From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V12 #119 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Monday, February 6 2012 Volume 12 : Number 119 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [RS] To Make You Feel My Love (off topic, sorta...) [Pete Jameson Subject: Re: [RS] To Make You Feel My Love (off topic, sorta...) Sage advice, indeed. Pierre On Feb 4, 2012, at 10:07 PM, Carol Love wrote: > Pete wrote: > >> Sarcasm does NOT play well in email, Carol...I believe that our fellow >> ShinDig member was referring to the excellent quality of the other songs on >> the record, and, for the uninitiated, there are many standouts...but taste >> is a relative thing, eh? > > > > I hear you, Pedro. > > However, there is a phenomenon in my fellow humans that I've never quite > understood. > > When I was expecting my daughter, people would ask what names I was > considering for the baby and the conversation inevitably went like this: > > "We've been thinking about calling her Jane...." > > "Oh, God!! The stinkiest girl in my elementary school was named Jane!!" > > Which is a lot like saying on a music list that you had a spiritual > experience with a song and then someone else comments that it sucks. > > The whole game of life is subjective, but what would it look like if we > really did what our grandmothers told us to do ~ which is: If you can't > say something nice, then don't say anything at all.... > > Peace, > > > ~ Carol ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V12 #119 ************************************