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Then & Now: How Soon is Now?

16 years ago I first heard The Smiths How Soon is Now while dancing at a 6th street venue in Austin. Last Saturday night at 10:30 I listened to it at an HEB Plus in RR while getting groceries for my family of 6. I refrained from dancing - barely. 16 years from now Jack & I will be groovin' to it at the local Senior Center's afternoon dance, then head to Luby's for a 5pm dinner.

Tangents:
*I didn't hear the song until 1992, though it came out in 1985. Not surprising, given that during 1985 I was in the hot bed of dance music that is Palestine, TX. Apparently Morrisey & the boys re-released it.
*I remember when, where, & who I was with when I first heard it because I liked it so much, it scratches my melancholy itch.
*So, how soon is now?
*Now I'm married to a Smith whose middle name is Morris. On a 10 our first (& only) trip back to El Paso, he played this song. Sigh. Such soulmates.

22 Books

Before I install the external hard drive, I needed to clear a spot for it on the desk. Clearing a pile of books is a place to start. Of course, I couldn't just take them upstairs. I had to enter them in my Library Thing account first. Some may not understand the satisfaction of such a thing, but some of you may empathize.

For an added dose of nerdage, I have two Library Thing accounts, one for books I own and one for books I've read. (I have the "read" books in the left sidebar of this blog. I'll add the "own" books on the right later.) Books make me happy.