A few different folks on my Facebook feed posted pictures of their kid standing in front of a store, with a collection can, raising money for their junior sports teams.
I flashed back to being 8 and 9, when they'd make us dress in our full Pioneer League baseball uniform, and plunk us in front of Shaws or Kmart, and have us panhandle for change.
I looked at those pictures on my Facebook feed and thought, "That's when I started my complete hatred/fear of asking for money."
Which made me laugh. Because I was looking at these pictures on Facebook as a way to procrastinate from preparing for the Fall Friends of mvyradio Drive.
So . . . Hey! Would you like to donate some money to support a very important local organization?
Can I look at you with my pleading, 8 year old eyes?
Well, at least for the Friends Drive, if you make a donation of $100, we'll give you the new Paul McCartney record.
For the Pioneer League, I think they only gave you a ticket that said you donated.
So . . . WooHoo! Paul McCartney CD! Donate!
Yeah, it hasn't gotten any easier for me.
Hear the song on Youtube.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Paul McCartney "New"
You probably made up your mind about Paul McCartney a long time ago.
You either think he's a genius, continuing to do genius work. Or you think he's kinda hacky, and he's just hacking along.
I'm not here to convince you one way or another.
Over the weekend, I was catching little snippets of updates about Diana Nyad, who was attempting to swim from Havana to Key West.
It wasn't until late yesterday, when she had achieved her longtime goal, that I heard a news report actually mention her age.
I had assumed this person so intent on such an athletic feat, was in her 20s or 30s.
Sixty-Four.
Paul McCartney zipped past 64 nearly a decade ago. But he keeps making records, long past an age he once wonder had any worth whatsoever.
He'll likely never make another song as great as "Let It Be." And when you are in your 70s, neither will you.
That's not the point. It doesn't matter if, in your old age, you are achieving feats that no one thought were possible or you are creating just a shadow of your former output.
The point is, that to be alive, you need to keep jumping in the water and swimming anyway.
And in the end, that's the thing to take away.
Hear "New" on Youtube.
Hear "When I'm 64" on Youtube.
You either think he's a genius, continuing to do genius work. Or you think he's kinda hacky, and he's just hacking along.
I'm not here to convince you one way or another.
Over the weekend, I was catching little snippets of updates about Diana Nyad, who was attempting to swim from Havana to Key West.
It wasn't until late yesterday, when she had achieved her longtime goal, that I heard a news report actually mention her age.
I had assumed this person so intent on such an athletic feat, was in her 20s or 30s.
Sixty-Four.
Paul McCartney zipped past 64 nearly a decade ago. But he keeps making records, long past an age he once wonder had any worth whatsoever.
He'll likely never make another song as great as "Let It Be." And when you are in your 70s, neither will you.
That's not the point. It doesn't matter if, in your old age, you are achieving feats that no one thought were possible or you are creating just a shadow of your former output.
The point is, that to be alive, you need to keep jumping in the water and swimming anyway.
And in the end, that's the thing to take away.
Hear "New" on Youtube.
Hear "When I'm 64" on Youtube.
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