March 16, 2007
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The Daily
News
What's it all about,
Alfie?
1 You start with a moose.2 That's the only
thing I was determined to do on today's DN.3 I was going to
start with a moose.4 And then I was going to see where it
would head.4 But then I thought, "Why a
moose?"5 I needed inspiration, and great writers always have
a moose.6 <thud>
7 But I got this e-mail
from Helene yesterday. It was a disturbing picture.8 It was
of Eddie Haskell standing with the Beave and Wally Cleaver.9
Now, not then.
10 Here's then:
11 It sort of took me by storm. It blew
the moose right out of the water.
12 I immediately switched ideas. Dorian Gray seemed suddenly
quite the hot topic now, dancing through my frabjous mind.
13 I've noticed that lots of people want
nothing more than to go back in time and to enjoy the better days, the
more normal days. The present isn't nearly as nice, and the future might
already be here. It's a danse macabre. You need a moose to lighten things,
and to make your heart race and embrace life once again. Poets have been
doing it for centuries.14 Well, we're in the 21st century,
but a goodly portion of people I know would love to be back in the 20th
century. Good times, good days.15 When did life become so
weird?16 Well, I have noticed that, but
look. To make it all a little brighter and more
interestingly poetic, you start with a moose.
We
could take this fellow back further as well...
Well, I don't really know...I"d personally like to go back
to better days, if
only for a brief
time.whoa....
17 Thanks Tink.Come on everybody,
here we
goooooooooo!!!!
oh,
my...
Why, that's ME in my Senior year, a cadet
teacher yearbook pic!!
wow...
truly
shameless boasting.Listen
to me.
If not to me, then to the moose within.
What's it all about,
Alfie?That's what the late, great Art Buchwald
wrote in his
very last column
just before he left us...What's it all about,
Alfie?I'd like to go back now.
Take me back to
now.
Thanks, Tink.18 See? It's so simple. You
start with a moose.19 Live life. Love life. It's simple
advice. Ask any moose.
25 I hope that made things just a
little brighter.26 So simple. That's it. Finish your
coffee and get goin'. Just get goin' with a brighter grasp, and a racing
heart. It's a bright, sunny Friday. Fly through your morning
with brimming smiles and amazing grace.27 And don't thank me for your good
mood.28 Thank a moose.29
Peace.~H~
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