August 30: Knowledge for the Journey Home

The final day of vacation is never a good day for me. The whole thought of leaving wherever it is you've traveled and returning home, only to have to go back to work and...well, it's not one of my favorite things. Though one expects the return home to be the same old routine, during today's shuttle ride back to the airport I learned something new. And, from the radio of all places. The driver was listening to NPR, with a segment on Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the rock band Queen. I learned that Freddie Mercury was born in Zanzibar. His birth name was Farrokh Bulsara. He didn't begin to be called by the name of Freddie until he was 8. I did a little more research on his life this evening, and it's quite an interesting story. If you have any interest, or perhaps are simply a Queen fan, there's a pretty good biography here.