Alice Cooper

Yesterday it rained.  A lot.  Hard.  It rained so hard I needed to use an umbrella to get to the car.  That happens very rarely.  And, of course, it rained throughout most of the day, finally beginning to slow down in mid-afternoon.  When I left work it was more of a steady drizzle, and then that stopped, too.

Predictions are for more showers today, tomorrow, and Wednesday.  Temps are also supposed to stay sweater cool, with the necessary blanket thrown over the bed to stay warm at night.

The rain meant business was slow... at least for flooring.  The paint department was busy.  

And last night I went to see Alice Cooper.  He's quite spry for a 75 year old. My brother was surprised by how many set pieces there were, he was not that familiar with Cooper's history of theatrics.  He did have a live boa onstage, and there was a decapitation with a guillotine.  I have an Alice Cooper $100 bill courtesy of his stage crew using guns to shoot confetti and Alice Cooper money out over the audience.  Even though the venue is sitting, everybody stood for an hour and a half.  An interesting point, the gentleman to my right works for the Patriot News to do critiques and recaps.  I talked to him before the show, and then again as we were heading out into the parking lot.  His recap is quite accuarte.

Of course, Alice played all of his hits.  Here's a bit of School's Out, that's the young man in front of me singing out of tune.  This is what happens when your recording with your phone and the cramped rows are forcing you to hold it near his head.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going back to bed for a quick nap before heading off to work.

 

School's Out

 Well, our temps hit 84 (F) yesterday and our forecast high for today is 88 (F).  There is a heatwave moving across the country.  I think we should all enjoy it for now, because temps are going to fall back into the normal range within a few days.  By Monday, the 15th our temps are predicted to be back in the mid 60 (F) range.

I'm going to invest some money in one of those wheely things you wind your hose around. (not the kinky type).  In fact, I did the bold thing and just ordered one.  It's a garden hose reel with 124 feet of hose that will need to be attached to the side of my house.  It should be arriving Saturday.

And I did cut a branch or two down using my saw on a stick.  I'm off tomorrow and a bigger bough on the maple tree on top of the hill behind my house will be coming down.  I will have to get out my chainsaw to cut it up once finished.  This is fine.  My yard is darkened and in shadow by way to many leaves.

I was surprised this morning when I woke up to get a text from my brother letting me know I was getting a belated birthday present:  Tickets to see Alice Cooper in concert at the Hershey Theater.  I've always like Cooper, even owned a few of his albums, but was surprised to see his tour was stopping at Hershey.  Tickets were very pricey and while I didn't mind paying that cost to see Paul McCartney or Elton on his farewell tour, for Cooper I thought they were a bitt to exorbitant.  Well, surprise, surprise, I'm going to see Alice Cooper on April 30.

A brief comment on the Dianne Feinstein issue:  she needs to resign.  She's 89.  She needs to put her ego aside.  I've seen people her age and older who are extremely functional, however, I do not believe they should be put in charge of helping out country run.

Ronnie DeSantis is running directly into the brick wall known as Donald, the Orange Anus, Trump and not loving it.  Tough.  DeSantis has never seemed to be an intelligent man, his only smarts being in that he thinks the MAGAs are destined to rule the United States.  His war with Disney show full fledged idiocy.  Lucky for America he's a Republican.  He will never stand down or back away, that would mean he'd made a mistake and Republicans never make mistakes.