for just using it !! Honestly - they should get the guy, who was filmed shooting at the protesters !! The jerk...... as long as Puck-tin holds the strings, I guess he thinks it's alright !!

I never - as expected - heard back from the Russian Federation embassy, or the Kremlin for that matter..... but, I for one, will keep moaning about how this has gone down, in the Ukraine, mainly as it stinks !!

How can you hold a - so called - referendum, to decided your future, when the people against the situation, do not have the right to oppose it openly, with-out being set upon by a mob ?! Honestly..... it stinks !!

I just found another track, that I know, on this Cd - they do a cover of The Band's 'The Weight'..... I didn't see it on the credits... oh well !! 'Lost In My Dream' the track, that's playing now, sounds really great - how come I've never heard of it before ?! I don't know ?! I'll try & find the lyrics for it.... it sounds interesting....

Back to today, I watch a couple of movies......

The first one, mainly because I wanted to give it a watch, while I was waking up, was 'District 9'. It's about a load of weird aliens show up in their massive spacecraft & eventually live in South Africa.... a bit "gory" but, a lot of fun.... in a strange kind of way.

The 2nd film... well, it was great to see it again, after a few years.... and was 'Groundhog Day' !! It's quite old now - but, I think, it's Bill Murray living the same day, over & over...... if you have never seen it, give it a go !!

It made me think about something that happened, at the company I used to work for..... until I fell out with my boss, over religious differences, he thought he was God & I didn't !! Moving back....

In my position, in the company, I had a so called "master key". Each dept. had it's own keys - and everybody in those dept's more or less had a key, to un-lock their little bit. For example - a farm manager would have a key to his farm, but I had a key to all of the farms.... with me so far ?

Anyhoo - a lady in the wages dept. wanted to borrow 'Groundhog Day' - so, not really thinking about it - I went in early one morning, opened her office, with my key, and stuck it on her chair - so she could find it, when she got in.

The next thing I know - and I'm talking about 5 hours or more later - I had a phone call, to head back to the main office, from where I was, several miles away. No big deal - until I got there & I had to explain how I had "broken in" to the wages office !!

It turned out, for whatever reason, the wage office was on a separate type of system - for better security - and not even the top CEO's key would fit that particular lock !! Somehow - and I hadn't given it any thought - my key had opened a door, that only the girl who ran the office, could (so called) open !!

Even my boss, couldn't open that door.... it really was a bit strange, but luckily, it was all done harmlessly..... and nothing more was done about it !! I guess, had I not of dropped off the video, I would probably been fired on the spot.... but, it was all done harmlessly & that was an end to the matter !!

All of that happened some 20+ years ago - so, it's funny how things remind you of things !! Oh well......

This Cd is really interesting !! I have just heard a version of 'Evil Woman' that is really like a version done live, by an Australian group called The Master's Apprentices, on their live album. It's strange - hearing a studio version of the track, knowing the live version so well..... !!

Right - my plans for tonight.

Well, with B out, I'll get myself ready for bed (as best I can) and have a quiet few hours, probably watching another film or something, not really sure yet. I really want to crack open the 3rd season of 'Game Of Thrones' - but, B wants to catch up on the latest season of 'Gray's Anatomy' !! Given an open choice, I know which I would prefer - but, I will go with the flow & see how it turns out. Who knows - providing I don't kill myself in the meantime, it might be well worth the wait !!

I think, tomorrow, I have to go back for a dressings change..... you might hear the screams from where you are !! It's really pissing me off now !! A week, tomorrow, I have to travel down to Exeter, to see the latest plastic surgeon guy. Given the fact that, over the last 4 days, the dressings have been changed 3 times, it's pretty obvious, to me especially, that the bloody thing isn't healing on it's own...... sooooo, maybe he will have some kind of answer !!

For now tho' - with Spooky Tooth playing The Beatles 'I Am The Walrus'.... I will be on my way. I, as always, thank you for your time.... until next time...

Bye Bye