Week Five (12/8-14)

For days I had a Christmas song stuck in my head. The bad part is I could only remember a small fraction of the words, mostly the words that repeated a lot, so what had been going through my brain was:


Ding, dong, ding, dong.... silver bells...caroling...sing something ...merry, merry, merry Christmas....Ding, dong.


I knew there were a lot of other words sung really fast, but it was a faded memory in my old brain. I'd wake up and the first thought was "ding dong...silver bells..." At bed time I was drifting off to: "sing what? Ring a bell? merry, merry, merry, Christmas..."

After several days I remembered I had a computer. I still forget sometimes that answers to questions no longer have to drive you crazy.

I think that having a computer lets you put off that feeling of loosing your mind for a little longer as you age. But will I memorize this song so next year I won't have to be driven crazy? Naw! I have a computer for that!

I want to raise my eggnog in a toast to the Internet for it's help. Thankfully I'm a little less crazy today.

Carol of the Bells [traditional]

Hark how the bells,
sweet silver bells,
all seem to say,
throw cares away
Christmas is here,
bringing good cheer,
to young and old,
meek and the bold.


Ding dong ding dong
that is their song
with joyful ring
all caroling.


One seems to hear
words of good cheer
from everywhere
filling the air.


Oh how they pound,
raising the sound,
o'er hill and dale,
telling their tale.


Gaily they ring
while people sing
songs of good cheer,
Christmas is here.


Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas,
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas.
On on they send,
on without end,
their joyful tone
to every home.


Ding dong ding... dong!



What did I learn this week?

Not the words to that song!