Weekend Blogplugs - 6/29

Hi folks,


Another glorious weekend in the Bay area.
It's Sunday evening, blogplugs time :). I don't see a whole lot of them
this week. Maybe technorati has screwed up or people are busy enjoying
their summer.
By the way, I would
like to offer the Magic Smoke platform for anybody
who wants to host a game or a contest. Krissy and Val are
doing a great job with their Caption contest and I would like to see
more of such fun stuff.

* Krissy
has created a "Nice Matters" sticker here.
This is in response to Rosemary's Thursday
challenge.

* Penny drops
by to say that she her move
to her new place was by no means smooth, but it got done. Her
dog Precious gave birth to puppies a few days after she moved
in.

* Tawnya's
Wednesday
Hero is Staff Sgt. Jude Voss 1st Battalion, 3d Special Forces
Group (Airborne).

* Indigo has
learnt to accept her deafness with serenity. In her words "More and
more I think I find more beauty and serenity in the silence than not".
She has a couple of occasions to celebrate: she turns 43 on July 1st
and is also celebrating her 5th anniversary with Paul (Doc). For the
first occasion she becomes introspective
and is at peace with the person she has become. For the second occasion
she has written
a poem.

* Jimmy is
happy to be the winner in the Caption contest and thanks all
who voted for him..he mentions something about bribes..is that
legal?:)

* John
mentions a Writer's workshop that Krissy and he went to,
where the presenter disliked
blogs and
bloggers.

* Monponsett
has posted several
pics from the Boston Celtics championship parade.
Editor's Note: As a former New Englander, I root for
all the Boston teams. WTG Celtics! Do I hear repeat
?

* And finally, Guido
mentions that AOL
Journals will celebrate 5 years in August. He is wondering if
somebody will pick up the baton as he is not yet actively involved in
JLand. Editor's Note: I am looking forward to it. It
has been a fun ride so far. Krissy has suggested a group chat on that
day and I think that is a great
idea.

Contests &
Trivia!

* Weekly
sentence with Val. This winners
for the letters FATHER.


Lights,
Camera
and
Action!

*Krissy's
JLand Photo Shoot entries
for the subject
"Two".

*
Marie's AOL
Community Photo Challenge, winners for the subject
"The Magic Hour"
fun
and judged.

---

Thanks
again for the blogplugs
this week. Don't forget to tag your best en
tries with
"blogplugs". If you want to be a Guest Editor or have some
interesting (or useful) blogplugs, send your submissions to
JournalsEditor@aol.com and we'll review
them.

~Vish

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"What's the Caption? Wednesday" #13 Poll

Hi, it's Krissy.  And once again it's time for the "What's the Caption? Wednesday" poll.  This week we have four captions for you to choose from. 

 

First, let's go over the ground rules.  We want the most popular caption of the poll below to win.  Vote only once.  Consider the caption, not the author of the caption.  And please, nobody campaign for votes.  You are on your honor.

 

Please remember you have until 9 AM Tuesday to vote.  That's 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, EDT.  On Tuesday morning, after the votes have been recorded, the winner will be announced. 

 

Now it's up to you!  Go vote!

 

              

 

                     

"What's the Caption? Wednesday" is run by Krissy of Sometimes I Think and Valerie of There is a Season.

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Reminder for Caption Game...

Hi you all!  Krissy here.

 

Please don't forget that your submissions for "What's the Caption? Wednesday" are due by 4 PM EDT today (Saturday).  If you'd like to play, click on the link below:

 

"What's the Caption? Wednesday" #13

 

Good luck and thanks for playing!

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Guest Editor Picks 6/27/08

Howdy!

My J-Land name and Journal is Bucko.  My real
name is
Ken, I am a 45 year old Project Manager, and I work at a Nuclear Power
Plant.  Bucko comes from my true personality by nature, a
clown, some might even say a smart alec :o).  I have really done some clown
work (my character is a hobo clown, occasionally down on my luck,
but eternally optimistic :o).  

I
am amazed and honored to
be this week's Guest Editor. A big thank you to Vish and Magic Smoke
for taking a risk on me. In addition, I am confident
I would not have had this opportunity if it was not for
my bride of more than six
years, Beth, over at Nutwood Junction.  As
you can see from the
picture at the left,
she has a similar sense of humor as I do!.  But enough about
me, on with the show!  The following five journals are ones
that I have set on my alerts, because I truly do enjoy keeping up with
their J-Land
journeys.  I hope you will visit and become regular readers as
well.  You can find a few other
favorites ofmine (Indigo
and Sheria) on the
sidebar of my
Journal.

Joyce, from My
Extremely Simple Life, is retired and
shares with us
the happenings
and thoughts from
rural Tennessee.  She also creates some mighty fine
"tags".  Stop
by for a look and a snag :o)  A truly sweet
person.

Dan, of Slapinions, is
from Milwaukee and
has opinions on many things, ranging from fatherhood, sports, movie reviews, and anything
else that strikes his fancy :o)  My impression is an all
around NICE guy!

ChippertuesWorld
is a new
journal
that was recommended to me several months ago, based on an entry
I had made.  13 years ago, she was in a car accident,
and that left her paralyzed from the chest down.  She chose to
make the best of it and be positive; not bitter and mad.  Stop
by to encourage her as she maneuvers her way through life
:o)

Mark, from Stars
Like Grains of Sand In My Pocket, has
had some tough times
with relationships, but I think you will find out by reading him that
he is a true romantic :o)  Read about his introspections as he
takes his life journey.

The Wildcat's
Lair, if I can implore J-Landers to visit a journal, it is this one.  Wildcat is a
true "journalist",
and I have nothing more to say except please go and experience the
antics of Frank and Wildcat, and make sure you leave a comment to
encourage him to keep the adventure
alive :o)

Having this opportunity to hi-lite some journals, I made to take the time to
look for some journals that I have not read before, and that may not
have been on our J-Land radar
screens.    I found two journals that I have
started to frequent over the past several weeks, and I hope you will
enjoy them as well. 

First is Claudia
Thoughts.  She writes her
thoughts, and is a
realist.  She also has a flair with the camera, won't you stop
by and take a peak?

Second is Mrs.
Linklater's Guide
to the
Universe.  Learn some interesting facts
about life in the Windy City, which the Mrs. Linklater clearly
loves.

Thanks
for letting me take
you on this journey this week :o)

Nice Matters Challenge (additional information)

                                                   

Nancy pointed out something very important to me:

Comment from nhd106 
6/26/08 11:29 AM | Permalink

C'mon Rosemary...how about a little incentive?  Yeah...we're nice and all, but a little prize is NICER!    ; )
Hugs,
Nancy

 

Ahhh ok I have to spell it out. (good point I'm glad you pointed this out to me I'm new at challenges and this is very important!) 

 

The incentive is. this.... (I dream big) There idea will be reproduced in mass all over the nation and with any luck, the world!   Which ever design gets chosen is the one that will go on permanent record for the "nice" matters award. AND there by gets bragging rights forever and acknowledgement of their efforts as I go along.  Additionally, if it is an original piece, of course their signature will be somewhere on the image as well there by getting further recognition.

 

Read below for more information on the challenge.

Nice Matter Challenge

                                                

A while ago the Nice Matters award was going around J-Land.  If you do not know what the nice matters award is click here.  I thought it was such a great concept that I tossed around the idea with a few J-Landers about taking the idea into our everyday lives outside the computer.  I also consulted Corey from Tongue In Cheek who created the award for her permission to use her concept as a starting point. 

Recently I received and e-mail from my dear friend Veronica and Krissy from Sometimes I think that shared a story about a teacher who had done something very similar, you can read that story here.

With permission from Corey I began a feasibility study.   I wanted this award to be as easy, cost effective and as uniform as possible.  I wanted everyone to be able to have access to this award regardless of their financial situation so that they would be able to either buy the supplies, or reproduce them on their own.  I looked into the idea of ribbons as in the story above, buttons, bracelets, lapel pins and such, but none of those ideas could be reproduced in a uniform fashion that was reasonably priced.

So I decided that a sticker would be the best solution.  Stickers can be created in mass quantities at a manufacturer, or at home for just pennies if you have a sticker maker

The next challenge I came across, and Corey concurred, was that the award as it stands, was not gender neutral enough.  While there was one for the women and one for the men, and both are very nice, we thought that another logo should be created that would work well for both genders.

                             

This is where J-Land comes in and my Challenge Yourself Challenge.  I would like to challenge you to submit a gender neutral picture that would look nice on a sticker about 1.5 inches in circumference or there about.  Any shape is fine, but remember it has to be easy to cut out.  If it is an original work, please sign it, but you also need to be willing to forgo copy write so that it may be reproduced by all.  This is a labor of love.  It is a gift to those people out there that wish to make a difference in others lives, even if it is something as simple as telling someone that they matter.

Here are the rules and deadline:

Submissions are due by  12:00 noon EST. on July 8.

 

If you would like to enter your submission, please place a comment below requesting all to visit your journal. Please include a link to your journal as well.

 

EVERYONE in J-Land will vote on this project.

 

I will post all entries on my journal INSPIRATION and allow everyone to vote.  The three with the most votes will be posted here at Magic Smoke on July 10th for a final vote by all.

"What's the Caption? Wednesday" #13!

Good morning, Val here =).   It's time for a new picture for "What's the Caption? Wednesday"!  Before I reveal the picture, I would like to once more congratulate last week's winner, Jimmy of Jimmy's Journal!  This week's picture will follow the rules below.  If you have never read the rules through, please do.  We will help you along with entries, so please keep Magic Smoke on alerts!  Thanks for playing and have fun!!  Val and Krissy =)

         

  * Krissy and I (Val) will place a picture around 9AM EST in
     Magic Smoke each Wednesday morning.

  * After the picture is posted, place a Caption you feel is
     appropriate for the picture in the Comments Section.  Please
     DO NOT email your submission or put it under any other
     Comment Sections.  We will not hunt down your submission. 
     Only submissions placed in the Comment Section under the
     picture will be eligible for judging.  If you do this as an
     entry in your blog, please return to Magic Smoke and put
     your submission in the Comments Section.

  * Only submit one Caption so others can play!! 

  * Submissions are due by Saturday 4PM EDT.  Those
     submitted after this time will not be eligible for judging.

  * A panel of a few Jland judges (3 or 4) will look over the
     Captions and choose what they feel are the best 3 or 4.
     These will be posted on Sunday 9 AM EST (or when we
     can do it - sometime Sunday morning EARLY) by poll.

  * Here comes the fun part!  Where you get to participate!  You
     will be voting for your favorite Caption by poll from Sunday,
     9 AM EST (or as soon as we get it posted) through Tuesday
     9 AM EST!!  At this time we will check the poll and see who the
     winner is!!  Any voting after 9AM on Tuesday will be ignored.

  * We will announce the winner on Tuesday morning with an Award
     for his/her sidebar!!

  * A new picture will appear the next morning (Wednesday) and we
     will have fun all over again!!

  *  "What's the Caption? Wednesday" is run by Val from
       There is a Season and Krissy from Sometimes I Think.

              

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Winner of "What's the Caption? Wednesday" #12!...

Hi Caption Game players!  Val here =).  It's Tuesday morning and time to announce the winner of "What's the Caption? Wednesday" #12!  The judges said this was one of the hardest weeks yet!  If you haven't read through a completed list of submissions for this game, you are missing out on a great laugh and a real treat!  Krissy, I, and the judges would like to CONGRATULATE Jimmy of Jimmy's Journal!  Pay him a visit and congratulate him!  Congrats, again, Jimmy!!

This week's photo with Jimmy's winning submission is below:

         
             The new Listerine watermelon flavored mouthwash
                        evoked the same antiseptic reaction.

The award for your sidebar is below, Jimmy.   Right click and save as .jpg.  If you have any questions, just pop me or Krissy an email.

                                   

We would also like to congratulate runners-up Nancy, Beth. and Angie (private journal).  Way to go, ladies!!

Krissy and I would like to thank everyone who submitted a caption and voted this week!!  We really appreciate you guys keeping this game going! Also, congratulations again, Jimmy!!  I will be back tomorrow morning with a new picture for your submissions!  Val and Krissy =)

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Weekend Blogplugs - 6/22

Hi folks,


Hope you all had a great weekend. I was out
all weekend and just got back in a few hours ago. Lots of 'plugs to get
to. Let's go get 'em.

* Beth
is
disturbed after reading an article on childhood obesity in
Time
magazine.

* Missie it
starting over, as in a new
journal. She wants to leave the past behind and have a more
positive outlook on life. She is doing spring
cleaning in summer and her ankle is not
helping.

* Donna reflects
on completing 3 years of blogging on JLand. Congratulations!

* Indigo is
having computer
problems which is frustrating her. On the other hand she is
very happy to see her child grow into a caring, responsible
adult.

* Monica's
entry
consists of a whine (her allergies) and a rant (more pet
adoptions).

* Krissy has
instructions
on how to get Sitemeter to work on your journal. She is happy that she
is done
with OT for her shoulder, but she needs to do the exercises
at home for the next 3
months.

* Laini
recalls the planning
that went into her traditional
Jewish wedding. She writes about the origins
of Father's day and would like the parents to teach their
children well.

* Sherry's
trying to check
her urge to eat junk food on a busy day. She feels
in control of her battle with weight
loss.

* Christopher
has posted a video entry on why
he blogs on AOL Journals. Thanks for your support,
Christopher. It is much appreciated.

* Paul
continues to rock on with music from Eric
Clapton, Fleetwood
Mac and Rod
Stewart.

* Ken wants
people to think on how
they want to define
themselves.

* Charlie has
another hypothetical matchup for ya..Sacramento Kings 2002 vs
Philadelphia Warriors 1962....somebody has to win!...Kings are favored.
Click
here to see who won!


* Sheria
completes
a meme proposed by Marc to list the pros and cons of your
qualifications to be
VP on the Democratic ticket.

*
Marie uses the calling
of the apostles as an example of why we can serve the Lord no
matter how imperfect we
are.

* And finally, Val
has started a new journal called
Joy in
the Rain. In her words "It is a happy place where I
put quotes
(I am a quote collector), verses, and clean jokes". Please stop by and
check it out.

Contests &
Trivia!

* Weekly
sentence with Val. This week's letters are
SCWTST.


* Monday
Morning
Question with Krissy. What do you think of the
singing group, the
Castillos?

Lights,
Camera
and
Action!

*Krissy's
JLand Photo Shoot entries
for the subject "Two".

*
Marie's AOL
Community Photo Challenge, entries
for the subject
"The American
Flag".

---

Thanks
again for the blogplugs
this week. Don't forget to tag your best en
tries with
"blogplugs". If you want to be a Guest Editor or have some
interesting (or useful) blogplugs, send your submissions to
JournalsEditor@aol.com and we'll review
them.

~Vish

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"What's the Caption? Wednesday" #12 Poll

Hi, it's Krissy.  Time for the "What's the Caption? Wednesday" poll.  I hope you all had fun coming up with captions this week.  I bet you did.  Because they were very clever and oh so hilarious!  We laughed so hard as we read them!  

 

Valerie and I thank those of you who submitted captions.  You didn't make it easy for the judges, but the judges narrowed it down to four captions for you to vote on.

 

First, let's go over the ground rules.  We want the most popular caption of the poll below to win.  Vote only once.  Consider the caption, not the author of the caption.  And please, nobody campaign for votes.  You are on your honor.

 

Please remember you have until 9 AM Tuesday to vote.  That's 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, EDT.  On Tuesday morning, after the votes have been recorded, the winner will be announced. 

 

Now it's up to you!  Go and vote!

 

           

 

                    

What's the Caption? Wednesday is run by Krissy of Sometimes I Think and Valerie of There is a Season.

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Reflections ~ Magic Smoke Style

 

"And the day came  when the risk [it
took]  to remain tight in the bud 

Was more painful than the risk it took to
blossom."     Anais
Nin    

 

 

Greetings,
fellow journalists ~ And a warm welcome to all those passing
through

 

Please
allow me to introduce myself. 
My name is Michelle, and I've been sharing my thoughts,
feelings and fateful journey in the pages of my journal, Reflections,
for over three years now. 
What began as simple documentary of my daily activities
turned into something I never would have imagined ~ a beautiful,
fulfilling and delightful way of reaching out and searching
within.  Reflections has
been and continues to be so many things to me:  A place to vent.  A quiet retreat.  A connection to the world.  A place where friends always know
they are welcome to visit and share a smile ~ or offer a
shoulder.  It has become a
celebration of the moments I have captured through my camera's
lens.  There are times when
I reflect quietly ~ even silently, as a picture paints a thousand
words, or a poem finds my heart when my own words elude me. 

 

More
importantly, I've been incredibly fortunate to have stumbled upon some
wonderful journals that have brought some very special people into my
life.  Many of them have
been mentioned on these pages before, and I would gladly add them (and
countless others) to my personal list of "must
read's".  What I would like
to do today however, is highlight a few journals that are relatively
new additions to that list. And if you haven't yet already, I'd like to
suggest you pay them a visit sometime as well.  You won't be
disappointed.

 

 

VagabondJourneys "Ambling
through a forest of ideas, influences, events, art and people I have
known, trying to define in some positive way a difficult and troubled
life, with honesty, humility and humor. No rituals, no rules, no
summations."  
A thoughtful man with clever with
words and inspiring thoughts and ideas, DB has become someone I am
honored to call "friend". 

Porchswingpoet  "my journey
through time......"    Rarely do I find a journal that reaches
deep inside and touches me as instantly as this one. 
Your heart needs a little understanding?  Go here. 

 

Rosarium 
"Mindscapes, rants, deep philosophical
reflections...Well, okay, let's just say rants and leave it at
that.  Man, you're
fussy!" 
  Honestly, you won't want
to fuss after reading some of these stories.  I have been deeply moved here as
well.  Especially by the
"Thankfulness"
entries.

ChosenWords 
"... mostly about
poetry, sometimes art."  
This is a brand new one for me, too...  But with each new visit, I am
always left looking forward to the next
one.

 

Iwasthinking...  ~ "Each new day
is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in
turning that diary into the best story you possibly can." ~ Douglas
Pagels   Memories, thoughts and
personal reflection ~ a journey ~ honestly and thoughtfully shared with
the world.  You'll find
yourself wanting to ride along. 

 

Thank you for
allowing me the opportunity and honor of being this week's Guest
Editor!  Happy reading ~ and
writing!

 

Peace,

Chelle

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"What's the Caption? Wednesday" #12!

Hi Caption game players!  Val here =).  I have a new picture for "What's the Caption? Wednesday"!  Before I post the picture I would like to once more congratulate last week's winner, Alice of WALKING THROUGH THIS LIFE!  This week's picture will follow the rules below.  As always, we will help you along with entries, so please keep Magic Smoke on alerts!  Have fun and thanks for playing!!  Val and Krissy =)

         

  * Krissy and I (Val) will place a picture around 9AM EST in
     Magic Smoke each Wednesday morning.

  * After the picture is posted, place a Caption you feel is
     appropriate for the picture in the Comments Section.  Please
     DO NOT email your submission or put it under any other
     Comment Sections.  We will not hunt down your submission. 
     Only submissions placed in the Comment Section under the
     picture will be eligible for judging.  If you do this as an
     entry in your blog, please return to Magic Smoke and put
     your submission in the Comments Section.

  * Only submit one Caption so others can play!! 

  * Submissions are due by Saturday 4PM EST.  Those
     submitted after this time will not be eligible for judging.

  * A panel of a few Jland judges (3 or 4) will look over the
     Captions and choose what they feel are the best 3 or 4.
     These will be posted on Sunday 9 AM EST (or when we
     can do it - sometime Sunday morning EARLY) by poll.

  * Here comes the fun part!  Where you get to participate!  You
     will be voting for your favorite Caption by poll from Sunday,
     9 AM EST (or as soon as we get it posted) through Tuesday
     9 AM EST!!  At this time we will check the poll and see who the
     winner is!!  Any voting after 9AM on Tuesday will be ignored.

  * We will announce the winner on Tuesday morning with an Award
     for his/her sidebar!!

  * A new picture will appear the next morning (Wednesday) and we
     will have fun all over again!!

  *  "What's the Caption? Wednesday" is run by Krissy from
     Sometimes I Think and Valerie from There is a Season.

         

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Winner of "What's the Caption? Wednesday" #11!

Hi Caption players!  Valerie here =).  It's time to announce the winner of "What's the Caption? Wednesday" #11!  Krissy and I would like to CONGRATULATE Alice of WALKING THROUGH THIS LIFE!  Pay her a visit and congratulate her if you are able!  Congrats, again, Alice!!

Alice's winning submission with this week's photo is below:

            
                            I will NOT take another bath!!

Alice, the award for your sidebar is below.   Right click and save as .jpg.  If you have any questions, just pop me or Krissy an email.

                             

We would also like to congratulate runners-up Mary, Marc, and Ken. Way to go, guys!

Krissy and I would like to thank to everyone who submitted a caption and voted this week!!  We really appreciate it!!  Also, congratulations again, Alice!!  I will see you all tomorrow morning with a new picture for your submissions!  Val and Krissy =)

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Who is "Shannon" ?

Just stopped by to introduce myself. Last week Vish and the crew at Magic Smoke, dropped me an E-mail asking if I'd be interested in adding a weekly feature to Smoke based on my Blog Chili's Sauce on Aol.

Wow, I was pretty taken back by the offer, and humbled also, thanks Jland. So here we go, my name's Paul C. some call me Phil LOL, but to my friends and many JLanders I'm known as "Chili".

I worked in the broadcasting field for over 22 years as a programmer for a communications company, on the West Coast. Formatting (deciding what types of music would go well in a city) radio stations across the US. Rock, Oldies, Pop, Country, Folk etc. etc. and retired from the field last year.

I've been a member of Aol since 1995 (under a different screen name), and changed screen name's in 2006.

I returned to blogging this year after quite a few years off, with the intention to just blog about myself and my life. Slowly though the blog began to take on a form of it's own, and has become, somewhat of a living breathing Internet creature. I guess it's It's like my Grandma use to say " Do what you do best, you'll love it and you'll touch someone somewhere"

So I'm doing what I do best, playing and checking out music (with a little the help from my friends).

Here's A Sample of what you'll find in "Chili's Sauce"

Henry Gross - Shannon

 

Henry Gross (born April 1, 1951, Brooklyn, New York), is an American singer-songwriter best known for his hit song, "Shannon".

Henry Gross produced a single, "Shannon", a song written about the passing of Beach Boy Carl Wilson's Samoyed (dog) of the same name.(Henry had an Irish Setter also named Shannon) The single went gold and became a worldwide hit, reaching #6.

"Shannon" - Henry Gross w/ Lyrics

Shannon - Lyrics:
Another day is at end
Mama says she's tired again
No one can even begin to tell her
I hardly know what to say
But maybe it's better that way
If Papa were here I'm sure he'd tell her

Shannon is gone
I hope she's drifting out to sea
She always loved to swim away
Maybe she'll find an island
With a shaded tree
Just like the one in our backyard

Mama tries hard to pretend
That things will get better again
Somehow she's keepin' it all inside her
But finally the tears fill our eyes
And I know that somewhere tonight
She knows how much we really miss her

Shannon is gone
I hope she's drifting out to sea
She always loved to swim away
Maybe she'll find an island
With a shaded tree
Just like the one in our back yard ...
Just like the one in our back yard .....

At age 18, Henry was a founding member of the world famous rock 'n' roll revival group Sha Na Na, playing guitar & wearing on-stage the "greaser" clothes he wore in high school. The group's popularity took a giant step after legendary performances at the Fillmore auditoriums in New York and San Francisco and the Woodstock Festival.

Henry Gross broke from the band Sha Na Na to be a solo singer/song writer in 1970. Henry Gross signed a record deal with ABC Dunhill Records in 1971. The album had very little commercial success. He continued to play at clubs and colleges until in 1973 he was signed with A&M Records.

His first A&M album, self-titled Henry Gross, sold very well and had several large regional hits including "Simone", "Come On Say It", "Skin King" and a near gold cover of Lindisfarne's European hit "Meet Me On The Corner". Henry's second A&M album Plug Me Into Something, sold just short of gold. He began to achieve national recognition in Rolling Stone Magazine and The New York Times as a great Rock & Roll guitarist.

After that Henry went to Lifesong Records to make his new album. He produced a single "Shannon". The single went gold and became a worldwide hit. After this single's success, Henry released an album called "Release". His 2nd single, "Springtime Mama", sold just short of gold & reached #37 in the USA. On his next album, "Show Me to the Stage", Henry mixed Rock & Roll songs with Phil Spector and Brian Wilson influences. While the album sold very well, it had no hit singles. He also recorded the Beatles song "Help!" for the documentary All This and World War II; both occurred in 1976. Henry's recording career slowed but he continued recording. With CBS Records he made " Love is the Stuff" and with Capitol Records, in 1981, along with The Bobby Colomby produced the, "What's in a Name" LP.

In the 1980s Henry performed in the road company production of "Pump Boys andDinettes," with a cast featuring Jonathan Edwards, and Nicolette Larson. Henry moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1986 and signed a publishing deal with Pic-A-Lic Music, a company owned by legendary songwriter Roger Cook and the multi talented Ralph Murphy.

As Always

Peace

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Weekend Blogplugs - 6/16

Hi folks,


A busy weekend for me, hence a late edition
of blogplugs. Let's see what we got for
'plugs.

* Beth
is unhappy
with Fox news for their treatment of Obama and his
family.

* Sherry
gives us details of the family trip to the museum. She writes
that with the onset of summer, she is walking
a tight rope between , kids, hubby , her Dad and life. Maybe
that is why she is handing out "strong
woman" awards
:)

* Kasee
informs us about an effort send the largest single shipment
of care packages to U.S. troops in history.

* Sugar is
handing
out the last of the "Dad" tags. She shares
a depresssing clip of how abandoned animals are treated.

* Connie's
mom has moved in with her and she shares
details of the
move.

* Jimmy
thinks he needs to go back
to training camp as he has had difficulty handling 2 late
nights.

* Paul has
been busy playing requests for people from near and far. This week he
chronicles (amongst his many entries) Na
Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye, Breakfast
at Tiffanys/Henry Mancini/Audrey Hepburn and the inimitable
Elvis.

* Lisa feels
like writing again and she spills
out her fears, hopes and frustrations.


* Indigo in a
conversation, trying to pacify
her dog, Pickles, who is annoyed because he was given a
bath.

* Krissy has installed a
hit counter from sitemeter.com on her blog and it is giving her a lot
of insight into where her readers are from. She was surprised
that she has  readers in Austria and even
India.

* Marie writes that we should
look
inwards and remove anything that comes betweeen us and God.
She believes
that when we see something in ourselves we don’t like and
move towards changing it –we are
converted.

* Tawyna's
Wednesday
Hero is Army Spc. Jeffrey A. Williams.


* Betty believes
that we should show patience in waiting for the Lord just as her dog
Koda's shows patience while waiting for his master to return home.


* Robin is
recovering from surgery at home and gives us a report on some of the
get
well goodies she has received. Editor's note: Robin, our team
wishes you a very speedy and full
recovery.

* Laini writes
about the times before she and Mark got hitched. Shavuot
is the Jewish holiday celebrating the harvest season in Israel and she
has some pictures
here. Here she gives us the recipe
for their favorite
salad.

Contests &
Trivia!

* Weekly
sentence with Val. Last week's winners for the
letters
TNADTM.


Lights,
Camera
and
Action!

*Krissy's
JLand Photo Shoot entries
for the subject "Water". Her next contest is about "Two".

*
Marie's AOL
Community Photo Challenge, entries
for the subject
"The American
Flag".

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Thanks
again for the blogplugs
this week. Don't forget to tag your best en
tries with
"blogplugs". If you want to be a Guest Editor or have some
interesting (or useful) blogplugs, send your submissions to
JournalsEditor@aol.com and we'll review
them.

~Vish

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AOL Community Challenge-The American Flag*FUN*

Our June Photo challenge for FUN only, is The American Flag. 
Find a flag
 anywhere, on a flag post, a building, painted on
something....or just the red, white &
 blue colors.  You can even
use a child's drawing as long as it has the red, white &
 blue
colors.  I want to decorate our Challenge Journal for July 4th, so I am
planning
 to make a quilt of all entries.  So the entry date will be
different, it started, yesterday, Saturday the 14th & ends on Monday the 23th of June. 
This will give you an extra weekend. 
Join in the challenge~
Visit Our AOL Community Photo Challenge
or copy & paste
http://journals.aol.com/mariebm56/aol-community-photo-challenge/entries/2008/06/14/aol-community-challenge-the-american-flagfun/691
& enter your Photo.