The Tunesmith is currently in negotiations to purchase a restaurant. Mind you this is in the very infant stages. I have considered this on and off again for appproximately 5 years. I’m still not sure that I am willing to pull the proverbial trigger on this deal. Last night I was thinking of possible names for the restaurant believing that if I came up with a name that I just loved it would force me to finally take the plunge.

If anybody has any feelings for or against the following possible restaurant names please pass them along. If anybody has their own suggestions please pass those along as well. I need a little nudging.

The names that I am currently considering are as follows:
The Stag and Banjo
Jessica Simpson Nude
Wendy’s
Cold Today Hot Tamales
44
Braunschweiger Heaven
Jennifer Aniston Nude
Hack Hebner’s Hot Corner
Tunesmith’s

Again these are just a few ideas I came up with after 5 mojitos. I’m sure you can do a lot better. Again, I need the nudge.

• Jack Warden boxed as a welterweight under the name “Johnny Costello” in his youth.
• Ziyi Zhang’s birth name is Zhang Zi Yi.
• Dick Van Dyke is ambidextrous.
• Rod Stewart named the mole on his face “Greg.”
• Mac Davis wrote the song “Watching Scotty Grow” which Bobby Goldsboro made a #11 hit single in early 1971.
• While attending UCLA, Three’s Company star Joyce DeWitt worked part-time as a house painter and once was hired to paint actor Abe Vigoda’s garage doors. This painting job spawned a friendship between DeWitt and Vigoda which has endured to the present day.
• Joe King Carrasco’s father was killed by a drunk driver in 1978.
• “Joe Isuzu” actor David Leisure has one testicle.
• In 1951 and 1952, country music legend Roy Clark won the U.S. National Banjo championships. He also performed “Yesterday When I Was Young” at Mickey Mantle’s funeral in 1995.
• An image of singer-songwriter Freddy Fender is painted on a recently built elevated water storage tank in San Benito, Texas with the inscription, “Hometown of Freddy Fender.”

All the critics , including reigning Pope Benedict XVI, are raving about Jon Voight’s performance as Pope John Paul II in the movie with the same name. What else would you expect from The Champ? This man has played everyone from Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy, FDR in FDR, and Howard Cosell in ALI. He’s a virtual chameleon.

According to Voight ,”The nicest thing about this role is,the dialogue is in Polish.” “If I flub a line who’s going to know? Who really understands Polish anyway?”

Jon may not have actually said that but that’s what I took from it. I don’t understand Polish.

Everybody’s talkin’ at me
I don’t hear a word they’re sayin’
Only the echoes of my mind.
People stop and starin’
I can’t see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes
I’m goin’ where the sun keeps shinin’
Through the pourin’ rain.
Goin’ where the weather suits my clothes
Bankin’ off of the northeast winds
Sailin’ on summer breeze
And skippin’ over the ocean like a stone

Good News! Joe will be performing with the Heritage Swing Band , Friday 12/02/05 at the Manchester Craftman’s Guild. It’s a Benefit concert for Crisis Center North. I hope everybody can attend. I’ll see you there!

Don’t forget, tomorrow is National Toupee Forgiveness Day. Best wishes to all choosing to take advantage of this special day.