I have one gift and one only. It is an ability to screen out all commercial. So I don't remember it although maybe it wasn't a national commercial. Wait two gifts. I also never heard sermons. Drove my mother crazy, "What were you doing when Pastor Ernst was talking about Cain and Abel?"
One of the better songs to come out of early 80's British synth pop. Most of which hasn't aged well. And few of the bands went on to a long career. Pet Shop Boys is probably the best exception.
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
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I always liked that song. Jackie still calls it "the cookie song" because it was used in a commercial for (I believe) Chips Ahoy cookies.
Yes, it was Chips Ahoy. Four cookies sitting in a convertible, singing the song, are plucked one by one from the car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYjR6yuAMLc
I have one gift and one only. It is an ability to screen out all commercial. So I don't remember it although maybe it wasn't a national commercial.
Wait two gifts. I also never heard sermons. Drove my mother crazy, "What were you doing when Pastor Ernst was talking about Cain and Abel?"
Patti, that is very funny about your gifts and you lifted my spirits. Those are gifts I would love to have.
But you also have the gift of writing well.
Thanks, Tracy. The others came naturally. Writing I had to work on a lot more.
One of the better songs to come out of early 80's British synth pop. Most of which hasn't aged well. And few of the bands went on to a long career. Pet Shop Boys is probably the best exception.
One of the songs that always seemed to be playing as my kids were growing up.
Oh, I haven't thought of this song in a while, Patti - thanks for the memory of it!
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