Thank you

I just want to post that I am glad I got to grow up and live in a world that had the brilliant Tom Lehrer in it. 

I remember one night in the 70's when my Dad came home with two albums he'd picked up at a carport sale. He'd never heard of Lehrer before, either, but they'd caught his eye.

The first one he put on was "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer." As the first song "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" crackled over the speakers I remember laughing hysterically until I was crying. This continued, as we went from that record to "That Was The Year That Was." I completely lost it over "Pollution."

I've never stopped listening to him. Probably the only mathematics professor I can say that about.

His entire output was surprisingly small, all of it created over a few years in the 1950's - 1960's (with a few for the kids' show "The Electric Company" in the 70's) before he decided he'd had enough.

Although there have been many good ones, to me American satire songwriters are, at the highest level, limited to a trinity of Tom Lehrer, Weird Al Yankovic, and Allan Sherman.

Those of you who have no idea who I'm talking about, just Google him. Listen to his songs (and the preceding live introductions). Some of it is dated, most not, but all of it is excellent.

Thank you for the music, Tom.

IG

Discerning

Mary returned from lunch to find an older fellow sitting in the lobby, quietly reading. We didn't have any patients scheduled for that time.

Mary: "Hi, can I help you, sir?"

Mr. Natgeo: (turns a page, doesn't look up) "Thank you, I have an appointment with Dr. Intouch."

Mary: "Her office is right across the hall, this is Drs. Grumpy & Pissy's office."

Mr. Natgeo: "I know, I told them I'm in here, they said they'll come get me when they're ready to take me back."

Mary: "Oh, okay. Her lobby must be packed today."

Mr. Natgeo: "No, it's just that you guys have much better magazines."