"Is There A Game Today?"
I'm in the kitchen sitting at the island. Reading the morning newspaper, disagreeing with everything Dear Abby has to say (her answers are a little too politically correct for my taste), and enjoying my noon coffee. I have the dimmer switch to the lights set on low. As usual, I'm listening to the blues on the TV in the great room. I love the blues. Right now they're playing Mean Old World, one of my favorite songs. Maybe I like the song so much because I like the title so much. It is a mean old world. You only have to read the paper or watch the news to realize it. This version is by Little Walter and His Night Cats. I prefer the song by T-Bone Walker. Maybe I just like the name T-Bone. There may be a dozen other songs called Mean Old World, but those are the only two I know of. In a way, the blues have ruined my appreciation for the music I grew up listening to in the sixties and sevent...