New Career
School’s Out
While posting the final grades, there is irony as the radio blares Alice Cooper singing, “School’s Out.” My first semester as a professor is over, yet I will miss it. While confident my classes learned something beyond my corny jokes, it is clear I learned so much more from them. For instance: • On the [...]
A Bag of Books
A very welcomed present from a dear friend is a laptop backpack. There are at least three other briefcases, gathering dust somewhere, to protect my PC. This one is a bag for my textbooks. There are four, ranging from eight ounces to five pounds each. Add the computer, notebooks, chewing gum and other needs, and [...]
Romancing A Roll Top
I first became enamored with a roll top desk while browsing through a Norman Rockwell print book as a teen. In the artist’s sentimental style there was a couple applying for a marriage license, a golfer sneaking out of his office, and a doctor diagnosing a little girl’s doll. An oak roll top desk is [...]
The Count – Part 2
It is Sunday and I am in my office stacking boxes full of three-plus decades of souvenirs and nick-nacks on to a push cart. Where did the last 20 working days go? 4 weeks and 160 or more hours in meetings, presentations, back-slapping and a few hugs flew by. Tomorrow I hand-in my pass, computer, [...]
The Count
My calendar contains a red circle – December 21. There are 16 business days before the big date. I never planned to count them, but the question was repeatedly asked, “How many more days?” What do they mean by days? You don’t count weekends, holidays, vacation days, furloughs or operational shutdowns. Just count the number [...]
