I will look him up.sounds interesting. Out of tune pianos are the pits right? lol
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bobby

My goodness Bobby, so much interesting stuff! You & GeeLuv both! For one thing, the fact that you studied Latin & Greek feels very meaningful to me. Can you explain what caused your interest in the first place? Rene Descartes wrote in classical Latin. Did you by any chance get to read any of his meditations in Latin? So, you have always been musical & still love it. By the way, I also love Josh Groban's voice. A gift, for sure. Thank you for all this Bobby. So interesting. :hug: :circlelove: Hugs & love!

I am so glad you love Josh Groban's voice. Do you know why it is so special.? I think I will turn it on now.
I never read Rene Descartes.I have forgotten most of my Latin, You have me curious. I read like Horace,Catullus,Plautus ,Seneca,Caesar,
Cicero and Virgil. I don't know if I skipped any. I went to the university of Penn and most of my classes were very small. I loved two teachers and took every class Dr. Palmer had to offer. The Plautus was a graduate course and I would get so anxious that I would have to take a nap before the class. One fellow was a genius and I was so in awe of him. He could sight read Latin and I found it hard, He would skip classes. Dr Palmer who might have been a genius got angry at him so fixed him one time by giving a test on material from only discussed in class which the guy didn't attend lol. I think Dr. Palmer was one of the youngest full Professors in the country. Dr McDermott(sp) was so sweet. He found it too painful for us to read the letters in exile by Cicero. He had a daughter Grace and he wanted her to communicate with Cicero lol and supposedly somebody's daughter in the middle ages. When I later visited Penn and saw Dr Palmer my legs started shaking. I couldn't to wait to tell him I saw a temple outside of Split that said something like don't pee on me or the Gods would get you. I had originally read it in one of the courses he gave. He had a wicked sense of humor.
I was obviously bipolar because when I graduated there were no jobs.
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Firstly, sorry for taking over your thread with this WL. I'll be done with this soon. Or Bobby and I could take it to one of our threads...unless you don't mind. :)

Yeah, actually I was rereading the summary about Cat Stevens/Yusuf, and I think he actually has maybe more of the impressive story. Eh! Actually, maybe it's not even fair to compare really. Nevermind. Scratch that! I dunno!

But this Brian Welch aka "Head" was a hard rock n roller type (nu-metal genre to be exact) and has tattoos and dreadlocks. He got really bad with drinking and drugs (forget the details), but came out of it when he discovered his faith. Anyway, I won't go into details, but just wanted to say that I messed up the book title and even the subject matter possibly. With My Eyes Wide Open: Miracles and Mistakes on My Way Back to KoRn (2016) is the title. And I'm not really sure it's so much about bipolar, but more with raising his daughter who also struggles with mental health issues (maybe even bipolar too). It was just a very sweet tale of father and daughter love...

but I also wanted to try to find that interview (at least for myself). Maybe that was about the bipolar?? or maybe one of his other books??

hmm, just found this. havent read it yet, but will now.

Brian “Head” Welch Walks Through the Door | Psychology Today

not sure if i will find the interview tonight.

edit: hmmm, maybe he doesn't have bipolar (??) this makes it sound more like unipolar depression, but i could have sworn i read bipolar somewhere. hmm

my friend told me cat stevens really partied. she met him once and he gave her the greatest kiss but then her husband came behind her and cat stopped. supposedly he was out swimming and a big wave got him and he started drowning. he made a deal with God and said he would devote himself to religion if he lived. I had trouble getting into brian welch.
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bobby

Yeah. Oh he was drowning? Makes me think more of Jonah than Joseph/Yusuf, but I guess he later developed more of a fondness for Joseph later. Interesting man, no doubt!

Trouble with Brian? Did you not like the music (I haven't actually even listened to any of his solo stuff) or was it his story? I found the bipolar reference late last night. It WAS in the book I read. He would feel a rush of energy and excitement and happiness when going onstage, but then it diminished to depression. He merely suspected bipolar but never got tested. I think if he's doing well on antidepressants, then maybe he's lower (?) on the spectrum if at all (kinda like me!)

Basically, in short, his story is about finding God and finally overcoming addiction as a result. But he found that trials are still always going to be there, but his faith helped him press on through it all. He has become a great role model for his daughter, in my opinion, who also had to come to terms with trials and learn that sometimes what's best for us isn't always easy, but we come out better for it.

I dunno. Perhaps it's a generational thing. This band Korn was very influential to me and my peers, so it's more relatable to me maybe.

No worries. It's all good! :)

How are you, WL??

I'm still watching B&B and this week was wedding week. Kinda made me sad to think how all these folks married making promises to be together forever, like really really sold it that they would do this and yet, as we know, most of them (if not all) end up divorced and remarried. I was feeling really sad for Steffy in particular (but also Eric's ex wife) when Hope and Liam had their wedding and Steffy had the worst day ever.

But then I realized it's just a stupid show. I mean, no offense, but you know. It's not real life.

So yeah, it's almost comical to think of how Brooke was once married to the father of her current husband. (If it weren't so gross! Lol Sorry, maybe not gross...but kinda gross to me. No! Sorry! Lol)

Sigh! Hugs! Hope you're alright! :)

How are you doing Waking light? Your interests are amazing.
love and kisses,
bobby

Hi, everybody, I am doing a lot better. I think about all of you. God bles s you!

God blesses us every day, just look and you will see.....blessings be.

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