On my way home from work tonight, I stopped at Border's to buy part of DH Richard's birthday present (next Monday, his 60th!) and bought for myself Barry Manilow First & Farewell. My friend Becky and I saw him on that very first tour at Music Hall in Cincinnati, so the grainy video is very nostalgic for me. By that time, though, I'd seen him twice on tour as Bette Midler's music director, once in Detroit and once in Ann Arbor.
When I arrived home there were 7 - count 'em 7 - recorded political messages on our answering machine. Among the folks who called us today were Michael Reagan and the wife of Senator Mike Dewine. Oh, the joys of living in one of the purplest states in the Union!