Really?

Forbes posted a list of the top 30 highest paid musicians last year. I don't listen to pop music but I know most of the names. There were some though, that I'd never heard of. And, there were quite a few that surprised the hell out of me! Guns N Roses?? I like Jimmy Buffett but I wouldn't have guessed he'd make the list. Same for the Eagles! Anyway, it was a fun list and you know I like lists :-)


30. Rolling Stones $39 million
29. Billy Joel $43.5 million
28. The Chainsmokers $45.5 million
27. Garth Brooks $45.5 million
26. Metallica $46 million
25. Elton John $46 million
24. Foo Fighters $47 million
23. Jennifer Lopez $47 million
22. Drake $47 million
21. Paul McCartney $47.5 million
20. Calvin Harris $48 million
19. Lady Gaga $50 million
18. Jimmy Buffett $51 million
17. Luke Bryan $52 million
16. Pink $52 million
15. Depeche Mode $53 million
14. The Eagles $56 million
13. The Weeknd $57 million
12. Kendrick Lamar $58 million
11. Beyonce' $60 million
10. Diddy $64 million
9.   Roger Waters $68 million
8.   Guns N' Roses $71 million
7.   Jay-Z $76.5 million
6.   Taylor Swift $80 million
5.   Katy Perry $83 million
4.   Bruno Mars $100 million
3.   Ed Sheeran $110 million
2.   Coldplay $115 million
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And the number 1 top earning musicain(s) of 2018 is.............U2 $118 million

Nature shows

Do you remember a looooonnnnng time ago, when Disney had a TV show on every Sunday night called The Wonderful World of Disney? I loved that show when I was a kid. I loved allll the nature/animal programs. 

Flash forward many decades and televisions later (2006) and the BBC introduced Planet Earth. Wasn't that incredible? Some of the footage they shot was just breathtaking. By the end of the series though, I had one beef. WHY was it necessary to show so much killing?? Did it improve the program by showing a baby elk getting killed by a pack of wolves? I hate that. I still hate it.

There's a new show on Netflix called Our Planet. I got about 20 minutes into the first episode and they had already shown a baby bison get attacked and eaten and this poor, completely pitiful flamingo chick, dying. I bet there is some magnificent footage and things I've never seen, included in the series. But now I'm not going to watch it because I know every segment is going to end in death. And if you have small children, why the hell do you want them to see that? Don't take their joy away!!! 

cord cutting

We entertain the notion of ditching cable on a pretty regular basis. We just haven't committed yet. Forbes says that 33 million households ditched cable last year. Mostly, I would guess, because the're unhappy with cable pricing. Oh, and younger people don't watch traditional TV. I used to work in the cable industry. Here are some things I learned; the cable company has been talking about ala cart pricing for decades. While the consumer finds that very appealing, the cable company doesn't always have a choice on what networks they want to and can broadcast. for instance, the cable company wants to provide you with HGTV.  Discovery Inc. owns HGTV and they say, sure, we'll give you the rights to broadcast HGTV but you also have to broadcast Velocity, OWN, Food Network, TLC, etc. Now the cable company has to pay the fee for allll of those instead of just HGTV.

I think cable gets a bad rap sometimes. They're essentially just the middleman. But I get tired of paying for cable for a few reasons...One is that you can get all the network channels for free, with an antenna. Another is that there are a 1000 channels with very little on that the average viewer is watching. And the ADS!!! Holy crap! A one hour television show has 22 minutes of ads! And how about when they take 3 hours to broadcast a 90 minute movie?? Ugh. Lastly, I hate all those insignificant channels they're forced to give you. You know the ones...they show the same movie 3 times a day for 2 weeks. They have to do that because they don't have enough programming to fill 24 hours. And how many news channels do they think we need? There are about 30 of them right now. It's so ridiculous.

More isn't always better. Sometimes it's just more.

color by God

Sometimes in the morning when I leave for work and the sun is just starting to peek over the horizon, there's a truly magical color in the sky. It's kinda of a pink, coral, rosy, violet, cotton candy color. It's not a real color. You can't duplicate it and it doesn't photograph well. And if does photograph well, you're sure when you look at it that it's been photo shopped. I tried to take a picture of it;

See, it didn't turn out well. I bet you know what color I mean though. When my fella and I were in DC and went to the art museum, I looked for it. Some artists, clearly gifted artists, are so skilled at painting the sky/clouds/sunshine, but still, they don't get the color right either. I looked. It's a magical color. 

Peeps!

If you love sugar, Peeps are for you! Did you know though, that Peeps come in flavors!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Holy WOW! Sign me up!
Today, a co-worker and I had our very own Peeps buffet :-)
It was sweet. We tried the first six, below. Our favorites? Orange Sherbet and Root-beer. The only other one that sorta had a flavor, other than the regular Peeps flavor, was the pancakes and syrup, and that was mostly because it did sort of taste like maple syrup. We're still open to trying other flavors though, because...PEEPS!!!

It's the little things.

Where have you been?

To; YLUB, Chuck's daughter and my honey, I'm still here!!

I know it's been awhile. After my last post, for several weeks, I felt like every time I wanted to say something, it was just negative. And I don't want to be a negative person so I just skipped saying anything. 

What could you be negative about? you ask? Well, I didn't like turning 60. It stinks. Mostly, I'm over it now but dang. It was tough for me! I was feeling blue and sorry for myself. It was awful. I'm still having little spurts of blue but it's ok. I'm trying to get back into the groove :-)