THE BEATLES : IF I NEEDED SOMEONE COMMENTARY

One Saturday I ran into an old friend, a major Beatles fan, who had been in town a few weeks and was on the way out. This song was on the radio when I came out of the bathroom at a Carls Junior after he and I had words - recriminations - about who didn't try hard enough to keep in touch and who wasn't easily available and why and how - messages not received, e-mails not picked up, cell phone batteries and cell phones dead. And so we happened to see each other around...

It was one of those horrific synchronicity moments when IF I NEEDED SOMEONE went on. And the synchronicities went on. We passed a billboard that had a black and white statement INDEPENDENCE just after he accused me of being too independent.

Sometimes when synchronicities happen you feel you are on your path just as it was meant to be.

I've also been picking up a penny a day, often tails. My New Yorker friend tells me that in New York you only pick up the heads. I say kick the penny till it turns up heads and then pick it up OR just pick it up already!