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Bill Halloran
Bill Halloran
m The Classics
something where the speaker
This may not be Shakespeare, and /or listener has the prob-
but can you see how we’ve lem come home to roost.
set a machine in motion that
will keep sort of ticking along Then, ..... did you guess? A
til we have ... a song! solution, using (or perhaps
defeating?) the principle we
And, if we come back in a set up and sent off ticking.
week and decide the central The better our proverbial
idea is worthwhile, we can wisdom, the better the song
replace the weakest lines we end up with. At best, all
following the same inherent we need is a little
logic. sharpening/polishing .... at
worst, we set something in
For the writers of the motion on a day where we
classics, the usual next step knew we should try to write,
is a historical famous example but weren’t really in the
that illustrates the principle … mood.
perhaps something about
building the pyramids (though Because it really is true: You
that rhyme’s gonna be a can’t finish a job til you
problem!) start....
Then we turn it personal, You can check out more from
immediate …. ”Baby, we need Bill at his website:
to start building our love”
seems horrible, but www.wildcatohalloran.com
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