tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76658278894264154702024-03-13T08:34:16.612-05:00Johnnny's WorldWelcome to Johnnny's WorldJohnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-66566543626105926172012-11-23T19:42:00.001-06:002012-11-24T10:46:15.380-06:00Sky Fall<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Halfway tween summer & winter</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Big treehouse for lucky insiders</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">More uses than </span></strong><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>we can think of.</strong></span></div>
Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-45041097741231319342012-11-10T16:34:00.000-06:002012-11-10T16:34:35.954-06:00Snowflake of the Week<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to zoom in. Thanks.</td></tr>
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<br />Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-30022020698696756082012-07-28T12:15:00.001-05:002012-07-28T12:28:06.527-05:00Pattern of the Week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Football Helmet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click on picture to zoom in.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><strong>Remember the ones that loved you</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;"><strong>As they look down from above</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: large;"><strong>Up there in the sky blue</strong></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEXvJDsvRCqhmAp1NHMEzOS-ebOireEjZHoXuc37rXZPfLsh9iWfew3ayLJTjO0FVLExec_jcPMN5PC1U-O-lHj608nM2IILZjW39S85KbNWDH2tzlJw8eqNlj3wdpZMs-GmAzoA3qtc/s1600/hubest2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTEXvJDsvRCqhmAp1NHMEzOS-ebOireEjZHoXuc37rXZPfLsh9iWfew3ayLJTjO0FVLExec_jcPMN5PC1U-O-lHj608nM2IILZjW39S85KbNWDH2tzlJw8eqNlj3wdpZMs-GmAzoA3qtc/s400/hubest2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-34780563953774758362012-05-25T06:57:00.000-05:002012-05-25T06:57:18.337-05:00Friday Birthday Kitday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpkwVaJBTiE0udfkPw897bQY3l6BMYZr89MRJn6gBhpiJ04QmXpViormy6vtW6_zoInbjuvoavk4sxVdR9rXSLTgytqEXk7xUUHInM8ZgC-nETB0dDe0L58-PeSpAhp-WOKd2lkex3bU/s1600/flakeKpx1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpkwVaJBTiE0udfkPw897bQY3l6BMYZr89MRJn6gBhpiJ04QmXpViormy6vtW6_zoInbjuvoavk4sxVdR9rXSLTgytqEXk7xUUHInM8ZgC-nETB0dDe0L58-PeSpAhp-WOKd2lkex3bU/s400/flakeKpx1.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #a64d79; color: #f1c232; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Happy Birthday To Kit!</strong></span>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-55823660817617816412012-05-24T21:11:00.000-05:002012-05-24T21:11:37.404-05:00Keep On Truckin<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Truck Tail Lights</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>While being driven around the town, my camera jumped into action to capture an image of the truck in front of us on the InterState Highway system outside of Fargo, North Dakota. Pixlr Express subsequently helped modify the image into what we see here above. Johnnny hopes you glike this picture and would love to hear any feedbackage you might care to share on this impotent matter of discussion.</strong></span>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-73610376621651343902012-05-22T21:26:00.001-05:002012-05-22T21:28:41.627-05:00Finals Week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two Finalists, One Winner</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>American Idol show notes for Tuesday, May 22, 2012</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Each of our two finalists sang three songs. The first round songs were chosen by Simon Fuller. Second round, contestant favorites from this season. Third round, contestant's recordable new single.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Jessica Sanchez first sang a sound-a-like version of a Whitney Houston tune. Didn't make it her own. Score: 7. Second song was called The Prayer. Slow and sleepy. Her </strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>big high </strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>notes sounded </strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>strained, </strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>constricted, and not pleasing to the ear. Score: 7. Third song was called Change Nothing. All her songs seemed to start out low, slow, and breathy. She was pitchy and boring. Sorry. Score: 6.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Phillip Phillips played great guitar </strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>while singing a cool slow relaxed unique version of Stand By Me. Score: 8. Moving Out by Billy Joel was definitely a Phillipized version of a classic standard. Score: 9. Third song sounded like a travelling minstrel tune, complete with marching band drummers and an audience singalong (oh oh oh). Score: 8.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>If Phillip Phillips is not named the winner of this American Idol season, I vow to stop watching American Idol...until next year. </strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">What do YOU think? Thanks for all the comments this year. It's been fun!</span></strong>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-2280166559532922932012-05-16T21:34:00.000-05:002012-05-16T21:34:05.946-05:00American Idol<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Here are my notes for the May 16, 2012 American Idol Show: Each contestant sang 3 songs. They all had their great moments during tonight's show.</span> Joshua's best was his last song. I really enjoyed it and would give it a 9 on a 1-10 scale. He should be in the Final Two. <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Jessica's best was also the last one. She sang an early Michael Jackson tune and really did a great job. However, she is starting to weaken a bit. Her best score tonight: 8. </span>Phillip's second and third songs were great. That mellower funky second tune would be fun to see in concert at the Fargo Theatre. His last song forced him to actually sing a real song with a real melody. It was amazing that he could sing like normal, even tho this is a singing competition. Best Score: 9.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>First Place: Phillip Phillips.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Close Second Place: Joshua Ledet.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Third Place: Jessica Sanchez - a great singer but not quite enough to win.</strong></span></div>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-29357729242532453712012-05-09T19:31:00.000-05:002012-05-09T19:31:52.282-05:00California Dreaming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsFj5j4L3WFCmnIkLodFhtVQlVCPe4isFH5Djjv2LgbHiC1TF-fmTddFWEjdsDrRiqPBHxagWZcDH88mh7lY3AvVEnTPweOv8oYW-PAQO6z1iTfeWZkDC1AMBh4RHD32oYjC-4PgCiRc/s1600/American-Idol-Logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="230px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsFj5j4L3WFCmnIkLodFhtVQlVCPe4isFH5Djjv2LgbHiC1TF-fmTddFWEjdsDrRiqPBHxagWZcDH88mh7lY3AvVEnTPweOv8oYW-PAQO6z1iTfeWZkDC1AMBh4RHD32oYjC-4PgCiRc/s400/American-Idol-Logo.gif" width="400px" /></a></div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Please leave any comments you'd like to share regarding the May 9/10 American Idol shows. We are down to the Final Four. The winner will be announced in two short weeks. Who did well this week? Who will be eliminated? Who do you like to win the whole thing?</strong></span>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-61284473959189199262012-05-05T09:52:00.001-05:002012-05-05T09:53:35.612-05:00Snowflake Of The Week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hands Around The World</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Now that Google pulled the plug on Picnik as my default image editor, my new online tool shall now be: Pixlr. This is my first snowflake edited with Pixlr Express. Hopefully Google will not acquire Pixlr and pull the plug on it also.</strong></span>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-71842716549223147062012-05-02T21:29:00.001-05:002012-05-02T21:37:31.194-05:00Back to the Sixties<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHaW_V9X2cZUhkt5hcSuS8ceS39qThau5D8M0zvfyzeC34HIt22ZMcWgNJbsPLhhJB4Nt1KxD5s3YaLHndQScm5cyXnD5v_nZHHCUbeHhynObQYJGAX1tTxPuYJf78z46ozgKrEZcQoU/s1600/petermax1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222px" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHaW_V9X2cZUhkt5hcSuS8ceS39qThau5D8M0zvfyzeC34HIt22ZMcWgNJbsPLhhJB4Nt1KxD5s3YaLHndQScm5cyXnD5v_nZHHCUbeHhynObQYJGAX1tTxPuYJf78z46ozgKrEZcQoU/s400/petermax1.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>American Idol Show Notes from May 2, 2012</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Hollie Cavanagh: Song 1 - was just OK. Big production but not very likeable. Score: 7 / </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Song 2 - excellent choice. She finally had a "moment". Loved the 1st part better, before she changed to a higher key. She is peaking at the right time. Score: 9</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Skylar Laine: Song 1 - chose a CCR song. Nice choice for her voice/style. Good as usual for her. Score: 8 / Song 2 - slow ballad, thought it was great. Liked the more mellow, first part better. Score: 9</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Top performance: Hollie's 2nd song</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Worst performances: Phillip's 2nd song & Joshua's 2nd song</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Bottom Three: Joshua, Phillip, Jessica</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Bottom Two: Joshua, Jessica</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Going Home: Joshua</span></strong>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-37768516685822582462012-04-25T21:26:00.003-05:002012-04-25T21:31:53.220-05:00Idol America<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Jessica Sanchez: She is only 16. Not enough personal experience to handle winning. </strong></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #1 Bohemian Rhapsody. Just OK. Not great. Seems too immature in depth of spirit & voice. Rock songs ain't her thing. Need to throw this fish back to grow some more. Score: 7.5 / </strong></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #2 Lower softer voice is really nice. Her big-voice high-notes sound tight, weak, and strained. </strong></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Score: 7</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Skylar Laine: She is stocky. A stocky rocker. </strong></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #1 Sang The Show Must Go On. Wowie. She can easily switch from Country to Rock. Like the tone of her voice & how she pronounces her </strong></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>words. </strong></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Score: 9 / </strong></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #2 Another solid performance. </strong></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>F</strong></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>eels so comfortable on stage. Score: 8</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Joshua Ledet: Looks like a cross between Will Smith & Eddie Murphy. </strong></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #1 Was holding an old style mic that looked like a shaver. Pretty good performance if you like him, which I don't (like his shreaking). Score: 7 / </strong></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #2 Shreakfest started out with a mellower voice which was almost enjoyable. Then the obligatory shreakfest ensued. Score: 8</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Elise Testone: Dreamy Eyes. Reincarnated 60s rocker. </strong></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #1 Definitely a rocker. Has an incredible instrument. Worthy of Top 5. Great song choice For Elise (as in: Fur Elise by Beethoven) Score: 8 / </strong></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #2 Sang a Jimi Hendrix. Started out too held back. Then she really let it go. Great. Loved it. Score: 9</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>PhilliPhillips: Has the best name of all the remaining contestants. He'd be fun guy to have a bier with (now that he's 21). </strong></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #1 Not crazy about it. For more than half of it, he just sang along with a choir. I could frickin do that. Narrow-range blues yellfest. Score: 7.5 / </strong></span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #2 Finally a Dave Matthewsong! Yes, yes. Cool version, quite respectful of the original. Loved it. Score: 9er</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Hollie Cavanagh: Looks like a pixie. </strong></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #1 Sang Save Me. 1st part sucked. 2nd part also sucked. But big high heels! Bad choice of song for her. </strong></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Score: 6.5 / </strong></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Song #2 Not impressive. Voice is starting to sound too treble & nazaly. Getting a little tired of her. Score: 7</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">In Trouble: Joshua, Hollie, Jessica.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Going Home: Hollie</span></strong>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-9059709416925409732012-04-18T21:44:00.003-05:002012-04-18T21:53:26.347-05:00Long Road Home<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Hollie: Rolling in the Deep, came out of her shell, excellent. Score 9.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Colton: Bad Romance by GaGa, futuristic rocker, liked it, needs to pronounce the end of his words for all the non-deaf listeners. Score: 8.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Elise: No One by Alicia Keys, rough-edge rocker wearing orange curtains, OK but didn't really like it. Score: 7.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Phillip: You Got It Bad by Usher, cool slow Afro-beat, playing 12-string guitar, soulful, growly, true artist. Score: 9.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Jessica: Fallen by Alicia Keys, slow sexy song, pretty good, blended in with backup singers too much, needs more confidence. Score: 8. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Elise: Let's Get It On, she has an incredible instrument, mature voice, but the judges did not like it, and talked too much, bad sign. Score: 7.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Joshua: Surprisingly chose a Civil Rights song, sounded like a slow gospel which is maybe a good choice for him, but I would not pay to go hear him as the tone of his voice is not pleasing to my ears. Sorry. Score: 6.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-color: black; color: lime;">Bottom Three:</span> Joshua, Elise, Colton.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Hopefully going home:</span> Joshua.</span></strong>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-43955732130229210272012-04-11T21:18:00.003-05:002012-04-11T21:26:41.622-05:00Seven To Six<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>1. SkyLar Laine: Still improving, strummed a guitar to a country song, delivered the goods, could win it. Score: 8</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>4. Joshua Ledet: Gave a great performance of a Bruno Marvelous song, great song choice, but a few big notes toward the end turned me off. Score: 8</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>5. Hollie Cavanaugh: My early fave gave a subpar performance, pitchy, too serious of a song choice, judges were awkwardly negative. Score: 7</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">7. Elise Navidad: Great song choice to show off her abilites, slow rock song, maintained control. Score: 8</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Could go home: Hollie!</span></strong>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-91065971218222436412012-04-07T09:13:00.000-05:002012-04-07T09:13:48.066-05:00Good Time Charlie<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Back in January, we visited some friends in their new home. My camera took this picture while their first-born enjoyed some spoonfuls of supper. If this photo doesn't get some sort of <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Blue Ribbon</span>, it certainly gets an Honorable Mention award.</strong></span>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-17518015649475956452012-04-04T21:27:00.006-05:002012-04-04T21:38:31.137-05:00Eight To Seven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCsSGPukQD1ZerzQA3MAIVroTxotxbWD9vylRCBMccNRcVTthowbq17c6XvSmckQZ2-7t1UmpQ7HcXOyADozt8X3bsFhWFEuRCJfRp8VU3xRYHnjeiYWZ9Lo4d88hCuZmqporcd0P6Dg/s1600/IMG_0644x1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225px" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCsSGPukQD1ZerzQA3MAIVroTxotxbWD9vylRCBMccNRcVTthowbq17c6XvSmckQZ2-7t1UmpQ7HcXOyADozt8X3bsFhWFEuRCJfRp8VU3xRYHnjeiYWZ9Lo4d88hCuZmqporcd0P6Dg/s400/IMG_0644x1.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Judge not lest ye judge ye not.</div><span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong><span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">My American Idol comments hereby follow, on this 4th day of April 2012:</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Skylar moved to the Top Spot - wow!</span></span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Joshua's stock rose, a little.</span></span></span></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Phillip remains up there.</span></span></span></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Jessica started strong but weakened.</span></span></span></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Colton needs to pronunciate.</span></span></span></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Deandre missed the mark.</span></span></span></span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Elise needs help.</span></span></span></span></strong></span>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-22523408841927220322012-03-28T21:17:00.002-05:002012-03-28T21:21:49.581-05:00Ameri Canidol<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jimmy Iovine is my name. Music is my game.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Singer 1: Colton went from barely singing to cry-yelling (cryell). Don't like his pitchy singing. Score: 6</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Singer 4: Hollie is still my favorite and I would love to see her win it. Score: 8</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bottom Three: Colton, Deandre, Joshua.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Going Home: Deandre.</span></strong>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-15478363529305519552012-03-27T07:11:00.000-05:002012-03-27T07:11:36.853-05:00Good Example<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coco is a very good listener</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Our friend Coco sets a very good example for others to follow. Besides being a good listener, Coco never over-reacts to any situation, while many of us later regret our knee-jerk reactions. Coco agrees with Yogi Beera that you can observe a lot just by watching. If you have any questions for Coco, Coco will try to answer them on a first asked/first answered basis. What is your question for Coco?</strong></span></div>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-69637565684379734372012-03-21T22:07:00.005-05:002012-03-22T06:22:37.503-05:00Ten To Nine<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Long story short: We missed American Idol tonight. Johnnny played piano this evening. We set the show to record. The red light was on from 7-9 but nothing got recorded. </strong></span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Kit and Johnnny will have to read your comments to hear how the show went tonight. The Top Ten were going to perform and one person gets eliminated on Thursday night. <span style="color: #3d85c6;">What was the theme? Who did well? Who is going home?</span></strong></span>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-2325517428823140192012-03-20T06:38:00.000-05:002012-03-20T06:38:23.672-05:00First Robin<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First robin sighting in Fargo: March 18, 2012</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>In 2011, we saw our first robin on March 27. This year, a flock of robins showed up on Sunday, March 18. They easily blew into town on a strong southernly wind, while temperatures neared 80 degrees F. With the muggy humidity, unusual warmth, outdoor grilling, and chirping robins, March 18 felt more like May 18. Instead of moving our clocks ahead one hour for Daylight Savings Time, it's like we moved our calendars ahead 2 months.</strong></span>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-55224025137314437902012-03-15T20:47:00.000-05:002012-03-15T20:47:38.002-05:00Snowflake Of The Week<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judge Randall Darius Jackson</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>American Idol notes for March 14, 2012</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Top Group:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Phillip could contend for the crown.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Joshua really gave a great performance.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Hollie is still my favorite to win it.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Upper Middle Group:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Elise was surprisingly good this round.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Skylar deserves to keepon keepin on.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Colton's skunkhead wasn't all bad.</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Lower Middle Group:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Jessica was not great this time.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Heejun is likeable but too breathy & pitchy.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Deandre can't win but is OK.</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Erika was blandly karaokesque.</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Bottom Group:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Shannon is the weakest link. Good-bye.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>Jermaine (already gone, needed a-rrest).</strong></span>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-35139140225584552402012-03-11T11:00:00.002-05:002012-03-11T11:14:55.243-05:00Daffadown Dilly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I came upon this beauty in our daffodil room</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>I decided to take a walk-a-bout with a camera (a cam-a-bout) in our living room this morning and came upon this fine yellow fellow. Some folks used to call this a daffadown dilly but Kit just calls it a daffodil.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Narcissus loves to look at itself in the mirrors</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Once we learned that their nickname is Narcissus, we put a mirror next to it and it started to thrive.</strong></span></div>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665827889426415470.post-84640212611807980772012-03-07T21:23:00.003-06:002012-03-07T21:27:54.786-06:00Top 13<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>The Top 13 sang tonight. The guys did Stevie Wonder songs </strong></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>and the girls did Whitney. Here are my rankings from best to worst:</strong></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia;">A:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Hollie Cavanagh - my personal favorite of all the contestants</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Jessica Sanchez - did a great job and could win it</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia;">B:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Phillip Phillips - favorite guy, but too joe cocker-ish</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Skylar Laine - one of my top 3 girls, makes country enjoyable</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Deandre Brackensick - master blaster was actually pretty good</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Erika Van Pelt - ok, but not a fave</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Colton Dixon - daniel boone hair did ok, liked it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Heejun Han - like him, but a little pitchy</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Jeremy Rosado - ok, but cannot win it</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Jermaine Jones - wtf?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Elise Testone - should not be in the Top 10</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Shannon Magrane - out of her league</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Joshua Ledet - don't like the tone of his yelling</span></strong>Johnnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951826616988938366noreply@blogger.com4