One of the homies, who didn’t know at the time this is already one of my ten favorite songs of all time, turned me on to this version… Those horns… The choral arrangement… When the organ comes in and you get a little gospel influence… My God. My God. Enjoy.
empathy: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for this We had a nice little team potluck at the Office […]
Not even a week. I had something nice and upbeat to start the weekend, but about an hour before I got here I heard about Nice. And the timeline seems to be less than thrilled with the latest Town Hall (but I expected that). So Soapbox Sunday will be on in a couple days. […]
So if this week, we’re trying to squeeze in some pure, escapist pop fun… Don’t act surprised. Enjoy!
No ulterior motives today, at least not consciously. Just heard this today and had to play it back a few times. So beautiful. Enjoy!
My all time starting five for guys who I saw at least a part of their peak in my lifetime: Magic is my starting point guard (because OF COURSE HE IS!) Jordan at the 2 (come on, I’m not crazy…) LeBron at small forward (this last one just confirmed his spot for me) Hakeem […]
So, my plan coming out of Ramadan was for today to be the first ‘Soapbox Sunday’, where I’ll just talk about whatever’s on my mind. But last week was…yeah… So we’ll continue to monitor what’s going on. God willing, nothing else that screams EMERGENCY goes down in the next seven days. Ideally, this week will […]
Today was a good day. My appetite is starting to return. I touched base with some of my creative soulmates and we’re still on good terms. I had lunch with my Office mates and got the necessary teasing. I answered some questions about Islam and Ramadan and what the past month has been like for […]
While I was away, I did notice Cirque and company put out an official video to this version of the song, the ‘truest’ one to George in my humble opinion. Enjoy!
Deep breaths. That was my initial reaction when it occurred to me how much Arabic I have forgotten over the years. It’s one (admirable) thing to commit to breaking your bad habits; it’s another thing altogether to really wrap your head around how much work you have in front of you. So, the Buddhist influence […]
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