The Wizard of iPhone Speaks (20-22)

Harry said this --  “She (Eisenhaur) knows as much about the constitution (politics)…as a hog does about Christmas.”Music courtesy of Steven Valley Church (Be Still My Soul) & closing music curtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church -- used with permission. After the 2010 flood, 90% of businesses that lost data failed to reopen. Think Opery-Land!Listeners may call MouseCalls at six one five —six six two — zero two — three five, use the coupon code W-O-O-D-Y for a $19.95 rate for the first three months.A VIP/Silver subscription includes: MouseCalls weekly tech tips and alerts direct to your inbox.Call six one five —six six two — zero two — three five  Do it right Now!Next time on Wizard of iPhone Woodrow Wilson was a lousy movie critic -- some remarks about Birth of a Nation (film)

Opening and closing music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church (recorded live  via iPhone) used with permission The summer driving season is in full swing, and next our thoughts will turn to: “over the river and through the wood to grandmother's house we go”In modern American that might be a trip to Florida or a ski excursion to ColoradoIf you make that holiday drive it's more important than ever to visit Import Auto Maintenance and let them give your vehicle a once-over lightly Let them visually inspect those belts, hoses, including that all important breaking system, before that dreaded check engine light comes on.Why wait for something to fail, practice a little preventive maintenance. No onboard computer can predict a part failing. The device only tells you after the fact, that may be too late.Visit import auto maintenance dot com and look for the twenty dollar first visit coupon;  call Sam at six one five — five two one — two five — nine zero ask for the pre-holiday inspection special or swing by Four Nine zero Craighead St., Nashville, TN, 37203 (for your navigator) For old-time Nashville, that's MelroseCraighead connects Nolensville RD & Franklin RD (eighth avenue south)

Music for this podcast from Harpeth Presbyterian Church, used with permission. I don't care that Maxine Waters cashes her check -- I want to know where this proxy voting thing came from? I thought a quorum call had to be answered in PERSON.. We don't need voting reform -- We need legislators who obey the law, and perform their duty.After the 2010 flood, 90% of businesses that lost data failed to reopen. Think Opery-Land!Listeners may call MouseCalls at six one five —six six two — zero two — three five, use the coupon code W-O-O-D-Y for a $19.95 rate for the first three months.A VIP/Silver subscription includes: MouseCalls weekly tech tips and alerts direct to your inbox.Call six one five —six six two — zero two — three five Do it right Now!

Violin music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church “Import Auto Maintenance  Nashville, Tennessee, wants to see you, No, actually they recommend bringing in your vehicle for a pre-season check-up before 'the winter driving season' begins in earnest.Yes, it's true that most of the maintenance performed by your dad, has been taken over by the ‘computer', however visually checking your fluids and the battery ‘reserve' are still important.Only preventive maintenance can tell you before a catastrophic failure, Unfortunately the computer doesn't inform you until after the failure.Call Import Maintenance — six one five — three two seven  — nine six — zero zero — that's six one five — three two seven  — nine six — zero zero 

Opening music courtesy of Stevens Valley -- closing piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian ChurcIn the dim, dark days of the past, we practiced preventive maintenance of our mechanical devices.Since the early nineties, we have relegated that kind of thing to the onboard computer; that's a problem.The computer in your automobile tells you that something has failed; it can't predict a part failing next week when you're in East Overshoe, AlabamaTake a first step to prevent system failure: let Import Auto Maintenance give your favorite ride a “Safety Inspection” of those belts, hoses, filters, and fluids, including those all-important brakes. Call Joe at Import Auto Maintenance, ask for the Travel Season Springtime Maintenance Inspection Call six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero  — That's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero It's okay to talk to Art too! Visit their website, importautomaintenance.com, and look for the $20 first-visit coupon.

Opening & closing piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, (Come the fount...with variations ) & opening Be Still My Soul -- used with permission. Recorded live by iPhone. MouseCalls of Bellevue (37221) has been my provider of computer service and repair since the days of my Mac II/Plus (1985), before the world ever heard of Google.VIP Silver is intended for seasoned citizens 55 and older, and it's available at the introductory rate of $23.95.VIP / Silver is total protection and backup for your digital devices.Moving your backup to off-site storage, if you operate a business, consider buying VIP protection for your business records and devices.After the flood of 2010, 90% of those business which lost data failed to reopen. Think Opery-Land!Listeners may call MouseCalls at six one five —six six two — zero two — three five, use the coupon code W-O-O-D-Y for a $19.95 rate for the first three months.A VIP/Silver subscription includes: MouseCalls weekly tech tips and alerts direct to your inbox.Call six one five —six six two — zero two — three five 

Opening music courtesy of Bluegrass quartet of Bellevue Presbyterian Church, recorded live by iPhone, used with permission. In the dim dark days of the past, we practiced preventive maintenance of our mechanical devices. Since the early nineties, we have relegated that kind of thing to the onboard computer; that's a problem.The computer in your automobile tells you that something has failed, it can't predict a part failing next week when you're in East Overshoe, AlabamaTake a first step to prevent system failure, let Import Auto Maintenance give your favorite ride a “Safety Inspection” of those belts, hoses, filters, and fluids, including those all-important brakes. Call six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero  . That's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero When next we meet, Hack number one of the five hacks of AI --  The president of the United States is too busy to do pool maintenance. 

Opening and closing music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, recorded live by iPhone on Sunday, June 6, 2026, used with permission.Mike Rowe gets it wrong!In a recent radio commercial, he calls our country a “democratic” republic, and that just Ain't so!The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic; the last democratic republic was Rome, a place that originated “vox populi,” a literal translation is “voice of the people”. 

Piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, recorded live via iPhone, used with permission. Consider this headline from Maria Bartoloma “Energy Prices Are Rising” FBN Sunday 06/07/20-26. Hack Number One of the five hacks of AI

Closing music courtesy of Banjo HangOut (Here I raise my Ebineezer), used with permission. As regular listeners know, I love the printed word so much that I paid a premium price to receive a “hard” copy of Newsweek Magazine.This week's issue, May 29, (20-26) has two automotive stories: “The world's greatest auto disrupters 20-26” P/26 and on P/46 “Sustainability Mercedes Benz”.  My local Mercedes dealer let me drive a GLC/400 as a loner. It drove okay, but i missed the audio cues of my ML320. PS, I don't plan on buying anybody's EV. As a reminder, the illustration that accompanies this precis is from the first Trump administration, when China embargoed our plastic scrap. They decided their landfills were full. They weren't recycling it either.Join me on Wednesday of this week when I talk to another podcaster about his upcoming new effort. Join me then, won't you? 

Closing banjo music courtesy of BanjoHangOut -- Hello Dolly, Next Time In our Republic, voting is not about numbers, which "count", it's eligibility that matters. 

Closing music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church. (used with permission.)

Closing Music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church -- Here I  Raise My Ebenezer used with permission Yes, it's true you can get a $99 oil change just anywhere.Visit Import Auto Maintenance for their $60/Winter Special importautomaintenance dot com for this special — local shuttle service is available.They are more than the usual kid in the quick-change shops.Import Auto Maintenance creates a vehicle service report, including any recommended services.If your car is under factory warranty, you need this record of service.Import Auto creates a service reminder to send to your registered e-mail account.Import Auto Maintenance @ 490 Craighead Street, Nashville, TN 37204 If you are old-time Nashville, that's in the Melrose area — Craighead connects Nolensville Pike with eighth/Ave/south/Franklin Road. Call today @ six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero to schedule your vehicle maintenance appointment.Thats six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero

Closing music courtesy of Bellevue Presbyterian Bluegrass Trio, Amazing Grace, sung by request. Yes, it's true you can get a $99 oil change just anywhere.Visit Import Auto Maintenance for their $60/Winter Special importautomaintenance dot com for this special — local shuttle service is available.They are more than the usual kid in the quick-change shops.Import Auto Maintenance creates a vehicle service report, including any recommended services.If your car is under factory warranty, you need this record of service.Import Auto creates a service reminder to send to your registered e-mail account.Import Auto Maintenance @ 490 Craighead Street, Nashville, TN 37204 If you are old-time Nashville, that's in the Melrose area — Craighead connects Nolensville Pike with eighth/Ave/south/Franklin Road. Call today @ six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero to schedule your vehicle maintenance appointment.Thats six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero Next time on my Constitutional Minute series, I will tell you the story of Roger Sherman of Connecticut, the only man to sign all five of our historic documents.

Yes, it's true you can get a $99 oil change just anywhere.Visit Import Auto Maintenance for their $60/Winter Special at importautomaintenance dot com; local shuttle service is available.They are more than the usual kid in the quick-change shops. Import Auto Maintenance creates a vehicle service report, including any recommended services. If your car is under factory warranty, you need this record of service. Import Auto creates a service reminder to send to your registered e-mail account.Import Auto Maintenance  at  490 Craighead Street, Nashville, TN 37204 If you are old-time Nashville, that's in the Melrose area — Craighead connects Nolensville Pike with eighth/Ave/south/Franklin Road. Call today @ six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero to schedule your vehicle maintenance appointment.Thats six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero 

Yes, it's true you can get a $99 oil change just anywhere.Visit Import Auto Maintenance for their $60/Winter Special importautomaintenance dot com for this special — local shuttle service is available.They are more than the usual kid in the quick-change shops.Import Auto Maintenance creates a vehicle service report, including any recommended services.If your car is under factory warranty, you need this record of service.Import Auto creates a service reminder to send to your registered e-mail account.Import Auto Maintenance @ 490 Craighead Street, Nashville, TN 37204 If you are old time Nashville, that's in the Melrose area — Craighead connects Nolensville Pike with eighth/Ave/south/Franklin Road. Call today @ six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero to schedule your vehicle maintenance appointment.Thats six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero 

Yes, it's true you can get a $99 oil change just anywhere.Visit Import Auto Maintenance for their $60/Winter Special importautomaintenance dot com for this special — local shuttle service is available.They are more than the usual kid in the quick-change shops.Import Auto Maintenance creates a vehicle service report, including any recommended services.If your car is under factory warranty, you need this record of service.Import Auto creates a service reminder to send to your registered e-mail account.Import Auto Maintenance @ 490 Craighead Street, Nashville, TN 37204 If you are old-time Nashville, that's in the Melrose area — Craighead connects Nolensville Pike with eighth/Ave/south/Franklin Road. Call today @ six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero to schedule your vehicle maintenance appointment.Thats six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero 

Yes, it's true you can get a $99 oil change just anywhere.Visit Import Auto Maintenance for their $60/Winter Special importautomaintenance dot com for this special — local shuttle service is available.They are more than the usual kid in the pit,  quick-change shop.Import Auto Maintenance creates a vehicle service report, including any recommended services.If your car is under factory warranty, you need this record of service.Import Auto creates a service reminder to send to your registered e-mail account.Import Auto Maintenance @ 490 Craighead Street, Nashville, TN 37204 If you are old-time Nashville, that's in the Melrose area — Craighead connects Nolensville Pike with eighth/Ave/south/Franklin Road. Call today @ six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero to schedule your vehicle maintenance appointment.Thats six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero 

Yes, it's true you can get a $99 oil change just anywhere.Visit Import Auto Maintenance for their $60/Winter Special importautomaintenance dot com for this special — local shuttle service is available.They are more than the usual kid in the quick-change shops.Import Auto Maintenance creates a vehicle service report, including any recommended services. If your car is under factory warranty, you need this record of service. Import Auto creates a service reminder to send to your registered e-mail account. Import Auto Maintenance @ 490 Craighead Street, Nashville, TN 37204 If you are old-time Nashville, that's in the Melrose area — Craighead connects Nolensville Pike with eighth/Ave/south/Franklin Road. Call today @ six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero to schedule your vehicle maintenance appointment.Thats six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero zero that's six one five — three two seven — nine six — zero 

This podcast series is sponsored by your friends at Import Auto Maintenance. They would like to see you. Actually, they want to see your favorite ride to give it that once-over lightly.  You know to change your oil and inspect those all-important belts and hoses.  No computer can do preventive maintenance; a computer fault is a failure. Seri might be too late. Visit ImportAuto.com for a $20 first visit coupon. Or call them on the phone at 615/327-9600 or visit their new location, 490 Craighead Street, 37204, for your navigator.  If you are old-time Nashville, that's in Melrose -- Craighead St connects Eighth Avenue South with Nolonsville Rd. If you are coming North on 65, exit at Wedgewood, turn right. Right at the next light, that's Bransford, and turn right when you see the  Coca-Cola plant -- that's Craighead.

Opening and closing piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church. This podcast is sponsored by MouseCalls of Bellevue (37-221) -- "The guys who beat the tech in the truck!" (emphasis added)More AI posturing — this time in Harper's Magazine — here's the specious content. ".... and microplastics inhibit oceanic carbon uptake …”This is a common misconception;  plastic can not exist at a microscopic level, it's a non-dissolvable solid. It's not digestible or biodegradable in any fashion.  There is even a commercial running in Nashville, Tennessee, using the same rubric, suggesting microplastics may exist in your kitchen faucet.  It just Ain't so!By the way, if it did, you would choke on your first glass. No living organism can absorb or digest any amount of plastic. If indeed you are concerned, drink only filtered water from your refrigerator, as a solid, plastic does not exist on a microscopic level. Scanned by iPhone Harpers Magazine/March 20-26 P/80

Piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church. Closing Banjo music courtesy of Banjo HangOut Alabama Jubilee,, used with permission. In September (17 87), during the ratification of the Constitution,  Delaware's lone delegate voted “No”

Piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church -- Be Still My Soul Barcelona's towering Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height(Text courtesy of WSJ 02/21/2026 P/A9)No, it hasn't. Basilica & Cathedral are not synonymous!The basilica is the square in front of a cathedral. The Pope blessing the crowd from the basilica of St Peter's is an invention of the press. “You can't learn anything from a podcast,”  says Bill O'Reilly! Yes, you can, you just have to find the right host, but the podcast genre is so broad that the listener has to be selective!  Most popular with audiences are those interview shows like Joe Rogan. His interviews are what I call “long form,” or greater than 45 minutes.  Unlike Larry King, Joe Rogan knows enough to let his guest be the star of the show. 

Closing piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church. Be Still My Soul. “You can't learn anything from a podcast,”  says Bill O'Reilly! Yes, you can, you just have to find the right host, but the podcast genre is so broad that the listener has to be selective! The most popular with audiences are those interview shows like Joe Rogan. His interviews are what I call “long form,” or greater than 45 minutes.  Unlike Larry King, Joe Rogan knows enough to let his guest be the star of the show. PS The only time I ever watched Larry King was when his guest was Judge Judy, she was terrific.My take is the opposite. I limit my interviews to a maximum of 45 minutes. Leave your listeners “wanting more”.  That's what next week is for. Of course, like everything else on the internet, we have blurred the distinction between audio/MP/3 and video/MP/4.  The audience doesn't care, but producers must. Video is much harder to edit for clarity; some professionals like Grammar Girl are able to find articulate and knowledgeable guests, which makes all the difference.Many of my interviews are with people just like you and me, and we make little stumbles and glitches with an occasional malapropism. I didn't mean to make a podcast tutorial, but there it is anyway.

Closing music by Blair string quartet recorded live by iPhone at Harpeth Church in 20-23Here's the problem — there's no upper case function on a Morse key, it's strictly binary (dots and dashes). Everyone knows that Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb, but he made his fortune in the world of telegraphy.  His seminal invention is still in use today, and if you watch Fox News business or Bloomberg, it's that scroll on the bottom of the screen, a stock ticker. Edison invented that before his lightbulb.By this time, the new world and the old had been linked by the Atlantic Cable (18-58). It was not a single wire, but a bundle of insulated wires, bound in gutta-purcha a forerunner of what we would call plastic. It connected London, in England to New York City, in the US. Messages were transmitted by electric current by Morse code (dots and dashes). 

Closing music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church.Jessie Owen personally ruined Hitler's Olympics by winning three gold medals. 100 Yard Dash, 200 Yard, and anchor man of the 4 by 400 Relay. At the time unheard of in track and field events.If you would like to read the whole story for yourself, you can find Nazi Games or Berlin Games, look for them on Amazon. I donated my copies to a church library. Meanwhile, Olympic Americans, who shouldn't have been there, were also winning gold. Read The Boys In The Boat.Next time on the Podcast Word Doctor, I'll explain to my colleague Grammar Girl, the origin of the term “full stop”/UK — There is no upper case on a Morse key.

Music courtesy of Dr. Ming Wang, recorded live at Steinway Piano Gallery in 2026, used with permission. We begin with a shopping note you might like to have.I'm a subscriber to Consumer Reports, and this month, March/April is the automotive annual and I found this advice on P/39 Brighten up the headlights and a product recommended by Sylvania Headlight restoration kit / $28/USI visit a local bank weekly, it's in a strip mall near my home, and I pass an Auto Zone, so I trotted in there with my copy of Consumer Reports — I had circled the magazine text. Yes, they had the product, but other brands for less than $28, including one Turtle Wax for $19.99, now I know Sylvania might know more about lights, but Turtle Wax knows car finishes.Volia, I get to the counter and discover an additional store discount of 20%, because I had joined before the advent of “club” shopping. PS You won't find this deal at Costco either. 

Closing piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, Lord Guide Me, used with permission.  Fast forward to our problems in Minnesota, particularly Minneapolis, and it's self designation as a “Sanctuary City…” That is also unconstitutional on its face, as my legal friends would say. No governor, mayor, or other authority may grant access to the United States; that's a federal issue.If the local authorities (meaning police) are not assisting other federal authorities in doing their duty, that state could be considered to be in Rebellion against the United States of America.The last time we went through this many brave men, on both sides, paid with their lives. Let's hope that cooler heads will prevail, and that Governor what's his name will finally come to his senses.

Piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church used with permission. However, I rarely listen to her podcast because I can read it online faster. Did you know that if you are an Apple user and work in Pages (Apple's word processing program). Seri will tell you how long it takes to read something or speak the content. For most of us, reading is 3X faster. In the big book of podcasting that I never got around to writing — It pays to read your script aloud — this avoids all those nasty little glitches & stumbles that come with our speech.

Opening music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church -- closing Down by The Riverside, played on a Spiro/Steinway Piano, recorded live by iPhone at the Apple Store in Green Hills (2014), used with permission. Here's your digital tip of the day:One of the most powerful features of your iPhone is Contacts, but saving texting links is “not supported”; at least there's no field for it, but like every other feature of any Apple device. There is a workaround, and here it is,First, create a Contact using “company,” ie NES —  Hit edit, and add the text number in FIRST name — Complete the listing with the message 6 3 7 7 9 7  O U TVolia, now the number and message show up in boldface. Of course, you still have to type in the number, but now you have a prompt and can switch between screens. (As long as you remembered to keep your phone charged). You don't have to struggle through NES messages to report an outage.

Opening & closing piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church. In every war movie (and M*A*S*H) medics carry no weapon of any description. That goes for nurses & doctors, too. Medics wear distinctive helmets with a red cross. Hoping the enemy won't fire on them. They don't even carry extra ammunition.  They are in the business of saving lives, not taking them. In Tennessee, we even have a law prohibiting carrying a weapon "for the purposes of being armed..." & concealed carry is allowed. 

Piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church; closing music: Dr. Ming Wang plays "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" on a two-string Chinese violin, recorded live by iPhone at Steinway Piano Studio, used with permission. Kroger and Publix don't want you to use cash; they prefer their payment app. At my local Publix, they “verify” every $20 bill.FYI/Before our money said: “In God We Trust”. Franklin's notes said: “'tis Death to Counterfeit”. 

Opening and closing music from Chasing Tuba Christmas from Paris, Tennessee, used with permission. Finally — If all else fails, Treat Yourself to a Mulligan (think do over). Lunar New Year is February 16, 2026.  In our calendar, that's FAT TUESDAY. Join me later this week for Chasing Tuba Christmas 20-25 from Nashville, Tennessee, celebrating 50 years of Tuba Christmas in Nashville, Tennessee, directed by G.R. Davis.

Music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, used with permission. Next on our literary excursion of the field of autonomous beings, we look at Blade Runner (1982) (replicants), and the cowardly computer HAL from 2001 (A Space Odyssey - 1968)I wish to acknowledge Jerome George for the LinkedIn post of January 3, 2026. "Asimov introduced his famous Three Laws of Robotics in the 1942 short story 'Runaround,' creating what would become the ethical cornerstone of robotics discourse for decades."

Come, The Fount of Every Blessing, courtesy of Banjo HangOut, used with permission.  Bugle call “To the Colors” courtesy of USAF Band It's a simple matter of sovereignty, no matter what Governor Walz might think, ICE has an absolute right to apprehend so-called migrants in Minnesota or Memphis, Tennessee! And that individual who attempts to interfere does so at their peril. We keep using the term “migrants,” but that's another misnomer. The word migrant implies a return to their own country, and those flooding our southern border have no such intention. 

This is the final appearance of music from Tuba Christmas (20-25), recorded live via iPhone at Bowling Green, KY -- used with permission. Issac Asimoff was a science fiction writer. not a scientist or philosopher!.I wish to acknowledge Jerome George for the LinkedIn post of January 3, 2026. Since it's copyrighted material, I will read only the highlighted prose from the yellow sheets. 

Music courtesy of Tuba Christmas, Bowling Green, Ky, used with permission. Shame On You, WSJ/weekend editionHere's the offending phrase:Chief Executive Officer MikeLindell has faced legal and fi-financial troubles for spreadingfalse claims the 2020 presi-dential election was stolenfrom Trump because of wide-spread fraud.WSJ/Weekend edition p/A9 Mike Lindel has done more for the state of Minnesota than Tim Walz — He gave jobs to Americans.Tim Walz let so-called migrants steal our wealth and fund Helzbola. “Thank God and Greyhound he's gone!”

Music courtesy of Tuba Christmas, Bowling Green, KY -- used with permission."NAPA, Calif.-When PeterAllen spots a Kirkland Signature Malbec from Argentina onthe shelves, he holds up the bottle and grins:A resident of wine country, Allen can sip hard-to-find vintages at any of the 400-plus local wineries. He comes to Costco. "To know this only cost $7?" WSJ 12/28/20- PA/1 - below the foldText Scanned by iPhone -- reproduced as scanned.Trust me, fans, the print edition is Australia, not Argentina, but it's all good; they both have Pacific coasts and are in the southern hemisphere. You also need to be aware that the current rate of change is that one Australian dollar is worth .67 US. 

Tuba Christmas live from Bowling Green, Kentucky, music recorded via iPhone & My interview with the empressiro of Tuba Christmas, Bowling Green Chris Schmidt

Music courtesy of Tuba Christmas, Harriman, Tennessee, recorded live by iPhone. In this program, my list of the worst ideas

Music of Tuba Christmas S//xxiii #5 for 20-25 - from the Princess Theatre a resurrected movie venue from the thirties and forties. As a youngster, I went to Saturday matinees at a theater like this in Bridgeport, Connecticut -- I recognized the architecture. Tuba music recorded live via iPhone and reproduced with permission. 

My interview with Carmen Sanders (The only Dive of Tuba Christmas) & G.R. Davis, my longest-running Tuba Christmas Guest. 

Opening and closing music from Chasing Tuba Christmas from Paris, Tennessee, used with permission. Finally — If all else fails, Treat Yourself to a Mulligan (think do over). Lunar New Year is February 16, 2026.  In our calendar, that's FAT TUESDAY. Join me later this week for Chasing Tuba Christmas 20-25 from Nashville, Tennessee, celebrating 50 years of Tuba Christmas in Nashville, Tennessee, directed by G.R. Davis.

Be sure to donate to the Holiday Channel on WQXR, 197 Varrick St, New York, New York -- be sure to write Chasing Tuba Christmas in the subject line. -- Next Time Chasing Tuba Christmas from Nashville, Tennessee -- Celebrating 50 years of Tuba Christmas -- Tuba music recorded live via iPhone, used with permission. 

The biggest two-for in free show business -- Tuba Christmas & the Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble -- At Tuba Christmas, the audience is free, and the players have paid for the privilege of entertaining you. Featuring the poet laureate of Gallatin, with The Road Sound of Christmas. 

Tuba music courtesy of Tuba Christmas, Knoxville, Tennessee, used with permission.. Why consider high-tech solutions for a low-tech problem, or the perils of using poorly generated AI images? If this were a real thermal photo, that dog

Music recorded live by iPhone -- used with permission next in this series from Gallatin, Tennessee -- The Round Sound of Tuba Christmas by the poet laureate of Tuba Christmas. 

Closing music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church -- Great is Thy Faithfulness, used with permission. All mechanical vehicles need maintenance for the moving parts other than motive power, such as transmission,  tires, suspension, brakes, cooling systems, etc. It's also true that electric motors tend to be extremely reliable and may deliver adequate power, but please remember every EV requires four hours or more of charging time. Yes, I can hear the cries now — there is a “quick charge” option, but it costs the user four times as much and has to be built into the charging station. “Overcharging” is the source of fires, just ask the City of Nashville about the library garage fire.

Piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church, used with permission. Champagne is also known jokingly as bubbly, and indeed, there's a local restaurant known as “Mere Bulles” or Mother Bubbly, if my French has not failed me completely.  The complaints about champagne “bubbles up my nose" are mainly from the use of coups, which have a greater “delivery area," and/or raising the glass too quickly after the last pour.See James Burke Connections 1978 episode 8 Eat, Drink and Be Merry “Feeding these large armies became a problem for Napoleon, which caused the innovation of bottled food. The bottled food was first put in champagne bottles…”

Piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church.Since the late 90s, there have been a number of French producers who have acquired or opened California wineries, and produce a very fine “sparkling” pinot noir, champagne in every sense except name.If you want advice on domestic champagne — I'm still your guy.Next podcast in this series: The science of bubbles explained. Join me then, won't you? It's a Wizard of iPhone Speaks Special.

Opening piano music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church. Closing banjo music courtesy of Banjo HangOut -- used with permission. Come, The Fount of Every Blessing.Data Centers are neither electricity nor water hogs. Seri gets it wrong again. We'll examine this headline from the Philadelphia Inquirer As data center water demand surges, rivals American Water and Aqua are mergingJoseph N. DiStefano 2 hours ago