You know how you sometimes get a song stuck in your head (“earworm”) for a day or so? Eventually they go away or get replaced by another. Except… For the last couple of months I’ve had three songs on shuffle in my head. That in itself is not out of the ordinary, but these particularContinue reading “Mental Jukebox”
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Carol, You’re Fired
Songs get so easily stuck in my head. When I was in Dublin, after a cabaret performance, I had “Sweet Molly Malone” playing on an endless loop. The chorus of “Alive-O” literally kept me awake most of the night. Christmas time is the worst. When stores begin playing the songs so early they start toContinue reading “Carol, You’re Fired”
Rod Stewart Again?
What makes a teacher great? The answer to today’s prompt also prompted a return of the Rod Stewart earworm from a few weeks ago. “Passion.” I always read my student evaluations, and of course always reacted poorly to negative comments. I think most college professors are more sensitive to those than the positive ones. WeContinue reading “Rod Stewart Again?”
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