Thursday Thirteen

This week I'm posting the top 13 songs (according to Music Outfitters) from the year I graduated high school. Can you guess what year it was?
1. Every Breath You Take, Police
2. Billie Jean, Michael Jackson
3. Flashdance...What A Feeling, Irene Cara
4. Down Under, Men At Work
5. Beat It, Michael Jackson
6. Total Eclipse of the Heart, Bonnie Tyler
7. Maneater, Daryl Hall and John Oates
8. Baby, Come to Me, Patti Austin and James Ingram
9. Maniac, Michael Sembello
10. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Eurythmics
11. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Culture Club
12. You and I, Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
13. Come On Eileen, Dexy's Midnight Runners
This song is sure to make you wanna get up and dance~
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Thursday Thirteen

Today I'm celebrating the year of my birth... 1965.

Here are the top 13 songs from that year.

I know most of them, but I don't know #6 or #12.

These are some great oldies, but goodies!

1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction- Rolling Stones
2. Yesterday- Beatles
3. Turn! Turn! Turn! -Byrds
4. I Got You Babe- Sonny & Cher
5. Help-! Beatles
6. Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter- Herman's Hermits
7. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin-' Righteous Brothers
8. Downtown- Petula Clark
9. I Can't Help Myself- Four Tops
10. Help Me Rhonda- Beach Boys
11. Stop! In The Name Of Love -Supremes
12. This Diamond Ring- Gary Lewis & Playboys
13. Get Off Of My Cloud - Rolling Stones

Do you know them all?

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Thursday Thirteen

I decided to forgo the traditional "13 Things I am Thankful For" post this year, and instead, amaze you with my eclectic personality as is shown by the following 13 songs that are on my iPod. (LOL)

In no particular order:

1. Lido Shuffle (Boz Skaggs)
2. Dream On (Aerosmith)
3. Don't Go Breakin' My Heart (Elton John and Kiki Dee)
4. Mayberry (Rascall Flats)
5. Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zeppelin)
6. Love Train (The O'Jays)
7. Blinded by the Light (Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
8. Magic Man (Heart)
9. Walkin' in Memphis (Lonestar)
10. Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
11. Beer for my Horses (Toby Keith)
12. Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney)
13. You Had a Bad Day (Daniel Powter)

And here's your laugh for the day! A parody of "You Had a Bad Day."


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Daddy, Do You Miss Mayberry?

My dad was born in Broken Bow, Oklahoma on March 14, 1935. He spent his boyhood and youth in various towns in Oklahoma and Arkansas before the Air Force took him around the world (including to Guam, my favorite story-telling topic). He finally settled down in San Antonio, Texas. After marrying my mom in 1961 and having their first child, my sister, in 1962, The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) brought my dad to Humble, Texas to open the Houston FAA center at Intercontinental Airport in 1965, the year I was born. He retired 30-something years later, and lived the rest of his life in Humble. He was a dedicated Mason for most of his adult life, and a role model and inspiration to many. God took him from his earthly life far too young (age 69) on October 10, 2004.

L. D. Rankin (circa 1984 with my mom)

03/14/35 - 10/10/04

Here is a poem called "Now and Then" that I wrote about my dad.

I also wrote about the day he died in this post titled "Hospital."

And I wrote a Thursday 13 of things I miss doing with my dad.

One of my favorite songs is Mayberry by Rascal Flatts because it reminds me so much of my dad. Here are the lyrics to the part I especially like.

Sometimes I dream I’m driving down an old dirt road
Not even listed on a map
I pass a dad and son carrying a fishing pole
But I always wake up every time I try to turn back

Lyrics provided by Sing365.com


Wanna give it a listen with this YouTube video?

Heads or Tails

Thank you, Skittles, our lovely hostess for Head or Tails. You can visit the HoT homepage to see more participants.

Today' prompt is "Doctor."

I thought about writing about how I didn't go to the doctor when I sprained my ankle last week, or about the time my twins had to go to the doctor to have tubes put in their ears, or even how we had such a hard time dealing with the doctor when my father passed away. But the only thing that came into my head over and over was this:

Doctor Doctor give me the news
I've got a bad case of lovin' you
No pills' gonna cure my ill
I gotta bad case of lovin' you

Lyrics from Robert Palmer's "Bad Case of Loving You." So, here it is!

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