Chipmunk shrill and happy

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Bee Gees, Boyzone, Love Me for a Reason, Tragedy

Am I not supposed to sit quietly in a cubicle and analyze research data? The things you do for your boss!  It started with

…. Then I became a chipmunk and ended up kicking off disco night at last weekend’s out-of-town faculty meeting. At least it happened after the serious stuff was done and put away.  I don’t remember the Stats, the speeches. I only remember that mix of embarrassment and glee of realizing I was singing karaoke and watching everyone hit the dance floor.

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Tragedy Text

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Bee Gees, Tragedy

Tweak, turn, test, twist.  That’s what a techno ignoramus like me sometimes does to a simple digital camera.

There is consolation at least in the discovery of a variety of shooting modes. One which I find interesting and time-consuming is the text mode described as

appropriate for taking a clear picture of documents

My curiosity clicked on images that have letters or numbers.  On one a song bursts forth. I’d probably be having fun if I were a student sitting this exam –

How often will you get a chance to multi-task like this? Your mind is thumping with the beat of a Bee Gees hit while tackling an analysis. So much for Tchaikovsky.

A caption under this image says, “Tragedy questions in the English Tripos examinations, 2001.

Tragedy when you twist and turn and you can’t go text it’s tragedy!…

Ok, that’s no longer any of the Gibbs, but an ABC Wednesday player belting out her own ‘tweaked Tragedy lyrics.’  The exam is Cambridge U, by the way.

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