Memory loss?

I've had this thought about a blogging topic several times this morning, but I keep forgetting it. Later I will remember it once again, but pretty soon I have forgotten it again. Barb says I need to start carrying a pencil and pad.

I'm pretty sure this is a sign of something, but I can't remember what it is.

Funny nevertheless

This is making the rounds with claims that Julie Andrews, on her 69th birthday, made a special appearance at Manhattan 's Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP and sang the following version of "My Favorite Things."

Based on Ms. Andrews age, that would have been in 2004, but she lost the ability to sing after botched surgery in 1997, so this is another cyberlegend - but the lyrics have a special meaning to some of us anyway.

Try singing it as you read.

Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
These are a few of my favorite things.

Cadillacs and cataracts, and hearing aids and glasses,
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
These are a few of my favorite things.

When the pipes leak, When the bones creak,
When the knees go bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.

Hot tea and crumpets and corn pads for bunions,
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
Bathrobes and heating pads and hot meals they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.

Back pain, confused brains and no need for sinnin',
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin',
And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
When we remember our favorite things.

When the joints ache, When the hips break,
When the eyes grow dim,
Then I remember the great life I've had,
And then I don't feel so bad.

You need to see this

Of course most of you who see this blog also read Julie's blog and she has a link on her blog to the Morgantown Church Mosaic project, but just in case you haven't seen it, you need to go there and marvel at what they are doing.

Here's a picture we took last August when the first mosaic was in its final stages. It's sharply cropped because there was scaffolding, etc., still standing when we were there. There are better pictures on the linked site.

Did I say retired?

It's just not fair. My former and sometimes boss had a project at the office he wanted me to do, so he called...Mom. And says, "You about ready to get Bob out of the house?" Just how underhanded can you get?

This was last week, so I had some time to get used to the idea, but I have to say it didn't help. I still felt like a condemned man. "Well, tomorrow I have to go turn myself in and start serving my time." Tomorrow is today, so I got my act together this morning and went back to my old office and it's like I never left!

I don't know the scope of this yet, but I've got a feeling that I'm going to be going in to the office quite a bit - probably till the end of the year. Surplus Lines of Texas is "modernizing" the application that we did for them about 10 years ago and I'm one of the few who remain who can dig the business rules out of the existing application.

But the good news is that we can quit wondering if we can afford to go to Peru in November. Of course, the bad news is that now there are no excuses for not going to Peru in November.

Now, if I could just remember my password.

If you were to guess

I suspect you would not guess that is a public restroom. However, this is Austin and that is exactly what it is - newly installed on the hike-and-bike trail along Lady Bird Lake. Other views show that the steel planks curl into a less porous center core that contains all the essential restroom elements.

Not only that, this structure has made the short list for the World Architecture Festival Awards. I just wonder what category it was entered under? "Best use of old steel planks" or "Most likely to leave them guessing" or "Most certain to create a shy bladder?

Way to go, Austin!