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Video: “Lewis & Clark” – Another masterful performance by Tommy Emmanuel

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If you really enjoy acoustic music you’re no doubt familiar with the works of Tommy Emmanuel, the Australian guitar maestro who consistently fills concert halls and headlines music festivals all around the world.

I have featured Tommy’s music several times on My Daily Smile and those posts generated tons of positive feedback. No one has mastered the instrument better and he always puts on a fantastic show.  [Read more…]

A bit of nostalgia: Whatever happened to TV repair shops?

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Do you know where your local TV repair shop is located? Well, chances are you don’t because in all likelihood there isn’t one.

Back in the stone age of electronics (i.e. when yours truly was a youngster) you could find at least one radio & TV repair shop in virtually every city and town in America – and they usually had plenty of business.

During my junior and senior years of high school I spent the latter half of every school day at our county’s vocational school learning the trade of radio & TV repair, and during my senior year I worked part time as a TV repair tech at one of our local shops.  [Read more…]

“Seasons of Norway” (a time-lapse video adventure)

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If you’ve been reading my blogs and newsletters for a while you know how much I love featuring the amazing beauty of Norway.

From her majestic mountains and iconic fjords to the colorful Northern Lights that paint the night sky above them, there’s plenty to admire about this wonderland of natural beauty.  [Read more…]

Yes, it really does rain cats and dogs.

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I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “It’s raining cats and dogs out there!”

Of course that sentence is usually said simply to drive home the point that it’s raining really, really hard, but it can actually be true in the literal sense on occasion.

Not only has it been known to “rain” cats and dogs, but also fish, frogs, cows and even human beings.

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Classic comedy: ‘Who’s On First’

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As I mentioned here, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were the most popular and most highly paid comedians of their era (the 1940s and early 1950s).

This hilarious due created and performed some of the most famous comedy routines in entertainment history, including a true classic that seems to never get old…

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