Toothbrush, Carbon and Monoxide

Back in Germany, when I was in the Army, my roommate was a former college DJ from Texas.  He found out I enjoyed rhythm and blues music and he turned me on to a group he said was going to be a breakout group “someday”.  They did end up with a few top-40 hits, but they were never as big as I thought they might have been.
The group was Hall and Oates and my favorite song by them is “She’s Gone“.  It has two of my all-time favorite lines from any song in the lyrics.  The first is about getting up, looking in a mirror and looking as worn as a toothbrush hanging in the stand.  If you keep the same brushes as long as I have (DO!), you have a vivid image of how worn out he is.
The second great line is about going to the city to let the carbon and monoxide choke your thoughts away.  Summer nights!  Sometimes, it just beez that way!
As usual, enjoy the imagery and poetry of the lyrics, then go listen to Hall and Oates perform the song!
Gone…
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	Don’t Forget
2019	Boxes
2018	Hoping For Better Come November
	An Honest Binge
2017	Give And Keep
2016	No Change Here
2015	Campbell’s Law
2014	Dignified Values
2013	Unappreciated Skill
2012	Living Courage
2011	What’s Happening To Us?
2010	Toothbrush, Carbon and Monoxide
	Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

Imagine if you are the KING of Kings.  Imagine knowing your greatness is such that for a thousand years, no other king could hope to rise to your level of wisdom, generosity, courage, wealth or power…  Would you challenge the mighty with a mocking shout across the void of ages to despair because they can never rise to your level?  Would you pity those who would seek to rise to your fame?  Or would you, (in your wisdom,) issue a warning – couched in a mask of arrogance – that even the mighty are dust, and to dust you shall return.
Ask Ozymandias…
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On This Day In:
2022	Silent Preferences
2021	In Between
	Summertime Memories (Feels So Good)
2020	A Poverty Of Attention In An Attention Economy
	Don’t Forget
2019	Boxes
2018	Hoping For Better Come November
	An Honest Binge
2017	Give And Keep
2016	No Change Here
2015	Campbell’s Law
2014	Dignified Values
2013	Unappreciated Skill
2012	Living Courage
2011	What’s Happening To Us?
2010	Toothbrush, Carbon and Monoxide
	Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

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