Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang

Trivia question here for you music heads. Was this song (no Googling allowed) done by The Silver Convention, Silver, (Bob Seger and) The Silver Bullet Band or The Sylvers? Time’s up! Silver, a one-hit wonder from 1976. By the way, all four bands mentioned here charted in the top 100 for 1976.

[Side story: with America 250 upcoming, it dawned on me. While you all know this, think about things this way. I have been alive for 26% of the entire history of our country. That is not an insignificant number. When you think about it that way, it’s a bit eye-opening! Okay, let’s move forward.]

On Memorial Day weekend, I got lazy and hauled my fat ass out for a five-mile walk. When I have the time and have fulfilled my weekly workout obligations, I love doing this. I probably grind out 15 miles a week walking. It is, of course, sort of exercise, much like I consider pickleball sort of exercise, more like an activity. Walking clears my head and I get to think and enjoy podcasts or music. This entire post, outside of the event/outing I talk about as well, was conceived on this walk. Yeah, who cares…

I am 1,000% a chart geek. I frequently listen to old AT40 countdowns (miss you, Casey!) with that sweet spot 1974 to 1983 countdowns. It never gets old to me. I spent countless hours of my youth listening to G98 (no one will get this) and the Sunday morning countdowns starting at 8:00 AM. I would have just finished the difficult Sunday newspaper deliveries and may have been half-sleeping off a hangover (don’t judge me, I started very young). Now on holiday weekends, iTunes runs every year end countdown of that year’s top 100 straight through, from 1970 to the wretchedness of 1988, when Casey was replaced (big mistake!). When it hits about 1975, I cannot stop listening. No TV, nothing else but the hits! I heard this song and it felt like a great post title.

Starry nights, sunny days
I always thought that love should be that way
Then comes a time when you’re ridden with doubt
You’ve loved all you can and now you’re all loved out
Ooh, ooh, baby, we’ve been a long, long way
And who’s to say where we’ll be tomorrow?
Well, my heart says no, but my mind says it’s so
That we got a love, is it a love to stay?

We got a wham bam shang-a-lang
And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing
Wham bam shang-a-lang
And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing

Okay, the picture above probably blew the opening question but work with me here. Oh the ‘staches!

And now for our Long-Distance Dedication, Dear Casey…

May 28, 2026 rolled around and I was pleased to have dinner with a friend I recently made. Rachel is the trans woman I mentioned that had a goatee when we met (presenting as male at the time, introducing herself as a male), is on HRT, has the fill support of her wife, yet only gets out infrequently. She is a wonderful lady and intrigues me given all that steps taken to be herself yet not being herself often. We met for dinner at my favorite place, where I have dined with ohhh, what’s her name…oh yeah, Sherry (😁) often and our friend Carrie. Just a delightful dinner, thank you Rach!

This outfit was born of a few recent real cheap purchases between the oversized blazer, the white boot cut jeans and the BOGO clearance boots. Must say, I kinda nailed this look… I am very proud of these photos.

My 2021 improv class with people who have now been in (none of which prior) Hallmark movies, critically acclaimed films, all over the Law and Order/Chicago franchise TV shows, produced shorts seen at our film festival (you have to qualify through a rigorous process), on many local commercials and are making a sort-of-living as actors/models/in the film industry. And there’s the talentless me… At least I am likable.

Love, it’s the solution. It’s a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing!

Not usually a meme type gal, but this one spoke to me…