walk of life, dire straits

 tonight was the final two episodes of 'young sheldon'. the show ends with the song it began with nearly seven years ago, 'walk of life' by dire straits. i still have the album it is from, 'brothers in arms', on cassette. i have only about a dozen of those left. i mainly got it because of 'money for nothing'. i have discovered that the song is about a street performer, or busker. it helped to read the lyrics that i found online. this would have been lost on me as a kid, as i am from a small town and didn't see street performers until i went off to college in iowa city. the lyrics are brilliant at the end, likely why it was chosen for the first episode, and the final one as well. 'after all the violence and double talk/there's just a song in all the trouble and the strife/you do the walk of life'. i liked finding the song on youtube, and noticed i was not alone on saying that 'young sheldon brought me here'. i am thankful that the final episode wasn't the funeral for his dad, as it was hard to watch. it was the first one of the night, and the second shows sheldon going off to caltech. the second also shows the family having one final meal together, but from kentucky fried chicken as the mom said she didn't feel like cooking. this inspires me to eat there this weekend. i drank the can of bud light with the evening meal so now three beers are waiting. during my walks i found 26 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when amy said 'goodbye sheldon', a season finale. it was followed by the one where the ladies have a slumber party, and the dudes go to a special screening of 'raiders of the lost ark' and steal the film, then get chased by the other moviegoers.