Saturday 9: Bye Bye

Saturday 9: Bye Bye Bye (2000)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

This song was chosen because it's time to say goodbye to 2025.

Thanks for participating in Saturday 9 this year.

1) In this song, a man predicts his lover will start an argument. Is there anyone in your life who can be quarrelsome?

A. I have removed most of the quarrelsome people I know from my life.

2) He says he's had it, he's checking out and signing off. Can you think of a time you were glad you walked away from something?

A. I walked away from working for lawyers and into freelance writing, and I was ever so glad I did that. Lawyers are difficult to work for.

3) This week's song was performed by the band NSYNC. The group was formed in Orlando, FL, which is world famous as home to Walt Disney World. Today there are 12 Disney theme parks located around the globe. Have you ever visited one of these Magic Kingdoms?

A. I have been to the park in Orlando, FL once, in 1993.

4) They made a celebrity appearance on The Simpsons. What's your all-time favorite cartoon show?

A. Bugs Bunny, of course. I think it's also called Looney Tunes.

5) In 2000, the year "Bye Bye Bye" was popular, Brad Pitt was named People's Sexiest Man Alive. Are you crushing on anyone right now?

A. I am not crushing on anyone other than my husband at the moment.

Let's look back on 2025 . . . 

6) What's the farthest from home you traveled in 2025?

A. I think I made it to the Walmart on the far side of the city a couple of times.

7) What was the biggest purchase that you made in 2025?

A. I am not at liberty to say. 

8) What was your favorite book of 2025?

A. I am having a hard time choosing just one. These are few I read that I really liked: The Grey Wolf, by Louise Penny, A Sorceress Comes to Call, by T. Kingfisher, Strange Practice, by Vivian Shaw, The Griffin Sisters Greatest Hits, by Jennifer Weiner, The City of Brass, by S.A. Chakraborty.

9) What are you looking forward to most in 2026?

A. Getting rid of 2025, I think. But oh, I have concert tickets to see Melissa Etheridge, finally. Yay!

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