tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post9185023908920404580..comments2024-03-16T14:05:12.642-07:00Comments on Record of a Baffled Spirit: Closing DoorsMike Keytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-19224982480050324032011-12-09T14:13:15.132-08:002011-12-09T14:13:15.132-08:00You're right, Shirley. Reinvention only goes s...You're right, Shirley. Reinvention only goes so far - unless you find a job in Disneyland : )Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-53318919841094600842011-12-07T06:48:17.637-08:002011-12-07T06:48:17.637-08:00Jobs were plentiful when I was growing up. Basical...Jobs were plentiful when I was growing up. Basically, if you could spell your name, you could get a job. A job for life too.<br /><br />It's true that a lot of people can reinvent themselves, but for how long? And what about those who can't? There can be few things more soul destroying than not being allowed to put those hard earned qualifications to good use.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938431508430656253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-16413315361979094502011-12-05T02:45:47.683-08:002011-12-05T02:45:47.683-08:00Claudia, you're right, and I think part of the...Claudia, you're right, and I think part of the solution will lie in networking along with the 'get up and go' gene. The danger is if we begin to idolatrise this rare and elusive gene as the univeral answer, a panacea that distracts us from the misery of millions who clearly lack 'get up and go'. The problem, in this way, shifts responsibility from those who beneft from the system to the victims of it.Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-68288290374251712292011-12-04T19:06:51.666-08:002011-12-04T19:06:51.666-08:00What a timely post! Over the weekend, I talked to ...What a timely post! Over the weekend, I talked to some friends whose conversation echoed this very sentiment. Times have changed and we have to reinvent ourselves. If the doors don't open, then we have to make our own doors. ;)Claudia Zurchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302024950570710809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-22756716546523092952011-12-03T01:54:30.917-08:002011-12-03T01:54:30.917-08:00I suspect some of them willI suspect <i>some</i> of them willMike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-48397638694065602182011-12-02T15:49:05.345-08:002011-12-02T15:49:05.345-08:00The name of the game nowadays seems to be "cr...The name of the game nowadays seems to be "create your own dang door" since so many doors have been locked, steel-enforced and booby-trapped.<br /><br />I wish for success with that group's new endeavors.Angela Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324366495151363782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-89883173042007405292011-12-02T14:59:33.083-08:002011-12-02T14:59:33.083-08:00For better or worse, finance is the name of the ga...For better or worse, finance is the name of the game. Good luck with your niece and the care home : )<br /><br />PS the mysterious deletion was due to a typo. I'm becoming pernickety in my old ageMike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-53739231628094815322011-12-02T14:57:52.354-08:002011-12-02T14:57:52.354-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-15315591310710704522011-12-02T04:45:13.134-08:002011-12-02T04:45:13.134-08:00When I was a kid, I could trip over jobs on a Sund...When I was a kid, I could trip over jobs on a Sunday walk. <br /><br />But those days are gone. My niece, who anticipated the downfall, started interning when she was a freshman. Years later, degrees and licenses in hand, she walked out of university and into the bosom of a big corporation and a well-paying position. Her chosen profession is finance, so maybe that gave her an edge.<br /><br />I'm being nice to her. Maybe she'll consider taking care of me when I'm old and feeble. :)Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.com