Party of One Please: I Prefer to Sit at the Bar

One is not the loneliest number

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Who said one was a lonely number?

Harry Nilsson did. He was a singer/songwriter who wrote the song ONE in 1968, which was subsequently covered by Three Dog Night. ONE was a hit with its melody and flowing lyrics. But somewhat sad in deep meaning.

The opening line is:

One is the loneliest number you’ll ever do

And then, twenty years later, Bono wrote a song named ONE. It has the classic line:

You say, one love, one life

It is a good song with deep meaning behind its lyric.

But there is a recurring social theme that needs addressing. There is nothing wrong with being a party of one.

I am a party of one, and I don’t mind. I enjoy being with my best friend — me. And am reluctant, at times, to expand to two, three, or four companions.

Here are a few significant points regarding number one:

• Counting begins with the number one.
• If you take one away from one, you have zero, which is nothing.
• One translates to A in the alphabet.
• It is a critical number in binary code, the foundation for…