Sometimes I write songs, but sometimes I write parodies. I’ve written a few since high school, just for fun. The idea comes to me and it usually goes pretty easily. This one came to me recently, I have no idea where the idea came from though. 😉
(With full apologies to Sammy Hagar)
**I Just Turned 55**
One foot on the brake, and one on the gas, hey
There’s so much traffic, driving past me
So I tried my best to get outta the way
I saw lots of middle fingers and heard honking all day
Go on and pass me doin’ 65
I may be old but I’m still alive
Suspend my license, check my eyes
I just turned 55, oh no, ow
So I’m tryin’ to exit number 24, hey
But I can’t wait any more, huh
I was getting passed left and right
At this rate, I’ll be stuck here all night
But damn, I gotta pee
Pass me doin’ 65
I may be old but I’m still alive
Suspend my license, check my eyes
I just turned 55
(I just turned 55)
(I just turned 55)
(I just turned 55)
(I just turned) 55, ow!
When I drive on the road, you know it’s hard to see
And I have to stop all the time just to pee
What used to take two hours now takes all day
Huh, it took me 16 hours to get to L.A.
Go on and pass me doin’ 65
I may be old but I’m still alive
Suspend my license, check my eyes
I just turned 55
Oh no, no, I just turned (I just turned 55)
I just turned (I just turned 55)
(I just turned 55)
(I just turned 55)
Oh good, my last post was almost the exact same gripe as from a month ago. I thought it felt familiar. Sorry for the redundancy.
I think it’s dumb that most weather forecasts talk about the lows on “Wednesday night” when they actually mean the low temp on Thursday morning, just before sunrise. Who thinks of anytime after 2 or 3 am as part of the previous day’s night? Apple’s Weather app gets this right.
[apple.news](https://apple.news/AhgFUxuzlT9SDjUvTS6zirQ)
> Despite Everything You Think You Know, America Is on the Right Track – The Atlantic
Lisa Marie Presley was two days younger than me.
Last September I paid $200 to replace the battery in my 2018 MacBook Pro. Last weekend it was completely dead. Apple is telling me it will be $678+tax to send it to a repair center. Could it cost even more to repair? I couldn’t tell from her answer.
Fix it or replace it?
When people talk about last year being a bad year, I think of equanimity and the parable of the farmer and the horse, shared and explained here. https://www.coaching-online.org/chinese-farmer-parable/
In fact, I try not to get caught up in judging things as good or bad at all.
My body clock is ridiculous. No matter what time I go to bed, I almost slowest wake up before 6 am, 7 at the latest. For instance, I got about four hours of sleep after last night’s festivities. Cripes.