Whoever wins the National Championship game tomorrow night, we can all look forward to the wonderful video montage that CBS provides to the strains of "One Shining Moment".  Well, apparently this splendid song was written for the age-old purpose of wooing a woman:

The composer, David Barrett, was once a struggling folk singer. Having finished a show in late March 1986 at the Varsity Inn in East Lansing, Mich., he was watching a Boston Celtics game on ESPN at the bar when an attractive woman sat beside him after her shift.

I like where this story is headed, in fact I think I read it before in Penthouse Forum The Economist.

“She was the most beautiful waitress on the planet,” Barrett said. “The kind of woman who is so good-looking that you don't even bother talking to her.”

Yes, yes – go on please.

“I looked up at the TV to watch a fast break and when I turned back around, she had left without saying a word,” he said.  Barrett was determined to overcome the snub by making the woman understand how it felt to play basketball “in the zone” – by writing a song . . . The next morning, Barrett said, he wrote lyrics for the 3-minute-45-second tune in 20 minutes on a paper napkin.

Well that story sucks.  You need some lessons from our esteemed Chief on how to punch-up a sex story Mr. Barrett.  But I will have to say I've never thought of writing a sports-themed lyric to impress a lovely lady.  How has that worked out for you?  Also, I can't believe you penned those poetic words in only twenty minutes!?!  Was the Lord speaking through you in an automatic writing session?  "The ball is tipped, and there you are. You're running for your life, you're a shooting star."  You must have been truly inspired sir, and we'll look for your genius to be recognized at the next Kennedy Center Honors. -KD