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Linda, Your welcome. I was hooked the first time I heard the song. It wasn't until sometime later that I realized it was somehow connected to the Muppets. Kermit's always been a hero of mine (I think I identify more with Gonzo though.), and I'm an unabashed Muppet fan. I like to laugh and I like to learn. When I can do both at the same time...wow!! Ed. "When you're falling off a cliff, you might as well TRY to fly. You have nothing to lose." Bruce Boxleitner as the character Capt. John Sheridan in the tv show 'Babylon 5.' >Thanks, Ed, for your holiday contribution. I just wondered how many of >the readers recognized the song you quoted and remembered who sang it? >It was Kermit. Hence . . . it's not easy being green! It's a wonderful >little song with a lot of meaning. > >--Linda :-) > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Linda R. Thompson, Ed.D. > Director, Student Support Services | Internet: [log in to unmask] > Harding University, Box 2235 | Phone: (501) 279-4416 > Searcy, AR 72149-0001 | FAX: (501) 279-4217 >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Ed Ketz wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> Kathleen's newsletter question got me "ruminatin" and "cogitatin" about >> life and related subjects. Couldn't think of a real clever holiday wish >> for you, so I dug into my "There really IS a point to all this." file and >> found this. Enjoy. >> >> Green (Bein' Green) >> Words and Music by Joe Raposo >> >> It's not that easy bein' green, >> Having to spend each day the color of leaves; >> When I think it could be nicer bein' red or yellow or gold, >> or something much more colorful like that. >> It's not easy bein' green; >> It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things, >> And people tend to pass you over, >> 'cause you're not standing out >> Like flashy sparkles on the water or stars in the sky. >> But green is the color of spring, >> And green can be cool and friendly-like, >> And green can be big like an ocean >> or important like a mountain or tall like a tree. >> When green is all there is to be, >> It could make you wonder why, >> but why wonder, >> why wonder? >> I am green and it'll do fine; >> It's beautiful, >> and I think it's what I want to be. >>