so, what to do? what to do? it's a tough time to work in higher ed. it's extra tough when your husband is retiring and semi-disgruntled and you've got a new boss and your designing arm is shot to hell. uncertainty mixed with an upset stomach and the occasional nervous tic is the extended forecast here. that's simply not acceptable. people live through truly bad stuff not just this stuff. famine, earthquakes, hurricanes, that's the bad shit...this is just...shit. shit, i can deal with. what's good in there? well, i know a lot of good people doing good work. my job is to tell people about them. i guess that that is where my passions lie. i can use my skills to communicate what they do in order to attempt to let people know that higher ed is not all waste and liberal conspiracy. it's people working hard to create thinking individuals...the kind of individuals who can get us out of this shit we're in. now, that is some shit to be passionate about.
Can Do ::
Maira Kalman (the woman I would most like to meet)
Everything is invented.
Language. Childhood. Careers.
Relationships. Religion.
Philosophy. The future.
They are not there for the plucking.
They don't exist in some
natural state.
They must be invented by people.
And that, of course, is a great thing.
Don't mope in your room.
Go invent something.
That is the American Message.
Electricity. Flight. The telephone.
Television. Computers. Walking on
the moon. It never stops.
