Thank you Don Mclean

      There are just some tunes that never die. As I'm sitting in a coffee shop this morning trying to wake myself up for a ten a.m math class I couldn't help but stop and smile for a moment when good ol "American Pie" by Don McLean came on in the background. Shortly after, I realized I wasn't the only one to find a bit of happiness in this gem of a tune. It took one person to start singing along to those unmistakable words to have the handful of people that came in after either hum along or start sharing in short remarks about "back in the day". The words "ancient history" and "unheard of today" were all being thrown around; but I don't particularly find that to be true. It's little moments like these, where strangers who are all on their way to do whatever it is that we do these days can stop and share a laugh with their fellow man. To stop thinking about how late we are running, what we forgot to do before we left the house, and what we have yet to do when we return home later; and to simply be for a moment. It's songs like this one that bridge the ever growing generation gap that these changing times have brought. Conversations were brief but spanned from the original track being double sided because it was such a long song, to there being a cute little shop in Troy where you can still get your hands on some vinyl, and ever a touch of advice (almost in mockery) that the old Irish drink really will put you in the dirt. Though this moment was fleeting and more than likely went unnoticed to most I can almost guarantee that all of those people walked out of that coffee shop a little happier than they were upon entering. I know that I did. We are all consumed in our own crazy worlds, but it's important to stop and recognize that we are in fact just living! Take some time to taste the coffee you're spending almost five dollars on, say good morning to the person standing next to you, and don't be shy to share in the good old days of drinking whiskey and rye.     Happy Monday =)