Willie Nelson...

...is an icon in the business and we all love him. I mean no disrespect... is it just me...or is he almost always ahead of the music by a half-beat when he's on-stage ? You ever notice that? His recordings are dead-on perfect and will be playing 50 years from now, but his producers and arrangers can't control him on-stage. We watched a live performance last night and I have to say...the American Idol judges would have found him "pitchy" (which he isn't) and most likely would not have voted him on to Hollywood.

Rescue dogs

We've been looking at dogs that are available for adoption. It is hard on me to look into a dogs eyes that are full of hope that I would be the one to take him out of that cage. Some of them have figured out that good eye contact increases their odds of being picked. But what about the ones who won't look up, even when talked to ? They won't waste the energy on what they believe is a useless effort at attracting an owner. They've lost hope. That ain't right.