Thursday, November 23, 2006

Toast ...

Writer's block over your own life - how pathetic is that? (Note: Rhetorical) But really, nothin'. Toast. I made mental notes that I switched the radio to NPR during my commute this week and put Pink Floyd's, Wish You Were Here in the CD player last weekend but while a change in pattern for me, these things didn't seem noteworthy enough for topics. Yet, maybe they do signify something. Age? Depression? Looking for change? (Note: I typically don't listen to Pink Floyd or NPR, tho' I am a fan of some of their writers) I'm going to go with nostalgia.

I recently read "If I Had A Stammer" by Meghan Daum, one of the essays in Bookmark Now (edited by Kevin Smokler, worth reading, go buy it). In "Stammer" Daum mentions a level of sentimentality that comes on with age ... it got me thinking. Does the scan to 88.5 or the latest addition to the CD collection put me in the "sentimentality" camp? If not, maybe the posting old pics of my grandparents in their younger years on Flickr was my entry ticket.

Shedding a little light on people past for holiday current, Happy Thanksgiving ... Toast.