Hey everybody!
Hope you've been doing well. The Tuckgraph Show is on hiatus, this declaration coming from the Master of the Obvious! 
I thought I might do some shorter, moment of thought stuff.
I was on my way home from work tonight. I work late on Friday nights. On these late night rides home, I listen to a radio show called "Coast to Coast." Normally, it's way out there. They talk about aliens, astral projection, conspiracy theories, all kinds of whacko stuff. I find it very entertaining!
But when I tuned in tonight, the subject was Life Changing Experiences. The host was taking callers with their stories. Any story.
I was getting on the highway home when Julie called in. This is her story.
In 1963, Julie was 13 years old. She lived in El Paso, Texas, and loved the radio. She especially loved the disc jockey's, and went crazy when they had one of those telephone call in competitions to win an album or concert tickets. Or whatever. Seventh caller wins!
One night, one of her favorite dj's had a giveaway. Julie made it through the busy signals, and the phone rang! They answered and put her on hold. They were playing a song while she waited. I think she said it was "Popsicles and Lollipops," or something like that. She knew the song, and started singing it while waiting on hold. Just passing time.
When the dj got back to her, he complimented her on her singing. He was very impressed. Julie was flattered, but still wanted to know, "Did I win the prize?" The dj said yes, but he wanted to know something else. He told her that he had a local tv show, and would like her to perform on it.
As Julie told it, she did sing on the tv show. In fact, she performed on the show from 1963 to 1976. It was just a local show, but it was a big deal to her.
As she told her story, I wondered why she knew about this radio disc jockey, but didn't know about his tv show. She's blind.
Her world was that radio. And he happened to listen to her that magical day, while she was on hold. He heard her singing, not knowing her special circumstance, and changed her life forever.
That was a nice ride home!
TG