Word: everydayness
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...first two albums, 1993's Tuesday Night Music Club and 1996's Sheryl Crow, include songs that any radio listener could identify and quote from. Who can forget, and indeed consistent radio play makes it hard to forget, the lines "All I wanna do is have some fun," Everyday is a winding road" and "If it makes you happy..."? Crow shaped the songs on her first two albums around these sing-along lyrics and a host of fictional characters, relating anecdotes about a promiscuous neighbor in "Oh Marie," a bored and nosy bar chick in "All I Wanna...
...near three-hour running time. The other great flaw of Beloved is its failure to reconcile the way in which Morrison erases the line between reality and the supernatural. On the screen, the characters treat such extraordinary occurrences as flying dishes, moving tables and spirits as a part of everyday life--this distorts the film's focus in confusing fashion. It is never clear what is supposed to be symbolic of madness or what is simply real, especially when it comes to the character of Beloved...
Firefighters are like no other people. There is no power and no monetary reward. They do their job with dedication, courage and commitment. Yes, maybe they receive some kind of macho adrenaline rush which makes it worthwhile, but the bottom line is they are everyday heroes. People stop and stare because somewhere deep down all of us wonder whether, if we were placed in the same situation, we could act with the same bravery and selflessness...
...unfortunate that Ambinder, who is fascinated by all things related to fires and firefighters, did not mention the best part: the people who everyday are willing to risk their lives, who never back down, who never say the moment is not right, but rather with committed hearts and a brotherhood of courage face what all else run away from...
...anyone who has attended a Harvard women's soccer game, the song is as recognizable as the Memorial Church bells that signal the change of classes in the Yard everyday...