TMDV - Singularity And The Buzzard
2025-09-25 06:12:00 ET
Nearly 50 years ago, I was an admittedly geeky 14-year-old high school junior. Cool songs like Brick House by the Commodores were in the top 40, but I was undoubtedly listening to She Did It by Eric Carmen and On and On by Stephen Bishop (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I discovered Earth, Wind & Fire a year later, and my whole world opened up.
My favorite teacher was Father Arnold Perham. We all called him Arnie. He had a stuffed plush-toy buzzard that looked remarkably like his doppelganger. He would drop it on your desk when you made a mistake – “You get the buzzard!” adding with a smile, “and he will stay there, until you’ve redeemed yourself.”...
Singularity And The Buzzard