Just a strange day. Strange times.
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Helen Reddy Dies at 78; Sang ‘I Am Woman’ (The New York Times)
Mac Davis, Pop and Country Singing Star, Is Dead at 78 (The New York Times)
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Looking for something to do this evening? Check out Garfield Minus Garfield. From the site:
Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb.
They’re funnier than the originals in a dark, terrible way. Of course, it doesn’t take much to be funnier than the originals.
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On 22 September Rolling Stone published an updated list of its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, which was first published in 2003 and updated in 2012. It’s an odd mishmash of albums from popular genres (don’t look for any classical music) released from the 1950s to last year. The most notable takeaway for me was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band falling from the number 1 spot in the past two versions of the list to number 24. I think the new number 1 is a worthy successor. There are some weird juxtapositions (number 239: Boogie Down Productions, ‘Criminal Minded’; number 238: Kraftwerk, ‘Trans Europe Express’; number 237: Willie Nelson, ‘Red Headed Stranger’) and some head-scratchers. Some great artists didn’t make the list. One individual made the list around 6 times (I didn’t bother to take an exact count, so great was my shock) when, in my opinion, they should be placed in a mental institution with the only recording equipment nearby being the security camera monitoring their isolation cell for their inevitable suicide attempts.
But that’s just my opinion.
Lists like these are semi-interesting diversions that make for barroom or online debates, and nothing more.
One final note: I didn’t learn of this until today. I guess other things are making headlines.
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It’s been 200 days since I started doing this. I celebrated by taking a shower. I think I’m going to order dinner instead of cooking. Just go crazy.
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A quiet, peaceful day, as I hoped. I checked the news once this morning. That was enough. Paid some bills, organized some music CDs, talked to some family, and made pizza for dinner. I may do the same thing tomorrow, minus the bill paying.
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September’s almost over. This month has flown by for me. I’m hoping for a quiet, restful weekend.
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I started my first job out of college today in 1984. At the time the social contract was that if you performed well you’d have a job for life. A few years later I heard Tom Peters say that people my age and younger would work for an average of six different employers during their career.
IBM laid off people for the first time in its history in 1993. I knew a lot of ex-IBMers. They were saddened but not surprised. The tech industry shuddered.
Thirty-six years later I’m working for my fifth employer. I’ve left two jobs and been laid off from two others. The days of lifetime employment ended about thirty years ago. I’m not sure if we’re entering into a new set of rules due to COVID-19 but today I’m glad to be employed and hope that I can stay where I am until I choose to retire.
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Our Americas organization had an all hands call today. In summary, we’re doing okay, all things considered. Still no layoffs. Forecasting a strong recovery post-pandemic.
Here’s hoping we reach post-pandemic soon.
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Chicago Bears’ Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers dies at age 77 (ESPN).
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Welcome to fall. It’s been unseasonably cool here for the past few days. Today I wore khakis, a dress shirt, and a sweater vest because I felt like it. Also, I needed to wash my pajamas.
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I finished backing up and storing my DVDs today. I’ve started doing the same with my CDs. I like to think I’d be doing this even if there wasn’t a pandemic. I like to think that.
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By special request from Rae.
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