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Hi there, my name is Tony Burgess (my friends call me T-Bird) from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I am a believer, bleeding heart, idealist, and blogger. I'm married to Laura the Soup Diva and a dog dad to Frankie, Cody, and Mikey. Daily I work for a blood bank recruiting donors. My blog is where I chronicle and curate the sacred, serious, and silly things in my life. I am a member of The Episcopal Church. Thank you for connecting with me. Grace, peace, and love!

Tunes Tuesday – The Power Station, Some Like It Hot

The Power Station was a supergroup featuring Robert Palmer, John Taylor and Andy Taylor from Duran Duran and Tony Thompson from Chic. I loved this supergroup when they came out back in the 1980’s.

Rambling About Tennessee and The Good Book

holy-bibleThere is a bill waiting to be signed by the governor in the state of Tennessee making The Bible the official state book. You would think I would be for this being a follower of Christ but I am not. This is just plain wrong. Using the Holy Texts of one faith tradition as a cheap way to get political points from ones base of supporters is prejudiced and is borderline theocratic. We live in a country made up of people from all faiths, creeds and culture. To elevate just one faith’s holy book is short sighted and does not speak to being good neighbors. The whole thing is about pandering and posturing and picking up political points with ones constituents. My country is founded in part on the notion of a separation of church and state.

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Music Monday – Philip Bailey and Phil Collins “Easy Lover”

Philip Bailey from Earth, Wind & Fire with Genesis front man Phil Collins did a duet back in 1984 called ‘Easy Lover’. This remains one of my favorite music collaborations. I heard this song on the radio this weekend and I knew it had to be today’s Music Monday.

Hello Monday, Let’s See What You’ve Got!

Trying something new today and I am glad that Monday is here so we can begin the week and to get things done. It’s time to take the day by the horns so to speak. Let’s see how this experiment of making Monday better will go. Happy Monday good people!

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The weekend is done. Sad.