Fantastic word game

[scanman1]

The real world of responsibilities includes keeping up with the bills.

 

[WMC2006]

The bills are easily paid via the revenue we generate through our popular band camp programs throughout the world.

As always, thanks to dmargalotti, our International Director of Band Camp (IDBC as we prefer).

 

[dmargalotti]

Throughout the world, you will find interesting people and amazing wonders like those that are featured in travel shows such as Places to Love with Samantha Brown.

Samantha Brown - Places to Love - World Traveler and TV Host

 

[quadraphonic]

Places to Love with Samantha Brown is one of those "she's always on somewhere" programs.

I wish we all got royalties for work we did 20 years ago. sigh

 

[dmargalotti]

Programs are mostly available today on multiple streaming platforms that offer content on-demand so you can watch whenever it's convenient for you.

 

[CTListener]

Whenever it's convenient for you, you all can start talking about something more interesting.

 

[dmargalotti]

Interesting topics not covered in The Fantastic Word Game (TFWG as we are required to mention) include musings on whether humans have genuine agency over the decisions they make, or if their actions are predetermined.

Was I free to write this contribution? Or was some superior being or power controlling my thoughts and actions in such a way that this post, and subsequent question, were destined to happen? And if we do not have Free Will, am I really responsible for all the grammatical and punctuation errors that have been made, earning me multiple demerits along the way? Feel free to discuss among yourselves.

 

[quadraphonic]

"Predetermined destiny is who I am, I got my finger on the trigger like the Son of Sam" is a lyric from a song by the Beastie Boys.

"Looking Down The Barrel of a Gun," IIRC.

 

[CTListener]

The Beastie Boys are among the last people on this planet I would expect to see participating in dmargalotti's proposed serious philosophical discussion.

 

[WMC2006]

Discussion of my next trip to sunny Florida won't happen for awhile but I'll just let you know now that it will be in early September.

 

[dmargalotti]

Early September is a great time of year at the Jersey shore because the weather is still beautiful, but the tourists have gone back home.

 

[quadraphonic]

Back home from errands, I checked into the FWG, thought about other Beastie Boys philosophical references, vacations, and Earth, Wind & Fire references, and this is what I came up with.

 

[CTListener]

With my knowledge of country music, I could offer deep philosophical musings on trucks, heartbreaks, cheating, drinking and rural life, but I'm inclined to believe that an actual redneck (or hayseed, hick, rube or bumpkin, if he prefers) would be far more qualified.

 

[scanman1]

Qualified job applicants are being considered for positions.

 

[dmargalotti]

Positions in radio, at least ones that pay a livable wage, are hard to come by these days as media consumption undergoes a huge paradigm shift and broadcasters struggle to stay afloat amidst rising operating costs and declining revenues.

 

[CTListener]

Rising operating costs and declining revenues, reversals of which are nowhere in sight, could result in hundreds of radio stations going dark.

 

[quadraphonic]

Dark has just arrived in my neck of the woods, so, at least tonight, that means the start of the process of going to bed.

 

[scanman1]

To bed I go when I get tired.

 

[WMC2006]

Tired of this cold dreary weather we are having this week in my own neck of the woods.

I need to move to sunny Florida. Maybe I'll just move into one of our local band camps down here.

 

[dmargalotti]

My own neck of the woods is supposed to be gearing up for summer boating season on the lake, but it doesn't look like that will be happening anytime soon given the extended forecast which calls for weather that feels more like autumn than summer.