Well, today was orthodox Christmas and I still haven't sent letters or notes to people -- either e-notes or real mail notes. I hope it will happen soon. I wrote a generic letter to send out, but need to add some individualized messages for some. I hope it will happen before lunar new year. <smile>
At the office, I celebrated with a colleague who delivered her retirement letter yesterday. While there still is a whole term to go, she sounded very excited about the prospect of the research writing projects she hasn't been able to get to for a long time. I understand the situation only too well. Her research is very interesting -- tracing the etymology of French words in Acadian communities in Atlantic Canada. Very cool.
Tonight was also the first night class that I am taking this year -- another music course -- The Beatles. Tonight we looked at their childhood years and the beginning of the music groups. We stopped at the beginning of 1962 -- when the whole thing really began to explode. The instructor truly loves the topic and told me he didn't even consider this course work. That is wonderful to here. He has a great delivery style with facts and humor interjected. It bodes well for the term. <smile>
The selection for today is from the earliest recordings of the Beatles. It was written by Lennon and McCartney and was part of many on the infamous Decca records audition tape. A Decca Records executive refused to sign the band, which led to the songs being shopped around and the group picked up by Parlophone Records, a subsidiary of EMI. It was here that Ringo became the permanent drummer when Pete Best was ousted by George Martin. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Like Dreamers Do -- The Beatles
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