NOW IT IS 12:06 PM ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...JULY 12TH ...2012. I HAVE HAD SUCH AN...'UNUSUAL'...START TO THIS DAY...AND SO...'INTERESTING!' RELAXING...AND ...'TAKING MY TIME'...I THOUGHT I WOULD WRITE ABOUT...'GAMES.' MOST OF US HAVE OUR...'FAVORITE'...GAME WE PLAYED AS A CHILD OR STILL PLAY IN ADULTHOOD...BUT MANY LOVE TO WATCH THEIR TEAMS PLAY: FOOTBALL/BASKETBALL/SOCCER/BASEBALL/ETC. ETC. IT BASICALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD...AND THE ...'AVAILABILITY'...OF COURTS/FIELDS/STADIUMS AND SUCH. A GAME I PLAYED...AS A CHILD WAS: 'HOPSCOTCH'...AND ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS A STICK (TO DRAW THE SQUARES...THE DIRT...AND A FRIEND.) ROCKS WERE AVAILABLE SO YOU JUST PICKED UP A ROCK...AND YOU WERE READY! I HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE ABOUT ...'HOPSCOTH'...AND HOW I AM NOW (PLAYING THIS GAME...ONCE AGAIN...IN MY MIND) AND ...'JUMPING'...OVER THE RADIO...TV...NEWSPAPERS...MAGAZINES...AND GOING DIRECTLY TO THE...'WEB'...WHERE EVERYONE IS HEADED AND MOST ARE...'ALREADY THERE!' MUCH ADVERTISEMENT IS THERE...SHOWING SO MANY THE DECREASE OF SALES IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES...AND LONGER ADVERTISEMENTS (MOSTLY PHARMACEUTICAL)...ON TV AND TAKING A...'MUCH LONGER TIME!' (THIS IS WHAT I HAVE...OBSERVED...THAT'S ALL!) TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING SO QUICKLY AND GETTING SO MUCH MORE IN...'SMALLER DEVICES'...LIKE THE...'SMART PHONE' (I DON'T HAVE)...THE IPAD (I DON'T HAVE)...AND WHO KNOWS WHAT IS ON THE...'HORIZON?!' COMMUNICATION...WITH ALMOST ANYONE...NEARLY...'IMMEDIATELY'...MOST OF THE TIME. (DO WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHERE EVERYONE IS...MOST OF THE TIME?? I GUESS!) TEXTING YOUR FRIENDS (I DON'T)...TAKING PICTURES WITH YOUR PHONE (I HAVE MY OLYMPUS THAT HAS BEEN TAKING ALL THESE...'OVER 14,000 PICTURES'...I'VE TAKEN/NO! YES!) I AM SO...'FREE WITH THIS CAMERA...SNAPPING ALL THE TIME...IT SEEMS, BECAUSE IT IS SOOOOOOOOO EASY...AND I CAN SEE...'IMMEDIATELY'...HOW IT TURNED OUT! (TO ME IT IS ...'UNBELIEVABLE'...TO HAVE OVER 1,300 PICTURES ON THIS LITTLE 1X1 INCH CHIP...AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WAIT...AN HOUR...THAT MANY OF US THOUGHT WAS...'INCREDIBLE'...SEVERAL YEARS AGO! KEEPING UP WITH SO MUCH OF THE TECHNOLOGY (I AM...'HAPPY AS A CLAM'/HOW DO THEY KNOW CLAMS ARE HAPPY?) WE HAVE SOME VERY...'UNUSUAL'...PHRASES HERE IN THIS COUNTRY/YOU BETCHA!!######### ANYWAY I AM SATISFIED WITH WHAT I HAVE...LEARNED AND ALSO WHAT I AM ABLE TO...'DOWNLOAD'...LIKE I HADN'T PLANNED ON TODAY...BUT THE ...'MIND'...JUST TOOK ME THERE. ####THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE: GAMES PEOPLE PLAY...I REMEMBERED A SONG...IN 1969 BY JOE SOUTH: 'GAMES PEOPLE PLAY'...AND WENT TO...'YOUTUBE' (I VISIT THERE FOR MUSIC/I'M NOT ON IT!)...AND WAS...'ASTOUNDED'... WHAT I FOUND!! THE MOST...'INCREDIBLE LYRICS'...WRITTEN AND SUNG BY THIS MAN (MY AGE)...43 YEARS AGO...AND AS...'PROFOUND'...AS YOU WILL EVER HEAR!!!!!!!!!! (HE WON THE GRAMMY IN 1969 FOR: 'GAMES PEOPLE PLAY!!' HIS OTHER TWO SONGS...I ALSO REMEMBER SO WELL: 'DON'T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO GO HOME'...AND THEN THE MOST AMAZING ONE OF ALL: 'WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES!' IN YOUR BUSY AND HECTIC WORLD (JUST A SUGGESTION)...TAKE 10 MINUTES...GO TO YOUTUBE (I WOULD BE ON THERE MORE WITH MUSIC...IF I TOOK THE TIME!) AND JUST...'LISTEN!!!'...TO THESE...'AMAZING LYRICS'...THE ARE SO...'APPROPRIATE'...FOR TODAY! MUSIC HAS CHANGED SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH OVER THE YEARS. PICK AND CHOOSE...'WHATEVER YOU WISH'...FOR THE...'ABUNDANCE'...OF CHOICES...IS ALL AROUND US...ESPECIALLY ON YOUTUBE. THE MUSIC OF THE WORLD MUSEUM...IN SCOTTSDALE...WILL SHOW EVERYONE IN THE WORLD...MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE FOR US! DANCING/RHYTHM/MOVEMENT...GO TOGETHER WITH OUR CULTURES AND THE COUNTRIES...'EVERYWHERE!' THE VARIETY CAN NOW BE SEEN...AND ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS...'LISTEN!' LYRICS WERE MORE POPULAR...YEARS AGO...AND LISTENING TO SOME OF THOSE SONGS...'REALLY TOLD A STORY'/YOU BETCHA!! CAROLE E 12:45 PM I TOOK SOME PICTURES FROM...'YOUTUBE' /NO!! YES I DID...AND WILL TRY TO LOAD THEM AND THEN...'PUBLISH'...THEM! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEE