Happy 89th birthday, George McGovern.
Outliers
I’ve gotta stop faking it
I’ve gotta start facing it
I’m gonna take my final bow
Then I’m gonna take my place in the crowd
I know I’ll get used to it
I’ve gotta stop acting like a clownI’ve gotta start facing up to what I really am
I’ve got to realize I’m just an ordinary man
I think that I’ll just settle down
And take my place in the crowd
I don’t want to lie to myself any moreAm I just a face in the crowd? Is that all I’ll ever be?
I don’t want to be anything that isn’t really me
Mister can you tell me who I am?
Do you think I stand out?
Or am I just a face in the crowd?
—The Kinks, “Face In the Crowd”, Picture Book (compilation)
Bedeviled by Bedeviled
It was two years ago today on a Friday before a holiday weekend just after a major iOS release that I made my splash on the iPhone app scene with Bedeviled: The Most Diabolical Sliding Puzzle Ever. A splash, followed by a quick sink to the bottom and my usual discouragement with new ventures that don’t pan out.