FRANK SINATRA RE-BORN

If you have been watching America's Got Talent I'm sure you have your favorites. Some of the acts are darn right good and some are darn right bad. One gentleman that caught my fancy is an older gentleman who has been trying to get a break for 40 years and hopefully this is it. His name is Paul Salo and he impersonates Frank Sinatra. He has all of the mannerisms of Frank as well as the voice. Close your eyes and you would swear that Frank Sinatra was in you living room. Open your eyes and see this wonderfully talented elderly gentleman perform his stuff. I would like to see him win the contest because I am sure that he would be a wonderful addition to La's Vegas. And I'm sure he could also use the million dollars. One other thing is that Piers had nothing but praise for the man. Good job Paul.

MY KIND OF DAD

In Indiana we do it right. How well do you know and trust your kids? It seems that a father trusted his son's enough to leave them home alone while he went on a vacation to California. I'm sure he was having a good time and not knowing, so were his kids back in Indiana. Like all good dads he called the house to see if everything was alright. While speaking to one of his sons he picked up some background noise like laughing, music and all of the other sounds that go along with having a party. When he hung up the phone with his son he called the police in his home town and when the police arrived they arrested 10 people, including two juveniles, who were having a drinking party. It was learned that this party had been going on for, no one, not two but three days while the father was out of town. Where were the neighbors? Next time dad, get an adult babysitter or have the police watch them by putting them in a cell until you get back. They could clean up around to station to earn their keep and you will have peace of mind.

THE OLYMPICS

If you have been tied to your television set like I have been watching the Olympics I must say the China has outdone any other country as far as opening ceremonies are concerned. I thought they were magnificent. The amazing thing was the coordination of all those people beating the drums, running around to make a bird look like it was flying and the many other things that were part of the ceremony. I can't say that I like their politics but their program was one that will long be remembered. If Chicago is chosen to be the next host city I don't think they will come anywhere near what we saw in Beijing. I just wonder where the city of Chicago will put the buildings needed to put on the Olympics without destroying the beautiful lake front.

SPENCER THE KID WHO LOVES TO SHARE

On a beautiful day when my daughter was visiting from Texas I asked the kids if they wanted to go to lunch and then to the park. Of course they said yes. So it off to Wendy's for hamburgers, fries, frosty's and soft drinks. After all was consumed it was a chore deciding which park to go to. The lucky one was the park with the tire swing. This device some of you might know is a tire suspended by three chains connected to a swivel. You can be swung and turned around at the same time. Spencer wanted to go first, which he did. Beside my grand kids there were also about 5 other kids willing to take turns riding and pushing. They were all in a circle pushing and spinning Spencer. He was yelling and laughing to beat the band, having a good time. About five minutes into the spinning process I heard him yell "STOP" with fear in his voice. Everyone moved forward to grab the tire and stop it but it was to late. Spencer was spinning so fast that he shared his lunch with anyone within three feet of the tire swing. When the swing stopped, Spencer was feeling fine but everyone else was either running to the water fountain to clean up, going to the cars with parents or running home, if they lived near by, to change clothes. That ended the trip to the park for us and a lot of other people. On the way home Spencer said "grandpa can we stop for something to eat?" You can imagine what my answer to that was.
God Bless Spencer for providing an interesting day at the park.

LAKE COUNTY FAIR

The day was pleasant, low 80's, not a cloud in the sky so what do you do on a beautiful day such as this? Go to the Lake County Indiana Fair. In the group of Fair goers was myself, Lorri, Angelica, Spencer, Aiddin and Mia. We arrived at this gala about 1:30 and purchased a wrist band for each of the kids so they could ride and throw up as many time as they could until 5:00. The kids had a ball and so did I watching them. In looking at the rides it made me wonder who comes up the these ideas to jostle, spin and throw the human body around like some of the rides do. Better yet, who wants to be thrown around. It's amazing. When the wrist bands expired we headed for the food isle and filled up on corn on the cob, corn dogs, hot dogs, fried vegetables and whatever else caught our fancy. Then while we waited for our food to settle we watched the horse show which was quite entertaining. After that we visited the various buildings and saw chickens, turkeys, snakes, hamsters, cows and horses. Lorri and I looked at each other and said what do you think. Is the day over, which it was so we went home and had a quiet evening watching rented movies.
A good time was had by all.