TBW Daily Diary

Post #444 . . . Our ad in TheBurg for "wine lover gifts" attracted business today. Looks like I will have to order more product . . . Sarah and Eric brought us a big slab of Walker's Toffee from England and it comes with a little hammer to break up the brick. JJ had a great time pounding away but he was less pleased when he finally got a piece in his mouth. "This stuff is hard," he said. M&Ms are more his style . . . Does anyone remember those hunks of "coal" we got in our childhood. It was black licorice candy and came with a similar hammer to break up the rock. Do they still make that? . . . Only Men Aloud, the Welsh award-winning choir, has just released another album (we missed them on PBS) so Bob and I went to YouTube to listen to some of their music. There are dozens of clips to choose from. They will be touring the U.S. next year; they are still Only Men Aloud at home and in Europe but because of America's "sensibilities" they have to drop the "Only" and will be known as Men Aloud when they tour here. We are so-o-o-o-o ridiculous. The choir's success has inspired a lot of youth at home and there now are Only Boys Aloud and Only Girls Aloud choirs . . . and I have just learned that JJ is looking forward to a career as a chorus boy on Broadway. Today he was shopping for tap shoes for dancing class. ! ! !