I am sitting here listening to a…oh my…pirated CD.  No…it is not The Moody Blues.  It is a CD that is very precious to me.  It is a compilation CD my brother, Darrell, made for me.  It has a little bit of this and a little bit of that on it.  No…there are no Moody Blues songs.  There are songs I enjoy just the same.  We all could use a little “Flock of Seagulls” every now and then.  There is also some Coldplay and GNR and Foo Fighters and Beatles and Phil Collins and ELO and well..I think there are 18 tunes on it.  Having your brother take the time to put together a collection like this is special in itself.  I cherish it.

This weekend there is a VERY entertaining golf tournament.  The Waste Management Event of the PGA is going on in Arizona.  Yes, I know, so is the Super Bowl being played in Arizona.  More about that later.  This PGA event may be the best of any for the casual fan to watch.  I think this is the golf venue that has a Par 3 that is basically an amphitheater of a hole.  If the player put the ball on the green he is revered.  If he does not make the green or rolls off the green he is SEVERELY jeered.  It is awesome.  Tiger Woods is playing this tournament after getting a tooth knocked out recently whilst following around his favorite female person, Lindsey Vonn, the famous skier.  Not sure how it happened.  Guess the skiing crowd is tougher than the golf crowd.  Who knew?

Again… this is the PGA event to watch on TV.  I know…I know…it is not Augusta…but what is?  The rowdies in Arizona are much more fun to listen to than the piped in bird sounds at Augusta…do you have any Grey Poupon?

So I have a Super Bowl pick.  Help me out here people, please!

Seattle 34  New England 20

If I get the score correct or closer than any other contestant…many of whom have picked the New England Cheatriots, I will win a huge prize in a radio contest.  My Dad could use a new 40 inch TV.  That in itself is enough for you to help me root on the Seahawks.  If I were not in the contest, this game would not be the Super Bowl to me.  It would be the Pooper Bowl.  I could care less…prizes notwithstanding.  I hope I can stay awake for the whole thing.

Forgetting about Arizona for a while, I take the time to put a shout out to my friends in New Hampshire getting pounded by the great winter storm that is wreaking havoc on the Northeast.  Snow…snow….and more snow.  They are a hearty bunch there in the northeast.  What would seemingly paralyze most of us…they take in stride.  My dear wife, Carrie, and I were in New Hampshire when the great Nor’easter of 2011 took its toll on in the last weekend of October 2011.  Trees that were not broken were bent.  Power outages took a great deal of the region.  We were roughing it.  And it felt great.  It’s good to know you can hold your own when you need to.  I saw pictures today of Bob and Michelle’s girls sledding with smiles on their faces not far from Amherst Village, NH.  Did I ever tell you about the little store in the village with at least 5  daily newspapers to choose from each day from no less than 3 states?  God bless the literary sensibility of that place…and that little store.

I hope all are safe and sound. The Beatles are singing about a long and winding road.  That is the last song on the CD.  It is my favorite Beatles song.  I have heard Paul McCartney sing it four times in person.  It brought tears to my eyes each time.  I am not sure why.  More importantly, I don’t care.  We all have a journey.

Speaking the rights.

Danny Johnson