Drummers have to drum 

2011 banned commercial.  LOL

This reminds me, Karen and I are going to Vegas next weekend to celebrate my birthday.  

What an imagination. I would have never thought of something like this. It looks rather simple. Although as I look around my house, it wouldn't fit on many of the doors as there isn't the space next to the door for it fold into. But still quite ingenious I think.

Fifty years ago today The Beatles arrived in the United States at JFK Airport.  My favorite Beatle was Paul at the time.  "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" were already hits on the singles charts. They could be heard on am radio stations KHJ, KFWB, and KRLA.

R.I.P Phillip Seymour Hoffman

"Every junkie's like a setting sun"

We're pretty critical of Russia's stance on LGBT rights for a country that only allows same-sex marriage in 17 of its 50 states.  You hypocrite.  First take the log from your own eye...  Matt. 7:5

A lot of people watch the Superbowl game for the commercials. I liked the Radio Shack one with all the '80 stars running around and the one with the military guy that came home to a small town with a parade etc. The Coca Cola commercial, shown below, stirred up quite a controversy.

Seems many were mad that such an "American" (can you say "white Christian" boys and girls) song should be sung by minorities in languages other than English (you know - "American talk")  Some were upset that the commercial showed two gay guys holding hands, truly unamerican!!  Then we learn that the writer of "America the Beautiful" church organist Katherine Lee Bates was a Lesbian and involved in a 25-year relationship Katherine Coman.  Yet there are those who would try to tell you that racial and sexual hatred and discrimination is long gone in America.  I think not.

As usual Stephan Colbert has a great take on the whole controversy here. http://crooksandliars.com/2014/02/colbert-makes-mockery-right-wing-freakout