The Sunday Six

Always a day late and a dollar short, that girl.  Nevertheless, herewith, the Saturday Become Sunday Six:

1. What one song or melody can make you smile even when you're having a rotten day?

"Eight Days a Week" by the Beatles ---  four of us lip-synched our way through this in a sixth grade talent show (I was John, of course).  It takes me back to what seemed like a carefree and innocent time just before the Sixties really happened.
 
2. What are your plans for the day?  How much of it do you think you'll actually accomplish?

Well, I was going to finish grading 35 8th grade essay exams on Colonial America and I did that.  I was going to go to the library to do my reserve reading on Michelangelo and I did that.  I have a prayer group at church tonight and I'll do that because I'm committed to drive someone else.  I have to read 16 9th grade paragraphs about Tang-Song China  and I'll probably do that.  I also have to grade 16 9th grade essay exams about China and I'm betting that that isn't going to happen.  Isn't Desperate Housewives on tonight?  Oh, and there's that econ chapter on the free enterprise system that I have to teach tomorrow. . .
 
3. What television show do you most enjoy watching when you're all alone and can devote your complete attention to it?

I cannot imagine devoting my complete attention to a television show.  I always read or work at the same time.  It drives my daughter crazy because I'm always asking her what just happened.

4. What was the last thing you remember arguing with someone about?

The topic: remembering to buy cat litter and laundry detergent at the grocery.  It seems that someone is not aware that these are weekly purchases because I am the one who always, and, until yesterday, without complaint, makes the extra trip to buy them.
 
5. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #45 from Bud:  Inspired by this article on cell phone technology, he asks, "What is your most aggravating public experience with a cell-phone user?"

Yesterday morning I walked to the small nearby lake.  No one was there.  I was leaning over the bridge, totally immersed in my own completely silent contemplation of the extremely beautiful morning when I heard a raspy voice say, "Well?  Is Joan coming?  I'm here -- I thought she was going to show up!"  I had been oblivious to the car pulling up and the woman getting out, but I couldn't block out the conversation that she had decided she needed to have Right Then and There.

6. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #46 from Stacy:  Did you watch the Super Bowl and if you did, do you like the commercials, the half-time show OR the ceremony following the game the best?

Nope.  I would have watched Paul McCartney if I'd known about it.  I've been assured that I didn't miss much.  I sure would have loved to hear him sing "Hey, Jude," though.

It's still winter.  Early this morning there was something odd in the sky -- oh!  the sun.  I hardly remember it.