CUNNINGLY CLEVER OR IRREDUCIBLY IRRESPONSIBLE?

When the Author was in High School he wanted a Corvette. This discussion ensued with Hal Prickett, one of the Author's favorite teachers:

Hal said that at my age (with a smirk) that it would be irresponsible to own such a car.

I replied that is it not irresponsible then for an older guy to have a Corvette. He said that for an older guy it was a sign of success.

I then asked him what was the difference between irresponsibility and success? He coyly declined to answer. But I know that we understood each other

THE AUTHOR'S NEW GIRLFRIEND




Her name is Elise and she is built by Lotus for performance.

When the Author sells the house, he can dedicate some of the proceeds to Elise.

WHY BOTHER WITH THE NECCESSITIES WHEN YOU CAN GET BY WITH THE LUXURIES.

The Author is at a troubling and somewhat embittering juncture in his life. He worked extremely hard to obtain a moderate level of professional and financial success. But his success has been transitory and is now ever-elusive.

He can pinpoint the reasons, but they are not worth recounting. Suffice it to say that he will likely never get the corner office. Shoot, he is lucky to even get an office anymore. But the width of the integers on the paychek is all that really ever mattered.

SO WHAT THEN IS TO BE DONE?

Perhaps the best revenge against those that hold the jobs he should have had and pull down the salaries that he should have earned is to live the life that HE WANTS! Listen to punk rock. Go to art films. Break into a Beavis and Butt-Head voice when the fancy strikes. (While still being fluent amd voluble in economics, history, science and politics.)

Play some raw chords on a loud guitar. Ride a fast motorcycle in a hard and extreme fashion. And keep coming at it, again and again. And maybe someday, pull up beside the ship that he had long missed.

AND DRIVE A SPORTS CAR WITH AN ABANDON THAT FEW WILL EVER KNOW OR APPRECIATE!



WELCOME TO THE DESERT OF THE REAL!