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1.  On this day in 1908, Billy Murray hits the charts with his “Take Me Out to The Ball Game”.  Did you watch the MLB playoffs, and are you watching the World Series?

Believe it or not, as a kid I would watch one baseball game on the television while holding my transistor radio up to my hear to hear another one that was being played at the same time. Must have been the Yankees on one and the San Francisco Giants on the other. These days, I could hardly care less, although baseball definitely seems like a much more civilized sport than football. (I know, I know. It's just me. I live in Packers land (isn't that all of Wisconsin??) and can hardly imagine a worse punishment than spending an entire afternoon at Lambeau Field. To me, Green Bay is all about Seroogy's Chocolates, Uncle Mike's Bake Shoppe (their sea salt and caramel and their raspberry kringler are my favorites! And they even do mail order, but I don't dare get started with that!) and Duck Creek Vineyard and Winery. (But mostly about our daughter and SIL before they moved to Madison.)  No, honest!

2.  On this day in 1962, “The Manchurian Candidate”, directed by John Frankenheimer, starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, was released.  What is your favorite Frank Sinatra song? 

Well, it would be 'Girl From Ipanema,' if sung by Sinatra and Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim. Sinatra on his own, not so much. Together, definitely. Great accompaniment, nice smooth Brazilian jazz sound. I listened to it on YouTube. One commenter wrote, 'Story of my entire life.' LOL  By the way, I've liked that song ever since it first came out in the mid 1960s. I mentioned to Mr. C. that at least it had harmless lyrics. He said, 'Yeah, with all those men panting after that girl.' What??!  Oh... yeah. Well, okay. Well, anyway I like the sound a lot! Let me know if you do.

 Would you chase cats away just so you could selfishly make the bed??

3.  On this day in 1968, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful were busted for pot and released on £50 bail.  Has your state approved the sale of medical marijuana?  In a nutshell, what are your thoughts on the subject?

No, I don't think Wisconsin has, but I'm not really up on those things. My thoughts on the subject are that of course it should be approved. I would imagine that the only thing that keeps it from being approved for medical purposes is the huge drug lobby. 

4.  On this day in 1979, the Guinness Book of Records presented Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc as the all-time best-selling singer-songwriter. What is your favorite song by Paul McCartney?

'Hey, Jude' (but of course!) 

 Watching the snow
October 13

5.  On this day in 2017, Albert Einstein’s “Theory of Happiness” written on a note as a tip for a bellboy in 1922, sold for $1.6 million.  His Theory of Happiness is: “A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.”   Was Einstein right?

And who thought bellboys didn't make money. Wow! And of course what Einstein said was true. Even liberty and the pursuit of happiness don't make us happy if we continue to think that life is all about us.

 Little (grandson) Reader in our library

6.  Tell us something random about your week so far…

We're having beautiful weather here. Chilly, but beautiful, a typical October week. Maple leaves dropping like crazy, mums and pumpkins being covered each night, wood being split for the Great Winter Woodpile, meatloaf and squash dinners being made, journal being neglected, walks in the neighborhood being enjoyed, Mr. C's trips to the physical therapist for his much-abused shoulders, cats being held.

 My little snuggle buddy.
He's just like a puppy, running to the door to greet us when we return.

Thank you, Terri, for another installment of Wednesday Medley!!

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