9.16.2026 – head down to the sea

head down to the sea
goin’ shout out at ocean
Hey … Hey! it’s me

Apologies to the often imitated but never duplicated, Ann Arbor’s own, Bob Seeger, but feeling like a number, I cruised out of the city and went down to the sea and shouted at the ocean, hey … HEY … it’s me!

And boy, did I get a lot of looks.

I have to ask, do folks still refer to phone company as Ma Bell?

Here are the lyrics to Mr. Seeger’s song, Feel Like a Number.

I take my card and I stand in line
To make a buck I work overtime
Dear sir letters keep coming in the mail
I work my back till it’s racked with pain
The boss can’t even recall my name
I show up late and I’m docked
It never fails

I feel like just another
Spoke in a great big wheel
Like a tiny blade of grass
In a great big field

To workers I’m just another drone
To ma bell I’m just another phone
I’m just another statistic on a sheet
To teachers I’m just another child
To IRS I’m just another file
I’m just another consensus on the street

Gonna cruise out of this city
Head down to the sea
Goin’ shout out at the ocean
Hey it’s me

And I feel like a number
Feel like a number
Feel like a stranger

A stranger in this land
I feel like a number
I’m not a number
I’m not a number

Dammit I’m a man
I said I’m a man

Need more?

Watch the song as you listen to one more time.

As I said, often imitated but never duplicated, Ann Arbor’s own, Bob Seeger.

There is no one like Bob.

Maybe that’s a good thing?