Rayman

I dunno, call me crazy, but when I park my vehicle, I just drive in. Some people do things a little differently than the rest of us though, and that's fine. I'm like a live and let live guy ya know? Everyday when I arrive at  the radio station, I see this truck parked like this. Sometimes it's parked so goofy, the front bumper is almost on the ground. One of these days he'll park it so far back it'll get hung up on the snowbank.

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Sheryl Crow is an American musician and singer-songwriter. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, country and pop. She has released seven studio albums, two compilations, and a live album, and has contributed to various film soundtracks. She has sold more than 17 million albums

One month ago, Judd, my son-in-law,  stops over to our house and notices the dishwasher is leaking. Mrs. Rayman calls me in a bit of a panic and tells me the dishwasher has been leaking for some time, and water has seeped under our hardwood floor. Part of the floor has got to come up, just how much was a mystery at that point.

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Let me introduce you to Evergram, currently set to be released later this year. It's purpose is to allow you to record 15 second messages into a smartphone, camera, or computer webcam and then select the date for the message to be played. Currently in beta, it has thousands of satisfied users already, and idea like this is sure to grow.

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Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy's leader, was composer of almost all of the band's songs, and the first black Irishman to achieve commercial success in the field of hard rock music. Phil was the outsider, the romantic guy from the other side of the tracks, a self-styled poet of the lovelorn and downtrodden

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Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music. Her astonishing run of late-'60s hits with Atlantic Records -- "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Chain of Fools," "Baby I Love You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Think," "The House That Jack Built," and several others -- earned her the title "Lady Soul," which she has worn uncontested ever since.

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Three or four years ago I was achieving over sixty per cent of my News Years esolutions (but they were realistic). The last couple years though, I failed miserably. So, this year, I decided to make only two News Years esolutions. That way, even if I keep one out of the two, I'm still at fifty per cent. How many of us actually keep our New Years resolutions?

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Boys don't like riding girls bikes, no matter what their age. — That's about as cool as going on a first date on a bus.  Don Puz was given a girl’s bike in 1954, after the death of his father. Townsfolk decided to raise some money and by Don a bike. Trouble was, it was a girls bike.

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This idea is a good one, not only for Starbucks, but more so for the environment. I'd be more likely to visit Starbucks more often, simply because of the introduction today of the reusable cup. Starbucks is cool for a lot of reasons, but for me the big thing is they are always on the cutting edge, always looking for new and innovative ways to not only increase business, but also to make sure a visit to Starbucks is a pleasurable one. Heck, I think I'll go order a White Chocolate Mocha Grande right now.

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Chrissie Hynde was born in Aklron Ohio, and was attending  Kent State University when the Kent State Riot broke out. After that experience she fled to England where she briefly played with Clash, then back to Akron

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With the cost of medications rising on a yearly basis, the lack of generic drugs available, and higher deductibles of many health insurance programs, more Americans are opting to purchase their prescribed medicines from other countries. And, it's legal.

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The Rolling Stones originally started out as a blues band, singing and recording songs originally done by black bules artists.The Stones were not alone in the "covering" of black artists, to name a few, the Animals, Yardbirds, John Mayal, and Led Zepplin in addition to several more American bands. The difference between the Stones and other groups is they supported, and helped the black blues artists...many of the others did not.

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