Retiring Wing

News broke yesterday that Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg would be retiring due to back issues. He has been with the Red Wings since 2002 (drafted in 1999), Captain since 2013. He medaled in the Olympics and in international competition with the Swedish national team.  He is pictured here at the 2008 Stanley Cup Victory parade with the Conn Smythe trophy. Many on Twitter  have expressed their thanks, admiration and their thoughts on Zetterberg's career. Henrik, along with Pavel Datsyuk, were my favorite Red Wings. He will be missed at Little Caesars Arena, and I hope that he will be involved with Hockey in some shape or form, maybe in the front office in some respects.

YouTube Friday: Let It Go (Part One)

Today's installment of YouTube Friday is a funky one, from the KC and the Sunshine Band's topic page on YouTube. This would be a great song for Majorettes or a pep club/spirit squad to perform to, or for a pom-pon squad to perform to. Lots of energy and, as they say, "Is fun to dance to"

YouTube Friday: Kilgore College Rangerettes Halftime Performance (Texans vs Browns 10.15...

Today's installment of YouTube Friday comes from the Houston Texans' YouTube Channel. These young ladies are the Kilgore College Rangerettes, from Kilgore Texas. They have been going strong since 1940, and have been nearly everywhere in North America. When I first saw this video, I thought to myself, "These are the Rockettes of the South!" These young ladies are really talented.

View of Northern Calloway

Here is another post about someone whose story I have taken an interest in here recently. The story of Northern Calloway is an intriguing and very interesting one. Born in January 1948 in New York City, he attended the High School of Fine and Performing Arts (now LaGuardia High) , graduating in 1966. He got a job in the theatre shortly after graduating from High School, performing in the play The Me Nobody Knows in the early '70s. He debuted on Sesame Street in 1971, playing the character David until 1989. He was also a Singer and composer, writing and performing songs in kids shows called "My Name is David", in which he performed Sesame Street songs and songs he wrote and composed, and at times, read from books he helped to write(side note, Alan Menken-later of Disney fame-was his accompanist for these shows when Menken was up and coming). During his time on Sesame Street, signs of Bipolar disorder (known then as Manic Depression) began to surface, with it getting so bad that He went on a rampage after he did a show in Nashville, Tennessee in September 1980, beating a lady he was staying with so severely, she was in the hospital for quite a while, and he wreaked havoc in the Green Hills section of Nashville wearing nothing but a T-shirt. He went to Court in 1981-1982 and was found innocent after pleading insanity. He tried to write a screenplay for a movie called "The Skyrider" in the mid 1980s, but filed a Lawsuit against Marvel Comics for copyright and stealing ideas.  He was let go from Sesame Street in 1989, and died on January 9, 1990 from Excited Delirium (there was a rumor that stomach cancer was the culprit, but that is false), leaving behind a fiancee, his mother, his brother and sister. I remember him as David in his later years, but never knew he was that talented. What are your memories of Northern Calloway?

YouTubed Friday: Motown Special

Today's Installment of YouTube Friday is "Motown Special" from the Osmonds' topic page on YouTube. I first heard this song after getting this album at the used record store a year or so ago. I always say that if I have a radio show, this would be the song I sign on with, and the song "City to City" by Gerry Rafferty would be the song I signed off with. I follow Alan and Marie Osmond on Instagram, and I am sure I follow Donny, as well.

YouTube Friday: AT&T Archives: Design Line Fashions

For Today's installment of YouTube Friday, Here are some phones from the late '70s, courtesy of the AT&T Tech Channel's YouTube Channel. I enjoy seeing all of these phones from back then, my favorites are the candlestick phone and the Snoopy and Woodstock phones. A friend of mine had a Mickey Mouse phone when we were kids. My late mother used to work for the phone company, and had an old pamphlet/workbook where you could promote the Design Line phones as prizes in a drawing at your class reunion. Which phones are your favorites?

Java Service

Took a walk this morning, and ran across this Absopure truck at Comerica Park, delivering water to the front offices. Absopure is a water company from Michigan. They even have a Coffee Service, delivering coffee, tea and hot chocolate to offices, in traditional form and in Keurig K-Cup formats. Absopure, as well as Nestle and other companies deliver refreshments to offices and other institutions. Do you have coffee or other beverages delivered to your home or workplace? what is your favorite? I only drink coffee, tea and water, for the most part, don't drink alcohol or soda/pop/cola, even in diet form (staying away from artificial sweeteners), and I add Stevia to my coffee and tea.