simplyjess

Zac Brown tore it up at the CMA’s tonight.  I generally don’t approve of people covering this song, but this was amazing.  I saw Charlie Daniels sing this once and by the end of the song his bow was completely torn up.  I remember thinking “Wow, nobody is ever going to do this again.”  I [...]

I heard Pearl Jam’s ‘Yellow Ledbetter’ on the way to work tonight.  I CAN NOT listen to that song without thinking of this video….

As far as I’m concerned, there ARE no ”real” lyrics.

Since I posted video of Amelia yesterday, I thought I’d post some of Zaven today.
He’s a helluva dancer.  It’s just hard to catch him on camera.   This is all I could get today….

I noticed that Amelia had a loose tooth a couple weeks ago. It’s early, she’s only 4, so I was in complete denial. For some reason, a loose tooth has been more of a parent-trauma than anything else up to now.
So, we’ve watched the tooth slowly get looser and looser (and the adult tooth start [...]

While I still have 10 more minutes of my birthday, I wanted to mention my birthday buddy.  You know what I’m talking about…the celebrity that you share a birthday with.  Don’t pretend you don’t keep track.  I just learned today that I share my birthday with *drumroll please*  the incomparable Buddy Guy.  I can’t believe [...]

Okay, look, I’m not a big Broadway musical person. I like the idea of it. I enjoy going to an occasional show. But I’m not a Broadway person. I have not seen Rent 43 times nor have I memorized every line of Wicked (although I MAY know people who have done both). And while I’ve [...]