Elvis Blog – Post #59 – On the Road Again

DATELINE: 1-95 North Carolina To Florida
Remembering Sunday 23 September 2012

ELVIS QUOTE:
“I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.”

ELVIS TRIVIA:
Which member of the Beatles said, “Before Elvis, there was nothing”?

ELVIS HISTORY:
September 25 1954
Another Elvis record release, this time Good Rockin’ Tonight and I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine. In late 1954 the Presley family moved to 2414 Lamar Avenue, Memphis.

NORTH CAROLINA:
Sunday 23 September 2012
After the morning session, Karen and I will head back to Florida. It all went by too quickly. Sisters in Crime National was the major sponsor of this event and it was wonderful. This morning we saw a reenactment of a police chase complete with the “escapees” being handcuffed and arrested. Tonight, at the banquet, they said the surprise guest would be really big. And this was really big. “Don Knotts” came in, wearing his Mayberry Deputy Uniform, and helped pass out gift baskets to the winners—I was one of them. Of cours,e I didn’t have my camera. Marsha Clark was also a surprise to me—she was really charming and funny. Lee Child, cool as ever, spoke on the evolution of story-telling and writing.

JOKE OF THE DAY:
Harry, who spent his whole life in the desert, had never seen a train or RR tracks. Finally coming to the city, he stands in the middle of a RR track. He hears a whistle but doesn’t move. He’s thrown to the side of the tracks and receives minor internal injuries and broken bones. After his hospitalization, he’s at his friend’s house. While in the kitchen, he hears the teakettle whistling. He grabs a baseball bat and batters the teakettle into a lump of metal. His friend sees this and asks the desert man, “Why’d you ruin my good tea kettle?” Harry replies, “Man, you gotta kill these things when they’re small.”

RECIPE OF THE DAY:
Chipotle-Lime Butter-Pecan Mashed Sweet Potatoes:
You’ll need 4 sweet potatoes
Pierce potatoes 4 times per side
Microwave 8 min on high, turn after 4 min
Cool slightly, scoop out pulp, mash in a bowl
Stir in 1 T brown sugar, 2 T milk, 1 T lime juice, 1 ½ tsp finely chopped chipotle chile in adobo sauce, ½ tsp adobo sauce, & 1/8 tsp salt
192 cal per ½ cup. 0 fat
If you top with pecans, add some more calories

TRIVIA ANSWER:
John Lennon