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The women and Jessie’s Girl.

January 11, 2013 /

Wow.

It’s something when just reading a headline can make your face turn hot from embarrassment. The article was on the Tulsa World website and reads:

Rick Springfield Sets Return Tulsa Trip

It could be that you’re in that group that has never heard of Rick Springfield. After all, it was about thirty years ago that he starred on the television soap opera General Hospital. In truth, he was a seasoned musician and fairly well known in his home country before he came to the US.

His song Jessie’s Girl hit #1 in 1981 at the same time he was playing the television role, and he found himself working TV scripts and touring concert arenas at the same time. I found myself in a concert arena in Tulsa sitting next to my wife, who was an avid General Hospital viewer and fan of Jessie’s Girl.

I had no idea what I was in for.

There had to have been plenty of other males there, but I sure felt like the only one. Maybe we were all shrinking back into seat cushion invisibility. On the other hand, the women all seemed to be leaping, shouting, and generally drawing attention to themselves. At least, that’s the way I remember it.

The song still gets played on occasion, but I haven’t heard it in some time. According to Jennifer Chancellor’s account in the World, the song enjoyed a revival in popularity when it was featured on Glee. I missed that one, too, but I’m happy for any 80’s-era rocker who can still sell tickets for casino performances and entertain crowds at age 63. Springfield played the River Spirit Event Center last year, probably boosted by the Glee promotion.

Don’t get me wrong. I didn’t think Rick Springfield’s concert was horrible, necessarily. It was a matter of being in the midst of so many vocal fans and feeling out of place. There is sort of concert karma, though.

I got out of taking my daughter to the Backstreet Boys concert when they made a Tulsa appearance. I’m pretty sure I’d have felt a lot more out of place there.

In the meantime, any of you new or veteran Rick Springfield fans might enjoy his recently published memoir – Late, Late at Night – which came out in paperback last year and is ready for some reading, late, late at night.

Good to go. Or dine-in.

January 9, 2013 /

Sometimes, the intuition works. The other day I had a – feeling – that it was going to be busy for lunch, so I prepped up extra stew and made sure that everything was in its place and ready. Well. It turned out to be a slower than usual day. I was ready, regardless.

This morning, I cruised in extra-early for carrot chopping duties, along with a session of potato peeling, dicing, stirring, mixing, and mashing. My hope was that I would get everything accomplished and have a little time to tackle other chores that have been pushed down the need-to-do list. That didn’t happen. But I was ready for lunchtime.

The little premonition worked out today. Some to-go orders before 11:30. Several tables occupied before noon, and I was rarin’ to go. I like it when things work out for smooth sailing.

As is the case sometimes, a lot of orders for the same thing, and that thing today being Irish Stew – I’ll be back at it shortly, manning the potato and carrot peeling station and ready to whip up another batch of stew for Thursday.

You’re invited to come by for lunch!

Things they pay to know…

October 29, 2012 /

Back when I was in the news delivery business, I ran across my share of oddball stories. Inept burglars were among my favorites, like the one I read about the other day. The fellow broke into a house, gathered up some valuables, then – apparently suffering a case of the late-night-snackers – prepared a sandwich, sat down at the homeowner’s kitchen table, and promptly fell asleep.

It’s hard and hungry work, it seems.

The homeowner called police and walked lightly until they arrived to take him into custody.

And there were always scientific studies to report. I remember one university discovery in particular, the question put to them: Why do children fall off tricycles? The answer? They tend to lose their balance.

Somebody paid for that information.

Here’s another one, just out. Incredibly, it isn’t just a single investigation. There are four new ones, just released, on the subject of cigarettes and smoking and whether or not it is bad for one’s health.

They haven’t put that question to bed yet?

See if any of these answers are surprising.

A British study followed more than one million women aged 50 to 65 years of age. In a report published in the Lancet, mortality was significantly higher in women with a history of smoking compared to women who never smoked. Woo-hoo! I could have told them that!

In Japan, they followed fewer people, but they determined that smoking more than doubled the early death rate compared to those who didn’t smoke.

There were two other studies, but you get the idea.

If anyone out there has a bag of money and are considering funding a major study, swing by with your question and currency.

Here’s a freebie.

People who eat too much tend to be heavier than those who eat smaller portions. Exercise is good too.

How’s that for some science?

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