Elton John

I am about 4 days late getting this posted, but better late

than never! Hubby and I went to the Elton John concert

last Friday evening. I was in semi-shock that someone of

his stature was coming to our small fair city, but ecstatic as 

I got lower level tickets. Not as close as I would've liked, as 

you can tell from the pic above (EJ is in the lower left hand 

corner, on the piano of course!), but they were decent seats 

all the same. Elton John, despite his 60+ years, still has it -

he is a first caliber showman, still with a very good voice, 

and most of all, still having fun and enjoying what he does. 

You could just tell he was having a grand old time, which only

energized the sold out crowd; the aisles were full of people 

dancing for the last hour of the concert. He is still a great piano

man with great endurance; he went almost 3 hours non-stop

except for a few seconds here and there to sip some water.

John played many of his classics - 'Daniel', 'Sacrifice', 'Don't let

the Sun go down on me', 'Candle in the Wind', 'That's why they

call it the Blues', 'Philadelphia Freedom', and much more.

The only thing that bothered me was that the quality of the 

sound at the arena, that new one built by the local university at 

great cost, was very POOR, not giving Elton John's music or 

voice justice. Who on earth designed the acoustics at this poor

excuse of an arena? It's not bad enough that the upper level is 

set up so steeply that some people get vertigo going up there, 

or that the seats in the upper level are so tight and close together

that unless you are 98 pounds and short, you barely fit into the

seat and your knees touch the back of the seat in front of you? 

They couldn't get the acoustics right either? Were the speakers 

not adjusted or synchronized correctly, or just set too loud? At 

times, John's beautiful music almost sounded harsh; my husband 

and I both left the concert with a headache. We had a great time, 

thrilled to have seen a living legend live, but distraught over the 

abysmal sound system. 

German Ingenuity

So last night ole gal pal Michelle commented to me how it had

been forever since I posted in my blog, that she was tired at 

looking at the perfect brownie pan! So at her behest, I am posting

a new picture for all to check out, and naturally, it has to one of 

the reason that I spend less time on my computer. Yes folks, a

pic of the one and only Lady coming up!!! But before I dig one 

up suitable to post here, I do need to take the time to applaud

those lovable Germans yet again. Two recent articles in the Reuters

website grabbed my attention. In the first one, it was announced

that 1000's of German policewomen would be receiving bullet-

proof bras. Apparently, it was determined that there was a slight

safety risk for women cops wearing bras with an underwire under

the standard bullet-proof vests. Hence new bras were designed

that contained no metal parts and had the look of a sports bra!!!

Secondly, the city of Stuttgart recently upgraded their medical

emergency service by purchasing 2 new vehicles for their ambulance

fleet. The 2 new vehicles? Porsche Cayenne SUVs of course! A Porsche

spokesman stated that it was not an easy conversion; a defibrillator,

ECG, oxygen supply, and other medical equipment had to be placed

in an overhauled interior. However, the Cayenne will get a patient in

distress to the hospital in style....quickly!!!