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Some Solace For a Sunday

In between saving the world, give the world a chance to save you occasionally
Tony Fisk

Time out.You can't save the world every day. Life goes on (which is, after all, why one wants to save the world)Anyway, it can have its uses as well, as we discovered when clearing out my daughter's room (to elaborate on what someone once said: the poor and a teenager's bedroom you will always have with you!), we came across some of her old DVDs, including that 'Mamma Mia' ABBA movie from a few years ago.Remember ABBA? Of course you do. They're a part of the golden oldies circuit.How is it possible, these days of ReDS, food shortages, displaced millions, power squabbles and general nummish* attitudes, to get solace from some blonde Eurovision contest winners from the seventies?Apart from dewy-eyed nostalgia, have a look at these lyrics for I have a Dream:I have a dream, a song to singTo help me cope with anythingIf you see the wonder of a fairy taleYou can take the future even if you failSo, in between saving the world, give the world a chance to save you occasionally.Message to IgDrip: I will 'cross the stream' when I choose, and I will *not* be coming over any time soon.

 

*num: I gather from a competent (16yo) authority that this is the current slang for a 'negative sum thinker'.  A griefer to oldies like me. Zero sum thinkers are 'zummers' (aka parents). So , of course, positive-sum thinkers (guess who?) are ... 'possums'!

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Nov 16
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  • mudmama
    Nov 17
    I could hug ya Tony :-) I think I have a Dream should be the theme song for 21st Century Wonder Tales. I actually started crying reading this post. I don't know if I'm all emotional about the official game ending or about the 11th anniversary of a whole bunch of heavy stuff, or just because a bit of nostalgia makes me soppy. But thanks possum :-)
  • PonyXpress
    Nov 17
    Educational. I think it may be the highest honor available to date. It needs a badge. A superstruct... a movement...
  • PonyXpress
    Nov 17
    Genius! Please see the new Superstruct called Possums.
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