In Paradise...

Hello.  Nice to have you stop by.   Everything here in New Jersey is groovy  and if the hurricane stays away it will remain so.  

No cheeseburger for me.  Just having a beef patty, sliced potatoes and green beans for lunch today. I poured some left over spaghetti sauce over the patty and it is very tasty.

Joining in for Saturday 9... try it you'll like it.

Cheeseburger in Paradise (1978)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
From the archives; Repeated in memory of Jimmy Buffett, who died on September 1.
1) In this song, Jimmy Buffett briefly attempts a healthier diet, which included sunflower seeds, carrot juice, zucchini and bulgur wheat. Do you pay attention to your daily consumption of vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, etc.?Yes.  I take good care of my diet. I see that I get my magnesium, etc.
2) Jimmy sings that he'd like French fries with his burger. Do you prefer to dip your fries or drizzle the ketchup over them?I like them either way. I like them dipped in gravy or spaghetti sauce or plain!  I just like them a lot no matter how they are served.
3) Which cheese would make yours a cheeseburger in paradise: American, cheddar, Swiss, bleu, Muenster, or Monterrey Jack?Swiss or the sharpest of Cheddar thank you very much. 
4) Buffett fans call themselves Parrot heads. Concert attire for a well-dressed Parrot head often includes a Hawaiian shirt and a foam fin hat. What will you be wearing tonight?I shall be sporting light gray cotton pants, a black top and steel gray moccasins. 5) For someone with such an easygoing and laidback vibe, Jimmy is a very busy man. His business ventures include liquors, restaurants and hotels. He's also published eight books. All this in addition to making music! On a scale of 1 to 10 -- with 1 being lazy and 10 being highly motivated -- how would you rate yourself this morning?I am a 9 today.. (Friday as I do this meme.)
6) Jimmy has some very famous fans. Paul McCartney asked him to play at one of his parties, and Barack Obama invited him to perform at a fundraiser. If you could invite anyone -- anyone at all! -- to play at your party, who would you ask?No one famous as it would become about them.    I would hire a band. Perhaps a nice mariachi band.
7) Jimmy was born on Christmas Day. Does your birthday fall on a major holiday? If yes, do you mind "sharing" your special day?My birthday sometimes falls on Thanksgiving Day and 3 days after my youngest daughter's birthday. So, I often share it. Actually I usually do as we do them on the same day.  No, I don't mind at all.
8) In 1978, the year this song was popular, the Susan B. Anthony Dollar was first minted. The initial design was not a hit with the public because vending machines could not accept it. What's the last thing you bought from a vending machine?I was on jury duty. At lunch they let everyone go to  a restaurant but I was too disabled to walk that far. I stayed in the jury break room and drank their coffee and ate potato chips from the vending machine.  There was a cafeteria but it was closed for some reason.  The whole experience was inconvenient for me.   

9) Random question -- If today's your birthday, your zodiac sign is Virgo. When did you last check your horoscope?
I don't check it.  I run across it from time to time though but I don't believe in it.    My zodiac sign is  Sagittarius, for what that's worth.