How is it August already?  I will soon start gearing up for the upcoming school year, and the canoe livery will be winding down for another year.  By the time the school year is finished, I am eager for all of the craziness that is the canoe livery.  By Labor Day, I am more than ready for the next school year.  Right now, I am excited for the new school year to begin. The planning has indeed already begun!

On a historical note, MTV debuted with “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles on this date 43 years ago.  I can’t imagine a more perfect first video, especially considering that the year was 1981.  Campy and self-aware, it set the stage for a solid 15 year run of great music videos.  That may be a joke, and even a meme, but it isn’t far from the truth.  By 2000, the MTV we grew up with and loved – the MTV that took Madonna and Michael Jackson to new levels of stardom – turned primarily to reality TV never to return to its roots.  Gen X and Xenniels remember …