I Want His Job

Of all the things that can boost emotions, motivation, and perceptions…, the single most important is making progress in meaningful work.
—     Teresa Amabile
I’m just paid to do whatever I want to do.  Some of the time it’s development, and some of the time it’s just goofing off.
—    Larry Wall
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On This Day In:
2023	A Journey And A Story
2022	I Want His Job
2021	I Better
	The Way I Will (Hey There Lonely Girl)
2020	Necessary Events
2019	I May Have Started Too Soon
2018	But Me
2017	A Little More, Please
2016	In Full Vigor
2015	A Good Lad
2014	Who Dare Not Speak
2013	I Love Beer
2012	Trial By Jury
2011	First Class
	Got Knowledge?

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When I Grow Up I Want To…

Cleaning Windows
The “original” LP version…
And a “live” version…
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When my son was young (pre-teen) and we were living in Liverpool, his mum and I used to ask him what he wanted to grow up to be.  He always replied:  “I want to clean windows.”  We always assumed he’d grow out of this “job” answer, but he kept saying it for several years.
One day I asked him why he wanted to clean windows.  He replied:  “Because when you’re up on the ladder, you don’t have a boss constantly looking over your shoulder and watching you work and you get your money in hand after each house.”  I asked him why that was important.  He replied:  “Because the tax man will never know how much you earned, so you can diddle him dead easy.“
I used to chuckle about that conversation every time I heard this song.  Nowadays, I think:  “Someday my son could turn out to be a Republican candidate for the Presidency.“
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On This Day In:
2022	…A Decent Human Being Or A Successful President
2021	Better To Lie, Get Rich And Destroy Your Country
	Love Is All There Is (I Threw It All Away)
2020	You Remind Me Of Someone
	When I Grow Up I Want To… (Cleaning Windows)
2019	Running History, But I Don’t Expect Many To Match It…
	It’s Probably Easier When You Live Alone
2018	25 Days Until The November Election
	Old And Young (Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough)
2017	Universal Soul Sounds
2016	Not Rivals
2015	Dead Sure
2014	Are You Educated?
2013	For Myself
2012	And When I’m Gone…
2011	Complete Conviction

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At This Moment

How many times in your own life did things come about thanks to accident or circumstance?  I’ll bet happenstance played a part in how you met your partner or chose your career or live where you do or a long list of other character forming events that now make you different from anybody else.  That journey from past to present, full of unexpected encounters and events along the way, has brought you to where you are and who you are at this moment, reading these words.
—    James Burke
From the “Forward” to his book:  “Circles“
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On This Day In:
2023	Who Was That Masked Man?
2022	In My Defense…
2021	Mike Could Have Saved Us A Bundle On Border Walls
	Is It Too Late? (I’ll Have To Say I Love You)
2020	And Then There Was Yellow
	At This Moment
2019	Sin Less Every Day
2018	Probably Only A Little Easier
2017	Stars Above
2016	Where Do You Stand?
	Health Update
2015	Leaving On A Mid-Night Train
2014	Questioned Faith
2013	At Home In Fire
2012	A Tale Of Two Books
	More Meaning
2011	Back At The Millstone
	To Learn, Teach

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I Hope So

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
—    Sigmund Freud
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On This Day In:
2023	Aim Above
2022	Grr-Argghh
	Long Past Time For A “Thorough-going Reappraisal”
2021	Facing Life
	70’s Sunshine Sound (Keep It Comin’ Love)
2020	#IncompetentTrump And His Pandemic Briefings
	#IncompetentTrump
2019	I Hope So
2018	Painted Into
2017	Prayers, Miracles And Lottery Tickets
	Roman View
2016	Dignity And Grace
2015	Is It Warm Enough For You
2014	What The Right STILL Wants
2013	Embrace Serendipity
2012	Your Order, Please
2011	Well Enough Anyway

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Great Views

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top.  Then you will see how low it was.
—     Dag Hammarskjold
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On This Day In:
2022	School Needs
2021	Dragging
	Maverick And Goose? (You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling)
2020	I’m Just Being Skeptical
	Setting My Feet Upon The Road (Kyrie)
2019	We’re Eating Faster And Enjoying It Less
2018	Great Views
	Day 8: One At A Time
2017	Trump Supporters Will Always Find An Excuse
2016	More Posts
2015	A Last Request
2014	It Matters
2013	And You Are?
2012	Not Too Late
2011	Persistence
2009	Health Care?

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