In
response to last week’s question, "Is graduation a gradual thing?,"
my friend Tracey recalled, "Yes it is and quite often painful!" My neighbor Al provided an example although
not necessarily what Tracey was referring to when he wrote, "When you are
sitting in a 90-degree football stadium, from the top row, listening to some
pompous speaker, it sure seems gradual."
My
birthday bud Jon observed, "It depends on your grades" while my
recruiting friend Jason reminisced, "Graduation is a sudden event with a
goodly amount of foreplay and a sh-ton of
memories and embellishments."
My
dad's beach buddy Bob counseled, "It is toward a never to be achieved goal."
And
my fascinating friend Bruce summarized, "Hmmm... Kindergarten, Elementary, Junior High, High School, and
MA at Juilliard were easy. For the
second MA at USC (chemical engineering), the going was tougher (supporting a
family and a career) so - steep... And now that I'm retired, I'm almost
done with PhD from Manchester (astrophysics) - very steep... Wondering do
I want to bother finishing, just so someone has to call me Doctor? The answer is: Gradual... I think the older we are, the tougher the
climb."
Please send me your thoughts
about this week's "things that make you go 'Hmmm' “:
How bad can it be
if it's clear? from my collaboration friend Mary
We
don't stop laughing because we get old. We get old because we stop laughing.
Make it a priority to have fun and make others laugh.
Hal
Please take a moment to remember
all of those who have given their lives for our country so that we may be
free. While the US Congress is a mess,
we are free to criticize and elect other representatives --- and for that is
just one of the things thank the families of those who died in our military,
reserves and law enforcement protecting our democracy.
Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven
Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration for Hmmm. Stop by NicheLabs to see what else I'm up to.
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