A cream rotary phone beside a vinyl record and shimmering mica.

This one goes out to my friend Micah at AT&T. A song with a phone number in the title felt like the right pick. I’ll spare everybody the hold music.

“Micah, you’re a precious stone, just like mica.” I couldn’t pass up the wordplay, but I mean every word of it. Mica catches the light when you turn it. A good friend can do something like that for an ordinary day. You hear a song, think of somebody, and suddenly you’re smiling before the chorus even comes around.

So here’s Tommy Tutone’s “867-5309 / Jenny,” Micah. Turn it up. I’m glad to call you my friend.

“A friend loveth at all times.” — Proverbs 17:17 (KJV)

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