stories behind the songs

 as we all know, i like those special magazines. when i was at walgreen at the end of my lunch break i found one i liked. it was 'stories behind the songs'. some of the stories i had heard of before, but not all. on the cover is one about a johnny cash song written by a children's author, of course i knew this was shel silverstein who wrote 'boy named sue'. some of my favorite music acts are in it, green day (time of your life), sia (chandelier), and lady gaga (poker face). it was a little un-nerving to read about james taylor spending time in a mental hospital, but i had to remind myself that mental health is something that many performers struggle with. this was in reference to his song 'fire and rain'. it has been a good read, as expected. already have read more than half of it. at work there was another stack of refund checks to send to energy park. when i said in an email response how i already sent some this week it was taken as i was refusing to send more for them. not so, i wanted to know why there was another one and found out there was a delay on getting approvals. another box of overnight envelopes was picked up from the branch, so i am good in that part of my work for a little while. i drank the can of pabst with the evening meal so there still are four beers waiting. it was an unopened can i found during walks this week, at a bus stop shelter. i watched the baseball game on Fox, cardinals lost to the mets 4-2. the postcard i sent from st. louis a month ago just arrived. i had accepted it likely wasn't arriving at all. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 25 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when howard and sheldon went to texas, while leonard got penny a replacement car. it was followed by the one where two people from fermi lab are trying to steal the nobel from sheldon and amy.