THOUGHTS AT THREE A.M.: Games

MUSICAL TREATS-

HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE?
THE BEE GEES: BEE GEES GREATEST
ALSO STAYIN' ALIVE, NIGHT FEVER,TOO MUCH HEAVEN (*****)
"WHERE NO ONE STANDS ALONE "
JIMMY SWAGGART: THERE IS ROOM AT THE CROSS FOR YOU
DONE BY JIM RECORDS, 2006, THIS IS JIMMY'S NEWEST CD, WITH JIMMY ON THE VOCALS, AND THE PIANO, BACKED UP BY THE SILKY VOICES OF THE CRUSADE TEAM,AND FULL MUSICAL ACCOMPANYMENT, WITH JIMMY'S UNPARALLELED ARRANGEMENTS, TRULY AN OUTSTANDING TIME OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP,AND A COMFORT TO THE SOUL. (*****)
SLEEPING BEAUTY WALTZ
TCHAIKOVSKY/RICCARDO MUTI-PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA: TCHAIKOVSKY/SWAN LAKE SUITE-THE SLEEPING BEAUTY SUITE
EMI DIGITAL RECORDING-ANGEL DIGITAL,COLUMBIA HOUSE, CAPITAL RECORDS-BOTH FROM THE BALLET! DANCE OF THE LITTLE SWANS, SO BEAUTIFUL! (*****)
EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART/CAMERATA ACADEMICA: CRITIC'S CHOICE
OVER 70 MINUTES OF MUSIC PER TAPE,FEATURING PIANO CONCERTO NO.21/MOZART FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA AND "MARRIAGE OF FIGARO OVERTURE,/BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. COMES IN A SET OF THREE TAPES. (*****)
BE MY LOVE
MARIO LANZA: BE MY LOVE
THE COLLECTORS EDITION OF THE GOLDEN VOICE OF MARIO LANZA. ALSO INCLUDES "BELOVED" AND "THE SONG OF INDIA" UNBELIEVABLE POWERFUL VOICE! (*****)
VINCENT
DON MCLEAN: AMERICAN PIE,AND OTHER HITS
ALSO INCLUDES" AND I LOVE YOU SO", AND "BABYLON" THE LONGING FOR ZION!
MORE THAN I CAN BEAR
GOD'S PROPERTY: GOD'S PROPERTY FROM KIRK FRANKLIN'S NU NATION
SOME AMAZING ANOINTED VOICES! CHECK OUT STOMP! (*****)
JESUS HOLD MY HAND
JIMMY SWAGGART: AT CALVARY
AWESOME,INSPIRING,AND BEAUTIFUL! (*****)
IT'S LUCKY WE MET
JANET PASCHAL: BILL GAITHER AND GLORIA: GOD BLESS AMERICA
GAITHER GOSPEL SERIES LIVE FROM CARNEGIE HALL WITH THEIR HOMECOMING FRIENDS-GET USED TO BEING HAPPY! (*****)
"UNBREAK MY HEART"
IL DIVO: IL DIVO
A NEW GROUP JUST INTRODUCED ON OPRAH AND THE TONIGHT SHOW, PUT TOGETHER BY SIMON C. FROM AMERICAN IDOL...FOUR YOUNG MEN, ALL FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, DOING HIP SONGS IN AN OPERATIC STYLE! A MUST HAVE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE MUSIC! YUMMY! SONG IN ITALIAN, OR SPANISH, OR ONE OF THOSE ROMANCE LANGUAGES...WHATEVER IT IS, IT WORKS FOR ME! (*****)
MOONLIGHT SONATA
BEETHOVEN: PIANO SOLOS
SERENE, RESTFUL, AND BEAUTIFUL CLASSICAL MUSIC TRY THIS IN FRONT OF THE FIRE WITH A GOOD BOOK AND A GLASS OF WINE. REFLECTIVE. HAS A WAY OF CALMING KIDS DOWN. (*****)
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
GEORGE GERSHWIN: FANTASIA II; DISNEY
ALSO AVAILABLE JUST UNDER IT'S OWN NAME, ON CD OR CASSETTE. SYMPHONIC JAZZ. GEORGOUS! (*****)
MARIA ELENA
S.K.(BOB)RUSSELL & Ernersto Barcelata: POUR L'AMOUR:cafe songs from Paris
PUT OUT BY DELTA MUSIC. WHO CARES WHAT IT MEANS, IT IS DELICIOUS! (****)
HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO.2
FRANZ LISZT: GYPSY! CLASSICS INSPIRED BY GYPSY FOLK MUSIC
SOUNDS STRANGE, I KNOW, BUT THE WHOLE ALBUM IS VERY ROMANTIC. LISTEN TO IT WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE...EVEN YOUR CHILDREN CAN ENJOY THIS ADULT STUFF. THEY'LL EVEN THANK YOU FOR IT LATER! (*****)
THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME
ABBA: ABBA-THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION
OLDIE BUT A GOODIE.CLEVER,TOUCHING AND SWEET. FELL IN LOVE WITH IT THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT... BUT THEN, I LOVE ABBA! (*****)

WORD LOVES

T.H. WHITE: "THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING"
This is THE BOOK, without which no home library of good fiction is complete! The foundation for the complete Aruthurian ledgend, upon which was based "The sword in the Stone", "Camelot",as well as "Merlin!" There is even speculation of it being an allegory of Christ.A book you will read, and re-read for years to come! It is beautiful, romantic,realistic to the times,and even screamingly funny in places! (*****)
JIMMY SWAGGART: THE EXPOSITOR'S STUDY BIBLE AND CONCORDANCE-KING JAMES VERSION
CONCORDANCE-MAPS- ASSORTED BIBLE HELPS UTILIZING SOME OF THE BEST HEBREW AND GREEK SCHOLARS-W/ DICTIONARY, ENCYCLOPEDIA, AND COMMENTARY (*****)
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen: A 3rd Serving of Chicken soup for the soul
This third offering is as timeless as it is touching,inspiring,loving, clever, and sweet.Published in 1996, along with others in the series, this is another book that will be a classic, if it isn't already. (*****)
Barbra D'amato: Of course you know that chocolate is a vegetable!
Anthology of murder mysteries! Funny, clever and so well written. If you love chocolate, you will drool over the title story! (*****)
VIRGINIA WOOLF edited by Susan Dick: THE Complete Shorter Fiction Of Virginia Woolf
A book that follows Virginia Woolf's art of lyrical prose developement...encounter continuous delights for the mind! Be stirred by the color and vapours of Kew Gardens,sweet, magical pictures her words will create in your mind! (*****)
Virginia Woolf: Mrs.Dalloway
the Novel that inspired "The Hours",beautiful lyrical use of language (****)
George Orwell: "1984"
written in 1949, this was the work that coined the phrase:" BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING!" (****)
Albert Payson Terhune: LAD: A DOG
The first of the Sunnybank Dogs to be imortalized in print, which also became a major motion picture! (*****)
ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE: GRAY DAWN
MY ALL TIME FAVORITE STORY OF THE SUNNYBANK DOGS! (*****)
DOUGLAS ADAMS: THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL
FROM THE MAN WHO WROTE THE SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL "THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY" NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, ANOTHER RIOTOUS CONCOCTION! (*****)
WARREN MURPHY & RICHARD SAPIR: THE DESTROYER SERIES
FROM #1 TO THE 64TH, (WHICH IS ONLY AS FAR AS I HAVE GOTTEN IN MY COLLECTION) THIS MARTIAL ARTS SERIES HAS GOT IT ALL.REMO WILLIAMS IS A WISE-CRACKING "DEAD" COP, AND HIS MENTOR IS THE FRAGILE LOOKING CHIUN, MASTER OF SINANJU, TOGETHER THEY COMPRISE THE KILLING ARM OF A BRANCH OF THE US GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
NORA LAM AND RICHARD SCHNIEDER: CHINA CRY: THE NORA LAM STORY
THE TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO FOUND THE COURAGE TO LOVE AND THE STRENGTH TO SURVIVE AGAINST ALL ODDS. (*****)
MARGARET MITCHELL: "GONE WITH THE WIND"
You have seen the movie, but if you haven't read the book, you're missing a lot. Truely one of the great classics of all time. (*****)
RICHARD BACHMAN: "THE LONG WALK"
AN AMAZING STORY, TOLD ONLY AS STEPHEN KING, OOOPS, I MEAN, "RICHARD BACHMAN" CAN DO. (*****)
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN: "STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND"
HEINLEIN AT HIS VERY BEST. PULBISHED IN 1961, IT IS A HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR SCIENCE FICTION, AND... CAN YOU GROK IT? (*****)
TANITH LEE: BIRTHGRAVE
GREAT FANTASY NOVEL, COMPELLING AND TOTALY SATISFYING (*****)
STEPHEN KING: THE GREEN MILE
BETTER THAN THE MOVIE...NOT A BIG SURPRISE. (*****)

I am the perfect one to comment on the sports scene, because I know absolutely nothing about them! Don't you see? I have no axe to grind, for or against. I'm totally neutral! However. I overheard a comment today about a certain NBA coach ? I don't have the slightest idea who he is, but apparently, he was offered $17 million dollars to sign on for another year, and...here's the part I love....he was offended!HE WAS OFFENDED? What is this guy, NUTS? They only offered me $17 mill, waaaa! You know what I think? He should be glad he's got a job, put the @#$&%* money in his pocket, and shut up! Here all this time I've been under the delusion that the coaches were in it for the love of the game. This guy is just greedy! Living in a dream world somewhere that everyone is worth such ridiculous sums of money, for standing around, telling grown men how to play a game!

Then, there's Shaq! Now, I guess he's not as happy as he thought he would be before he changed teams. Well, Shaq, that's why they call it a team sport, I guess. Just because your the biggest guy in town, doesn't mean you're always going to win!

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