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Starbucks and Music

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starbucks_coffee_logo_svg1Today is FRIDAY!!!!  WOO HOO!!!

It is finally feeling like fall around here so I decided to stop by my favorite Starbucks establishment this morning to pick up a tall White Chocolate Mocha and a Blueberry Muffin.  I drive up to place my order and suddenly I here it…the guy on the other end begins singing.  That’s right…he was singing.  He just didn’t say “Good morning…blah blah…”, he sang.  I have to say it give me a little chuckle.  As I go around to purchase said coffee and muffin, I nearly drive past the window.  This is definitely a sign I needed my coffee.  I was expecting Singing Starbucks Guy, but instead got an even chippy Starbucks employee.  She proceeded to laugh at the fact that I almost drove away without my coffee.  I just told I was planning to pay for it today and come back tomorrow to get my order.  This made her laugh.  I don’t if it’s in the Starbucks employee handbook or not, but some of them might want to kick it back on drinking the product! 

When I am not listening to Sirius NASCAR radio in the monrings on the way to work, I usually put in one of my many CDs I have stashed in the car.  This morning I wanted something kind of peppy instead of the sad, pitiful, feeling sorry for mysefl tunes that I have had in the last couple of days.  So I pop in one of those mixed CDs I so loving created off my itunes.  Here is a list of the tunes that I had blaring from the CD player

  • Hollaback Girl
  • Love Machine
  • Another Brick in the Wall
  • Rubberband Man
  • Chasing Cars
  • I Like to Move It-from Madacasgar movie
  • London Bridge-not the kids version
  • Brickhouse
  • Broken-song from Broken Bridges-movie shown on CMT
  • I Will Survive
  • Genie in a Bottle
  • Panama
  • My Humps
  • Crazy-Gnarls Barkley
  • Hit Me Baby One More Time–yes, I have a Brittany Spears song on the CD–I like the song.
  • Tearin Up My Heart
  • Greatest American Hero theme

I realized that is DEFINTELY an eclectic mix of music, but I guess that’s the way I am with my taste in music.  duck-tgifI try not pigeon hole myself to one genre of music.  I tend to lean towards 80s rock and country, but I have other likes as well.  Some times for me it is about the song, not the genre.  If you perused my ipod right now you would find everything from Barry Manilow to Def Lepard to Twisted Sister to Tony Bennett.  So, crank up that CD player, satellite radio or ipod and HAVE A GREAT FRIDAY!!!!!

Our Country

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Whew…I am so glad the presidential campaigning is over.  I know there are those out there who are happy with the results and some not so happy.  Which ever side of the street you voted on, it definitely has been worth watching over last several months.  This is a time in our country that my son will be studying in school.  Both Postman and myself did our voting during Texas’ early voting period.  Little Smoke joined us as we voted.  I wanted Little Smoke to how important it was to vote and how one vote can make a difference.  I remember going to vote with my parents and how that impacted me today.  I thought it was just the coolest thing standing in the voting booth with one of my parents.  I am excited about the change in America that is now happening.  To see how the whole election process occurs and how one person can become president is worth the effort.  I guess that’s about it.  Thanks for voting!

Election Day

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vote-button1Today is election day. After months and months of campaigning this day is finally here. No matter which candidate you support for president or any other office, just get out and vote.  I did.

I wanted to post this yesterday, but forgot.  Here’s something I thought I would not see for awhile, but here it is.  That’s right, unleaded gasoline under $2.00!

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Texas Tech #2

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WOW!!!  We are #2 in the BCS polls.  I didn’t think we would jump all that way and over Penn State, but here we are.  We have quite a bit of football left…this week Oklahoma State.

But in the meantime…just a little reminder why we are #2 this week.

Race 8: Texas

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Not much excitement at Texas Motor Speedway, well, at least of what I caught of the race.  It was such a let down after the Tech-UT game the night before.  The races can get kind of boring at Texas…I should know…I have been to a couple and well lots of green flag racing and passing lap cars.  This of course was the case yesterday.  Once again TMS doesn’t like the Hendrick boys.  Jeff struggled for a bit, but came away with a 2nd place spot.  Jimmie struggled as well in fact getting put down a lap by eventually race winner Carl Edwards.  Don’t count out Jimmie despite the dent Carl made in the points lead.  Jimmie and Chad have been to this rodeo.

Cowboys–All I have to say is Yuck!

That’s about it for today.