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So, my sisters and I went and saw The Lion King yesterday. I am, of course, referring to the play, not the cartoon. We enjoyed it quite a bit. If nothing else, it’s worth seeing for the costumes. My only complaints were regarding the added scenes and songs for the show that weren’t in the movie. They just kind of seemed unnecessary. The other thing was the briefly mentioned, but thankfully unexplored added sub-plot of Scar wanting to marry Nala - not a big thing, but it was kind of creepy. Anyway, you should check it out if you get the chance. A moment ago I mentioned the costume designs being worth the price of admission. Well, even though cameras aren’t allowed in the theater, I managed to snap a couple of shots with my cell phone so that you get and idea of what to expect when you get there:

Wow, the weekend’s come and gone already.  That was really fast.  We got some more stuff done - and I really like it.  It was fun to be in the studio with these guys after being on the road with them the past several months.  It was my first time to be in the studio, other than a few piddling things in the past - and I think it went alright.  Anyway, I’m looking forward to people hearing what we did, and I’m also looking forward to playing the new stuff out.

Today was a good day in the studio. We got five more songs done today, and it’s coming along pretty well. I’m again too tired tonight to put up a major post, so this is gonna be it. I’m looking forward to tomorrow, but I need to sleep now. Oh, one thing - we did have a visitor today, who was kind enough to sit in for a few minutes:

I just got home from our first day in the studio.  I thought it went well.  We’re back in tomorrow - and I’ll be back with another update.  Hopefully longer than this one.  I’m just too tired right now.

That’s really all I’ve got. Well, in a effort to add content to this post, here is a fun fact about Thanksgiving:

• In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that Thanksgiving would be the next-to-last Thursday of November rather than the last. With the country still in the midst of The Great Depression, Roosevelt thought this would give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas. Increasing profits and spending during this period, Roosevelt hoped, would aid bringing the country out of the Depression. At the time, it was considered inappropriate to advertise goods for Christmas until after Thanksgiving. However, Roosevelt’s declaration was not mandatory; twenty-three states went along with this recommendation, and 22 did not. Other states, like Texas, could not decide and took both weeks as government holidays. Roosevelt persisted in 1940 to celebrate his “Franksgiving,” as it was termed. The U.S. Congress in 1941 split the difference and established that the Thanksgiving would occur annually on the fourth Thursday of November, which was sometimes the last Thursday and sometimes the next to last. On November 26 that year President Roosevelt signed this bill into U.S. law.

Isn’t that interesting? Well, maybe not - but this is: Here is a photo of President Truman offering a presidential pardon to a turkey: