Random Thoughts

One last entry from Bennett Cerf's The Sound of Laughter:

A few interesting revelations made by David Ewen in his American Popular Songs..."Take Me Out to the Ball Game," the song classic about America's favorite sport, was written by Albert von Tilzer, who didn't see a baseball game until twenty years after he wrote the lyrics; "My Blue Heaven," one of the most successful songs about marital bliss, was written by Walter Donaldson, a bachelor; the most celebrated songs about the Southland were the work of Stephen Foster, who never set foot below the Mason-Dixon line; and Van Alstyne's "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" was inspired by the composer's visit to New York's Central Park, which has no apple trees.
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Otherwise, I don't have much in the way of thoughts, random or otherwise.

We had some fairly ferocious looking clouds earlier in the afternoon and I was really hoping for some rain.  But they were all tease and no action, at least not at my house.

I hope you're having a great weekend.

Papillon