(See Post for August 10) 

 It came! It’s here! I saw it! It’s great! It’s the whole show, commercials and all! Whatta rip! Me at 15! ( Yes, I was once fifteen!) The quality is excellent. What a treasure, to see my dad at 48, and unbeknownst to me, scared to death! I was having the time of my life and it shows! What a big grin I had during our whole performance! It’s funny how my memory of the performance is different than the DVD shows. I thought I was on stage right; I was on stage left. I could not have identified my girlfriend for the day, Carol Barber of Columbia, Missouri, from a photograph, and she didn’t look like I remembered her. I had never really seen the other acts on the show in performance because we were in the green room before and after our performance, coming out only for the final bow. Our competition was all really good! I never heard of any of them again, so I guess none of them found fame and fortune, but I didn’t either! Anyhow, only my wife has seen it. I am still waiting to show it to my kids! Thanks a bunch, Mr. Fisher!

All these wonderful things happening that I want to be involved in ( in which I want to be involved?), and they are occupying the same time frame, but not the same location!  Case in point: a popular Christian radio personality who has a weekly radio program counseling teens is going to be in our area for a fund-raising dinner tomorrow night.  I am a supporter of his ministry and was really looking forward to meeting him. But: a family-oriented issue takes precedence, and I am going to be spending the evening with my fireball grandson while his parents attend back-to-school night for my granddaughter. She is actually my step-granddaughter, but we sure don’t think of her that way. She is a gutsy young lady who is coming into her own; one of those people you can watch blossom and be in awe of her intellect and developing poise. Evan is always fun, if a bit exhausting, so the time with him will be very special. I was hoping to get together with the radio personality maybe for breakfast the next day, but apparently that isn’t going to happen either. Oh, well……

Well, now I got another one. A well-known Christian performer is coming to our area in November with his band, a member of which has a Xanga page to which I subscribe and who is kind of, sort of, in a way,. a cyber-friend. (Check out “sites I read”.) I am doing some volunteer work for a local radio statiion at the concert. I hope to get a chance to say hi in person, unless she runs screaming from the building! I’m a scary old guy! What happens on the same day at the same time, 80 miles away?  My buddy Crazy Joe Tritschler and guitar wizard Deke Dickerson are doing a show in Glenside, PA. These are guys I met in Memphis and will probably not see again until next May in Green Bay! It’s gonna be a dynamite show! Deke is one of the world’s nicest guys. These guys are great musicians and I would sure like to be there.  check out www.dekedickerson.com)

Well, the Christian performer wins ( his initals are MWS) and Evan gets his grandfather for an evening. Tomorrow is another day  (with probably more scheduling conflicts!)