Saturday: 9

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!

Saturday 9: Calendar Girl (1960)
On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…

 

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
 
1) How will you keep track of your days/weeks in 2025? Do you have a desk planner? A wall calendar? A pocket planner? Do you use the app on your phone?
I use Google Calendar.

2) Consider your typical week. Which day tends to be your busiest?
Hmm… being retired I don’t have any busy days.

3) This week's artist, Neil Sedaka, is one of pop music's most prolific singer-songwriters, but his first love was classical music. He was so good that he trained at Julliard and won the accolade, "Best New York High School Pianist." Recall one of your passions from your high school years.
Science Club!

4) Elton John has always enjoyed Sedaka's music and in the 1970s, when Elton was one of the world's top stars, he requested a meeting. If you had the power to contact and then meet anyone in the world, who would you choose?
Whew! I don’t know! There are so many great people in the world… I know one (Well maybe two) who I don’t want to meet, Trump.

5) Sedaka appeared as the musical guest during the second season of Saturday Night Live. What's the most recent show you watched on TV? Was it live, from your dvr, or did you stream it?
The news. Last night I watched Midsomer Murders.

6) His daughter Dara sings on TV and radio commercials. What advertising jingle sticks in your head?
I haven’t heard any jingles lately that stuck in my head. I tell you one ad that stuck in my head… not a jungle but “Mama Mia Spicy Meatballs”

7) In 1960, when "Calendar Girl" was popular, To Kill a Mockingbird was first published. Have you read it?
Of course, we had to read it in high school.

8) Also in 1960, John F. Kennedy, Jr. was baptized in the Georgetown University Chapel. His godparents were Charles and Martha Bartlett, the couple who introduced his famous parents. Do you have any godchildren?
My niece.

9) Random question -- Which did you enjoy more: the last week of 2024 or the first week of 2025?
Well the last week in December I was under the weather.  This week the high point was going to the Capitol for opening day of the 2025 session. There were all different groups there to lobby the legislators, there was a group for prisoner rights, groups for the homeless and about a dozen other causes.

Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!