February 29th is the day which only exists every four years. I was actually due to be born on a February 29th but for the first and only time in my life except for all the others, I was late. So a few days later, they went in and got me.
If we did have a February 29 this year, we could note it as the 229th birthday of Gioachino Antonio Rossini, the great Italian composer whose most recognizable piece is probably "The William Tell Overture," aka "The Lone Ranger theme song" aka the song used in many other places like in the TV commercial for Lark cigarettes and in the TV commercial in which Stan Freberg parodied the TV commercial for Lark cigarettes…and hey, it just dawned on me that Lark cigarettes are gone as are most of the people who smoked them and…
Sorry. Got a little heavy into Free Associating there. This is just an intro to this new rendition of Mr. Rossini's tune, which I'm sure perfectly captures what he had in mind when he wrote it…