So very many of you have written and asked me, "Hey! What is the significance of your blog's title?" Thank you for your interest and - frankly - I'm a little surprised that no one's gotten it. In fact, I'm a little disappointed. No. Let's be honest: I'm ashamed of all of you.
NO - it is not some drippy reference to "rebirth" and "self-reinvention."
NO - it is not a reference to some kind of sci-fi fetish.
NO - it is not a failed ad campaign for the City of Atlanta.
It is, dears, a paraphrased quote from one of he funniest SNL skits ever done. Years ago, David Alan Grier hosted the show and in between segments, he did a series of fake promos for various products - as Maya Angelou. Below is the text for Maya's ad for Froot Loops:
Announcer: And now, Maya Angelou... for "Froot Loops".
Maya Angelou:
Toucan Sam,
You leap on the back of the wind, load stone to assorted fruit flavors,
Phoenix of the dawns,
One smile.
We gave you, Toucan Sam, life.
You, Toucan Sam, give us loops of fruit.
Fruity loops, Fruit Loopies, swimming in the churning, frothy mother sea of milk,
Kellogg's appreciates consumer comments, P. O. Box 221, Battle Creek, Michigan,
A prism of fruity color, a cornocopia of over forty fruity tastes.
The orange, the apple, the grape, the pomegrante, the quince,
The kumkwat,
The kiwi, the planitain, the guava...
Announcer: This has been Maya Angelou... for "Froot Loops".
Genius.
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