What public figure do you disagree with the most? If I wrote a certain name here, in answer to this prompt, I would probably create a storm of attacks and criticism. So, rather than talk about a current figure I disagree with the most, I’m going to go slightly historical. Ross Perot was a businessmanContinue reading “Disagree”
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Career Plans?
What is your career plan? This is an amusing little prompt for a retired person. But judging from how people reacted when I attended commencement, they must equate retired with dead. In fact, when people asked me what I was doing there, I would say, “I’m retired, not dead!” (And then I’d say I wasContinue reading “Career Plans?”
Bother Me? Not Tonight!
What was the last live performance you saw? The last live musical performance I saw was The Atlanta Rhythm Section (ARS). I really wanted to see them for two reasons. One, I like their songs, and back when I was an AM DJ, I played their songs frequently in rotation (because they were hits andContinue reading “Bother Me? Not Tonight!”
Community Involvement
What do you do to be involved in the community? During my academic career my community involvement happened through my campus. I provided entertainment for the area through my theatre productions, and occasionally ventured out into schools to talk about career-oriented topics. For the most part though, my involvement was extremely limited (partially limited byContinue reading “Community Involvement”
Job? What Job?
What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? I recently retired from academia after 31 years of teaching. I found my life as a university professor fulfilling overall, with minor exceptions for policy changes that entered into the equation over the years, and for a decline in both enrollments and studentContinue reading “Job? What Job?”
Brand Me!
What are your favorite brands and why? My first reaction to this prompt was: well, I’m not really that brand conscious And yet, most of the products I buy do have a real brand attached to them. I do not mean “Great Value,” either, which is often misleading on a number of levels. One mustContinue reading “Brand Me!”
Advice?
List the people you admire and look to for advice… This is a difficult prompt. “List the people you admire and look to for advice?” Well… That seems to be two different categories. There are a lot of people I admire, but I don’t have access for communication. Many are dead; Charlie Chaplin, Joseph Campbell,Continue reading “Advice?”
I Vote Yes! Or, I Vote, Yes!
Do you vote in political elections? I was an apathetic young person who didn’t think my vote mattered. So I never voted in any elections—until 1980 , when my college roommate, Peter Velz of Poughkeepsie, NY, turned me on to John Anderson. I became very excited by this independent’s candidacy. As I would later discover,Continue reading “I Vote Yes! Or, I Vote, Yes!”
One Way? Yield!
What gives you direction in life? The title of this post comes from a joke I used to tell; someone asks me my sign, and I waggle my eyebrows and say flirtatiously: “Yield…” As for what gives me direction in life, it’s my artistic projects. Working on plays as a director, writing plays or films,Continue reading “One Way? Yield!”
Quote Me!
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? Thinking about quotations I live by, I come up with three: from Goethe, from life, and from me. The first comes from Goethe’s Faust. I’ve often commented on how I find that work inspiring. Even in retirement, I find myself unableContinue reading “Quote Me!”
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