Questions Only V: Where's The Beef?

[RJDiogenes]

That's a difficult question, but might it be a poem called "The Opposite of Scars?"

Maybe dead, old-school journalists such as Walter Cronkite

Praise the Cronkite. The Cronkite will eventually return and save us all.

[scottydog]

Is The Opposite of Scars posted somewhere here on ReNext?

[RJDiogenes]

Don't you eagerly monitor the writing forums for new posts?

[scottydog]

I should do so more often. Wow. Really nice poem, quite poignant.

Are you prone to bouts of nostalgia?

[RJDiogenes]

Thank you very much. Would you believe I was born nostalgic for things that happened long before I was born?

[scottydog]

Well, Maddy claims to have led multiple lives. I suppose re-incarnative nostalgia is possible.

What one song triggers nostalgia for you?

[RJDiogenes]

There are many, but are you familiar with "Massachusetts" by the Bee Gees?

[scottydog]

No, I don't think so. What memories does this song conjure up?

[RJDiogenes]

Can you imagine the general feeling of being a child and it's dark and wintry outside, but you're feeling cozy in your house in Dorchester with all your comic books and some hot chocolate?

[scottydog]

Sounds pretty much perfect

Would you believe that the songs that produce nostlagia for me are mostly unhappy musical memories of times when I had broken up with girlfriends?

[RJDiogenes]

I have many songs like that, too, but don't you think bittersweet nostalgia is the most common flavor?

[scottydog]

Could one say that nostalgia is two parts sweet and one part bitter?

[RJDiogenes]

Should that be shaken or stirred?

[scottydog]

Which songs are better -- those from the decade of the 70s or 80s?

[RJDiogenes]

Weren't the 70s superior to the 80s in every way?