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Today’s Cryptogram W AEH CHOQ KWAMUWT WLJFYX OKH UJLAX GHMJLH OKH OLFOK KWQ W VKWYVH OJ CHO EOQ ZWYOQ JY. UEYQOJY VKFLVKEAA You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications, unfortunately they are copyrighted so we can't use them here. So, we're just going to make up our own. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram) Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated....

Just finished shooting the initial day for a commercial at L.A. 's subway system because we thought it was going to rain and didnt want the actors to get wet for later outside shots.. The stupid overpaid teachers were making a big ruckus and taking the trains to DT L.A to protest again. I know for a fact, these clowns would never get caught taking the subway and ride cars to work. Our director told them to nicely pipe down/shut up due to the scene and it was costing us per scene He even added he gets it but this...

Kevin Costner is still making movies, more for a TV audience than the big screen, but just the same, many are very entertaining. If you haven't seen "Draft Day", currently available on Amazon Prime, it's worth watching. I won't give you much of the story, but let me say, it's a feel good movie, about a Cleveland Browns General Manager, Sonny Weaver (Costner), who just eight hours before the start of the NFL Draft, agrees to deal his Number 7 pick this year, and his 1st round pick for the next two years for the overall number 1 owned by...

Today’s Cryptogram RQN IBY KQVJSJPB IKQ GVPRQK UP QIGE PUEQK UEIB QJUEQK HJSEU XKQWQK. UEPHIR HPKQ Any solution time under 8 minutes is good on this one. Under 4 excellent, and under 2 exceptional. You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications, unfortunately they are copyrighted so we can't use them here. So, we're just going to make up our own. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram) Beware, the game...

Ranch Radio is all about inclusion, diversity, equality and social justice, which is why we dedicate today's tune to the thousands of feminists who visit our channel each day. The song is Adam, recorded by Wayne Raney in 1953. Other tunes on Ranch Radio by Raney are Lost John Boogie and Gone With The Wind This Morning.  THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Actress Carol Channing dead at age 97. RIP.

[Slideshow] It’s no secret that there’s a lot more to some songs than meets the eye. Some have hidden meanings, while others are so deeply personal to the songwriter that the average listener couldn’t possibly hope to understand. There are some completely misunderstood songs out there, though; songs whose lyrics have been so misconstrued by people over the years that the original intention was lost completely. Whether it is because of urban legend, misleadingly sweet chords that eschew sinister lyrics, or just plain misinterpretation, when the public gets hold of a song, it can morph into something entirely new.

To kick off a Swingin' Monday here's the Tune Wranglers with Let's Go. Recorded on Feb. 24, 1937 in San Antonio and released on Bluebird as B-6900. That's Tom Dickey on fiddle. Other numbers by the Tune Wranglers available on Ranch Radio are Red's Tight Like That and Oh Look At That Baby.

Today’s Cryptogram WDGSM LBILYBSKLDB LF CZSMDTFJ NLKO S OSMD. O. Y. NZMMF Hint: You should recognize the 3rd word is a verb, and that should give you the 2nd letter of the 5th word, which gives you the first letter of the author’s last name. The double letters, should give you a clue to the author’s name. Throw in the single letter 6th word and you’re off to the races on this one. You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications, unfortunately they are copyrighted so...

See tonight's last Ray Donovan (episode 12) for this season and you will get it. The music that is. For me Ray D ranks up there with Sopranos, Breaking Bad and Billions. Billions is back in March.

"Butterfly Dance" from Joseph Blanchard's album "Morning Light." Recorded in the hospital lobby where he volunteers. Note the lack of music on the piano. Joe can't read music, and composes and then remembers. Usually. May someone always be there to record him. http://www.joeblanchard.com

Our gospel tune today is Jesus Is The Answer by The Burchfield Family. The tune is on their 2017 CD I Rejoice. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Today's Cryptogram: B'EA QAEAJ VBDKAN U XUQ NAUN, SMZ B KUEA JAUN DIXA ISBZMUJBAD VBZK PJAUZ HCAUDMJA. XUJF ZVUBQ Some quick clues. WE find the familiar second word with second and forth letters the same. We have a comma, followed by a three-letter word that can only be one of two conjunctions. Then the one letter word that follows, should be obvious. You should have some common letters here before you put your pencil to the paper, which starts your time. Solution to our last puzzle is in the first reply below. Please don’t post a “spoiler” solution in the...

Together, Pat and Shirley Boone were a singing sensation. ‘Let Me Call You Sweetheart’, ‘Side By Side’ and ‘Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)’ are just three of the many hit songs they made famous before going on to raise their legendary family of singers that touched lives around the world. Now the matriarch of the Boone Family Singers has passed on, but she will not be forgotten. Her love of Jesus, kindness and compassion will be remembered, her music will live on and the world will continue to be impacted through her children.According to news reports...

Shirley Boone, the wife of legendary 1950’s singer Pat Boone, has died. She was 84. Shirley passed away peacefully on Friday morning at the pair’s home in Beverly Hills after suffering complications from vasculitis, which she had contracted less than a year ago. In her final moments, Shirley was surrounded by her husband of 65 years and the couple’s four daughters, Cherry, Lindy, Debby and Laury, all of whom were by her bedside singing hymns to her as she passed.

If [insert_famous_jazz_musician_here] calls and wants his style back, I'm not in. For a free download of "Montgomery Boulevard" click here, click on Buy Now, and choose $0.

Today's Cryptogram: IXN VONBI IXZUV BQCYI VNIIZUV CDTNO ZF IXBI SCY TCU'I DCFN BDD IXN CIXNO BVNF SCY'LN QNNU. RBTNDNZUN D'NUVDN Many obvious words today! You should recognize the 8th word, and possibly the 10th too. That should get you started. The last two words should will take you quickly to the finish line. Anything under 4 minutes would be good. Under 2 minutes, exceptional. Solution to our last puzzle is in the first reply below. Please don’t post a “spoiler” solution in the general posting, but you can post it in my private reply. Feel free to offer the...

Henry Livingston writes from the point of view of a lump of gold in the ground, which is then turned into a gold American Eagle coin.

TGIFF! Its Fiddle Friday and we have Merle 'Red' Taylor with his 1984 recording of Red Head Rag. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/