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Friday, October 07, 2005
Bye bye, Ms American Pie, Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry. That song has gotten through my thick skull and it's resonating within the walls of my cranium. I never knew that a song tribute could be so deep... My eyes were glued to the screen when I first saw the lyrics... The song was by Don Mclean, as a tribute to his good friend Buddy Holly who died on Feb 2nd 1959 in a plane crash due to a snowstorm in Iowa... 2 other musicians died too (can't remember who. They were quite prominent at that time), and since the world got the news on Feb 3rd, that day is called 'The day music died'. Interesting eh? Yanne, it's not 'cirque de soliel', but 'cirque DU soliel'. FYI, it's a circus that's performing (has performed?) Quidam in Singapore... Re-reading 'Tuesdays with Morrie' in depth... Skimmed through it twice, and so I've resolved to give my bereft mind some knowledge to soak up. Shall type an abstract from the book which I think is interesting later. The dental checkup yesterday left an imprint, both metaphorically and literally, on me. It's branded the word 'fear' in place of 'dental appointments' in my mind, and left a cut in my gums. Ouch... I am sure you people are rejoicing that finally I have to shut up. Hmmph. Here's the abstract. 'It is 1979, a basketball game in the Brandeis gym. The team is doing well, and the student section begins a chant, "We're number one! We're number one!" Morrie is siting nearby. He is puzzle by the cheer. At one point, in the midst of "We're number one!", he rises and yells, "What's wrong with being number two?" The students look at him. They stop chanting. He sits down, smiling and truimphant.' -Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom. Summarizes on what I've always been saying about competition. 12:42 PM
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