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Lucky 7
Wild Boy is 7 today – 1/3 of the way to the legal drinking age.Last year, my post about Wild Boy’s birthday was about being 1/3 of the way to being a legal adult so I guess that it’s fitting that this year, I bring drinking into the equation.
This year that I felt the need to drink a little bit more as a parent. If Wild Boy at 6 years old is any indication of what he’s going to be like as a teenager, I’m in a lot of trouble. But until that time, I’ll just remember that the days are long but the years are so very short and remember some of the highlights from this year:
Tunes For Tuesday – Social Distortion
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Image: Daisy
The tune for today is honor of Wild Boy’s birthday tomorrow. WB’s favorite song is “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash. He sings it all the time and even got his preschool music teacher to sing it during weekly sessions at school (he still plays it even though WB is long gone from the school).
Although the original version by the Man In Black is classic and wonderful, I happen to love this version by Social Distortion. Mike Ness has a […]
8 Things About the 80's New Wave Music book "Mad World"
As a long-time devoted fan of Duran Duran, I’ve often been dismissed as being stuck in the 80’s. I understand that not everyone was raised on New Wave radio in both Los Angeles (KROQ) and New York (WLIR/WDRE) and chose to spend a large percentage of their high school days either waiting on line (that’s outside on a line for you youngsters, not on a computer) for concert tickets or to get into a venue to see a show. Lori Majewski (formerly of Us Weekly, Entertainment Weekly and Teen People), might understand though because she and her co-author Jonathan Bernstein (contributor to Spin, Rolling Stone, the Face) are about to release the book, Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980’s (released April 15, 2014).
Given my very loud social media passion for all things 80’s and Duran Duran, I became connected with Lori and was thrilled to be sent an advance copy of this book to review. This fun and informative book gives amazing insight into the New Wave artists from the 1980’s straight from the artists themselves. I was absolutely floored by the amount of knowledge I learned – I used to pride myself on having a decent 80’s New Wave music trivia base but this book put me to shame.
Mad World: Adam Ant, Morrissey and Duran Duran on the cover? Sold!
I don’t want to give it all away but here are 8 Things About the 80’s New Wave Music Book “Mad World” here: […]
Friday's Featured Female – Hippie Chick Granola
Today’s Friday’s Featured Female isn’t a true person but it is the company, Hippie Chick Granola, that my blogger friend, Ilene@IleneEvans (aka The Fierce Diva Guide To Life) just launched.
The 6 Things You Need To Do A Ragnar Relay
The So Cal Ragnar Relay is done and I know that I’ve shared just about everything I could about this race before it actually took place – from my intended music playlist, introducing all of my team members AND (if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter), you might have seen a few zillion pictures of gorgeous California scenery, many gorgeous sweaty runners and many obnoxious pictures of the So Cal Ragnar Medal but guess what? I’m not done yet.
The Ragnar Relay is a very special breed of running experience. My teammate Gillian coined Ragnar the “Coachella For Runners” and she’s absolutely right. When the topic came up at FitBloggin’ last year, I said yes but I was scared to death (I do have 4 half marathon DNS’s in the last 4 years due to injury) but after this fantastic experience, I’m already thinking about Ragnar #2. I think every runner should think about doing a relay race so that’s why I’ve come up with:
(and why you’ll want to do another one as soon as you’re done with your first) […]
Tunes For Tuesday – A Dirrty Dozen Two-Fer
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This past Friday and Saturday I was a little busy running the So Cal Ragnar Relay (which I will recap soon) but in honor of my Dirrty Dozen team, I’m featuring 2 songs today – one for each “r” in our team name. These two songs were the most often heard songs on the radio while we were in our van. It’s not that I love (or even like these songs) but I know that they will now remind me of a most fabulous time with the ladies of Van 2 of the Dirrty Dozen team. Thanks Jamie, Kat, Carrie, Jill and Debbie! […]