I think one of the reasons people are so fat today is that everything sounds like it's something you can eat--everything sounds like food.
I am in Boston now, having attended my older daughter's college graduation. And I'm staying at a fairly nice hotel.
I wash my face with an oatmeal soap. Then I wash my hair with Rosemary-mint shampoo. Together, they'd make a pretty good meal. Though, truth be told, Rosemary Mint sounds like a small-station newscaster in the mid-west.
Finally, there's my mother. Genghis Mom, I used to call her when she let me out of the restraints. She was so evil she gave my sister a Klaus Barbie doll to play with.
I hope your daughter isn't going into advertising. If she's smart, she'll do what other smart people do--go into the real knowledge professions: law, medicine, engineering, education.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, you are more positive than I am about the efficacy of other professions. They're pretty much all diseased and low-wage industries now.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, George (and George-daughter)!
ReplyDeleteI hoped you cried and imagined her in kindergarten and hated the ragged young man she introduced you to and and had a fabulous time.
Brandeis? B.C.? Berklee? Harvard??
Give a hint and Anonymous and I can guess what she's going into. :) If she got anything at all from Pop, she's smart enough for all of them.
Regards,
Kelly
I really enjoyed your post a lot, i think everyone has right to choose his own way of life, i really like your post, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGeorge, say what you will about the state of many of our more noble professions, the fact is you can't fake being a good doctor or enginner or teacher of classic Greek antiquity. But one can make-pretend he's a good adman for an entire career. Your blog is a testament to the all the charlatans and poseurs that run your industry.
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