PUT ON YOUR PARTY SHOES, GIRLS!

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— Heel Porn™ (@HeelPornx) March 15, 2014

I WATCHED MORE TELEVISION, YESTERDAY, THAN I'VE WATCHED IN THE PAST YEAR

I turned the TV on around one o'clock and started flipping through the channels.  I happened to catch the PBS series MASTERPIECE THEATER on Wisconsin Public Television.

The were showing a marathon re-run of last seasons "soap opera" series about Harry Gordon Selfridge which I had not seen.

 

I got hooked on it and watched and watched and watched until 10:00 P.M.!!  I can't remember the last time I was up that late or watched that much television.

 

I have always been fascinated with the life of Harry Selfridge because he was  born in Ripon, Wisconsin and grew up to become a very wealthy man working for Marshall Fields in Chicago for 25 years.

He moved his family to London and established the world famous Selfridges Department Store which is still in business today as a chain of very successful high-end department stores.

It was Harry Selfridge who invented the phrase, "the customer is always right" and he was also the first retailer to advertise with the slogan "XX More Shopping Days until Christmas".

Selfridge was one of the most colorful men who ever lived.  He invented more successful sales techniques than you can count and in his private life he was a heavy drinker, gambler and woman chaser which was, finally, his downfall.

The series is excellent and a "soap opera" well worth watching.  The new season begins Sunday night and I'll be up late every Sunday night for the next few months.  If you want to get hooked on great drama, I recommend this program about one of Wisconsin's most famous and colorful legends.

By the way, many department stores still have the perfume/makeup counter right at the front door as you walk in the building.  It was Harry Selfridge who put it there.  Guess why?

Back in the day when he opened his store, most of the transportation was still by horse and buggy.  That meant that customers tended to track horse manure into the store and that's the first thing you smelled when you opened the door.  Harry took care of that a "spritz" of perfume!

THEY WERE GETTING SOME LIGHT SNOW IN WORLAND EARLY THIS MORNING

RITA'S 15 MINUTES OF FAME! "MANGO RITA" CHA CHA CHA

Just pop, pour and enjoy Mang-O-Rita. https://t.co/1abvg0OrcL
— Bud Light Lime Ritas (@TheRitas) March 15, 2014

IT WAS ON THIS DATE, IN 1958, THAT THE MOST TALKED ABOUT HAIRCUT SINCE SAMSON TOOK PLACE!

IT'S A BIG DAY FOR LAS VEGAS!

AMAZING! I NEVER HEARD OF "ICE STRINGERS" BEFORE

Lovely (but chilly) ice stringers are blowing across Lake Michigan: http://t.co/zNWHnWcVKs pic.twitter.com/PgtH8CT7yy
— Slate (@Slate) March 23, 2014

IT'S SNOWING IN CHICAGO THIS MORNING

A GOOD THOUGHT

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. - Mark Twain
— Igor Vasiliadis (@Igor_Vasiliadis) March 23, 2014

28 DAYS TO EASTER AND WE STILL HAVE SNOW IN THE FORECAST. AN INCH TOMORROW. ANOTHER INCH TOMORROW NIGHT. BETTER PUT EAR MUFFS ON YOUR EASTER BONNET!

To celebrate CLEANING WEEK, I thought I'd share this cleaning video with you. I know Rita and Roger will enjoy it if no one else does.

Don't you love it?

RITA REPORTS:

"Two days into spring and no crocus".

Did I forget to mention?  Wisconsin has cancelled spring this year.

We're going to need more wheelchairs.

A story in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel says that a report from the University of Wisconsin/Madison shows that Wisconsin is the 20th oldest state in the USA and by 2020 24% of the people, living here, will be 60 or older.  By 2030 27% will have gray hair that's falling out.

I'm getting out of here.  I don't want to be around all those old fogeys.

I'm closely watching the story on the oil spill on Galveston Bay. The barge, that collided with a ship, is carrying nearly a million gallons of oil.

Galveston, the bay and beaches are special to me.  Rita and I spent a wonderful day there and Willard and I made many trips to Galveston while I was living in Houston.

Lynne reports Bethel Home is still closed.

Aunt Wilda is still doing fine and hasn't caught the illness going around the building.

Since they couldn't go to see her yesterday, they went to eat at the Olive Garden in Madison with Derrick, Jennifer and Jennifer's Dad.

Lynne said, "Nice to see the snow melting."

Get the mop out!

I got a note from Alan Leith Gollner after I sent him a note telling him how much I'm loving his book, "The Book of Immortality".

This is not the first author I've contacted to tell them how much I like their work and every one has always answered my note.

 

After my many years in radio, I know how quick the public is to criticize but few let you know when they like what your doing.  I suppose that's why I feel the need to let them know they're appreciated.

 

Alan's book covers a lot of territory but, right now, I'm reading about the interviews he did with David Copperfield and, let me tell you, it's a fascinating story!
Just click on the You Tube logo at the bottom right and you'll be able to watch the video.

 

Here's a man I can relate to.

In Local News: Man Just Having One Of Those Decades Where He Doesn't Feel Like Doing Anything http://t.co/b6zgg5yjDZ
— The Onion (@TheOnion) March 22, 2014

Apparently, spring will be a little late this year. Or, this being Wisconsin, it could even be a lot late!

The forecast calls for sunshine today but a very cold 25 degrees for a high.  Tomorrow things get worse.  As much as an inch of new snow could fall.  Visions of tiptoeing through the tulips are fading fast!