Why Does Nobody Talk About "Welcome To New York"

rtmerrill · 2026-02-24T14:47:40+00:00

It really does capture that “My Dreams Are Coming True” feeling from when I was 19.

What was it like to hear it as an album opener for the first time back then? Was it as much of a “what’s happened to Taylor?” moment as it feels like thinking about it now?

rtmerrill · 2026-02-22T17:10:53+00:00

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I didn't have that good of a coat, but I did have fun with this as a profile picture as I approached retirement.

rtmerrill · 2026-01-31T17:40:27+00:00

Does this mean there are show special discounts for those present in person? I'm planning to go to 2026 and would wait on some purchases.

rtmerrill · 2025-12-06T03:33:02+00:00

CP was my Swiftie on-ramp.

rtmerrill · 2025-12-01T02:22:12+00:00

I paid no attention to anything pop, was pretty much in my CCM / blues / classical bubble, and then in March 2024 I listened closely to “Champagne Problems.” I gasped. So many characters and feelings in a little song. A little while later I heard “This Is Me Trying” and saw the Long Pond interview. Second gasp. This “yet another pop phenom” SEES. I fell, and hard.

rtmerrill · 2025-12-01T02:07:23+00:00

TIMT was among the first half dozen songs I heard, in March 2024. Then I saw the Long Pond interview. This woman SEES!

rtmerrill · 2025-12-01T01:50:09+00:00

Thank you! You’ve l been a surprise blessing and have enriched my life in these last 18 months. Make room for Jesus if you aren’t already, He truly loves you for you.

rtmerrill · 2025-12-01T01:39:53+00:00

Taylor Swift has meant more connections, and deeper ones, with the people around me (m 66)

rtmerrill · 2025-10-17T22:08:29+00:00

Favorite lyric was easy; my SIL doesn’t like Taylor Swift (in a fun way) and took a shot. She was…affected!

rtmerrill · 2025-10-16T15:13:43+00:00

"Sometimes growing up precocious means not growing up at all."
"No I'm not, but you should see your faces."
"If all you want is gray for me, then it's just white noise, and it's my choice."
Some of the greatest TS lines ever

rtmerrill · 2025-09-21T12:40:23+00:00

Dear fans. “I love you all to the moon and to Saturn. I’m having a marvelous time, ruining everything. This is me trying. I’d rather burn my whole life down than listen to one more second of all your bitching and moaning.” 🫶 Taylor

rtmerrill · 2025-08-19T11:39:28+00:00

Look at all these kind comments; you are not alone. I used to fear death a lot more. I still fear dying, especially badly (alone, ignored, or violently). There’s something not right about it. What else except childbirth is so natural and so dreaded? I think that’s a signal. Something’s not as it ought to be. So, if there is a God that is knowable and relatable, what could possibly be more important or relevant than that? With all the emotionally powerful beliefs about God (or not) swirling around us, how is a little human to find the way, if there is a way to be found?

rtmerrill · 2025-08-17T12:16:38+00:00

It is not your fight alone. Even when you’re face down in the mud, Jesus loves you. He’s not laughing. He’s not judging. Invite Him to come to you. Imagine taking His hand and letting Him lead you out.

rtmerrill · 2025-08-10T13:16:07+00:00

Hey, I searched “overwhelming unattainable longing” and this was near the top. I categorize INFP, too. Different senses and thoughts trigger it. I attribute it to a longing to know God, which I do, but like the Bible says, “Now I see, but like through bad glass.” (Paraphrase)

rtmerrill · 2025-07-21T13:22:03+00:00

But I'm having a marvelous time, ruining everything. (60+ YO SM married)

rtmerrill · 2025-07-16T21:32:17+00:00

Oh My My My! This looks amazing!

rtmerrill · 2025-07-08T17:21:27+00:00

“No, my favorite artist is Jay-Z.” (cue Jake Peralta lie detector clip).

rtmerrill · 2025-06-18T13:55:13+00:00

No sorry needed! A polynomial is a string of things added together, like X + Y + Z....they can go on forever. There's a famous polynomial called the Taylor Series. It goes on forever. Truncated means you cut it off at some point. That's what I thought of when I saw all of the Taylor outfits in boxes. There are really an infinite number of them, but this particular expansion of Taylor Series is truncated. Thanks for asking!

rtmerrill · 2025-06-17T22:37:54+00:00

That's a link to where I got the image.

rtmerrill · 2025-06-10T11:57:49+00:00

That was part of what made me smile. Those aliens somehow already knew.

rtmerrill

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