I woke up this morning ...

... with this song rolling around in my head:

♪ When my friend William was five years old
   He wanted a doll, to hug and hold
   "A doll," said William, "is what I need
   To wash and clean, and dress and feed" ♪

(switch to tormenty voice)

♪ A doll, a doll, William wants a doll ♪

♪ A doll, a doll, William wants a doll ♪

Ah! A playground torment I've not thought twice about since its many-times-daily occurance (back in 1972 when the album "Free to be You and Me" made it's debut). Though I share a name with the subject in this ditty, I was actually 6 at the time and so, clearly not the same dude at all. But, most of my classmates did not see it this way -- even the girls.

It's a scar apparently borne all these years. And what does one do when suddenly confronted with a nearly 40 year old ridiculous memory? Look it up on the interwebtoobs, of course ... then blog about it.

I learned a lot about this song that I did not know, but my quest was satisfied when I discovered that just a couple of weeks ago the fine folks at RiffTrax took aim at this very phenom.

Just a couple of weeks ago! After almost 40 years!

And a few months ago, the "Free To Be You and Me" Foundation started a YouTube channel with 5 teaser videos to promote the imminent re-mastered re-release of this whole shebang. Only one clip has been added to the pile since ... about a month ago (and guess which one that was).

Methinks either Marlo Thomas or Mike Nelson & Co. may have discovered a way to market directly into the Morphic field (and apparently there's a 3-4 week lead-time).

The morphic fields of mental activity ...

" ... are not confined to the insides of our heads. They extend far beyond our brain though intention and attention. We are already familiar with the idea of fields extending beyond the material objects in which they are rooted: for example magnetic fields extend beyond the surfaces of magnets; the earth’s gravitational field extends far beyond the surface of the earth, keeping the moon in its orbit; and the fields of a cell phone stretch out far beyond the phone itself. Likewise the fields of our minds extend far beyond our brains."

-- Rupert Sheldrake