Here's another picture of me from my youth, hard at work at my first job. The day after I graduated from Harvard Business School my father put me to work on his plantation in France. My job was to keep tabs on the slavegirls and make sure that not a single kernel of grain was lost.It was hard work, but I was good at it, and it signaled my rapid rise in the corporate world. Here I learned all about the value of margins, and I have been living in the margins ever since.
After several decades of such work I have, in fact, become an extremely marginal fellow.
23 comments:
Ahhhh, so good to learn about the first step that made the career path of people.
And look at you! Such diligent hard worker, not even one stray hair nor a floc of straw stuck to your tie. I'm at awe at your striving to be marginal - don't ever compromise.
Living on the edge.
Sorry I haven't been around here much Neil but it took me a while to escape from Gitmo. You have been doing good work here, at least by Lutheran standards, and I want you to know that I appreciate it even though I have been ignoring you completely. Something, something,something is the purest form of flattery they say. I promise not to be such a stranger in these parts but it is coming on winter and I am a Southern boy and you have to watch out for your health and all...
How inspirational; perhaps someday I can too achieve marginal status as well.
Marginal seems to be a key word these days! ; (
Cheers to you!
I see the girls are getting creative with their grain. The one is wearing hers for a headdress, and the other one has poms poms. Maybe about to cheer you on?
Grain elevators can do that to a person...
hey Neil, you and my boss have the same job!
Perhaps Neil is your boss,
And you were a slave girl.
Rah Rah!
The margin pays better than the fringe.
I'll bet you had the most enthusiastic slave girls in France, you handsome devil.
Well we love Marginal Fellows...some even make great presidents ( gag gag)....but you were and are indeed such a Handsom fella..
And I bet you never lost a single grain all the while you were watching the slave girls work. Right?
You really seem to have had some great jobs and it shows in your status and writings.
Maybe one day I'll achieve the level of competency you have and than again maybe not.
God Bless.
Marginality makes me maudlin...
Post up, ya ol' Crisper, you!
Wow, I wish I could make it to marginal.
hey marginal fella- it has been two weeks...so what is up....?? are you okay? did the slave girls take you away?
Nice to see you relive your ambitious youth.
Hey Neil...
Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
God Bless.
Missing you!
Hey - hope you're OK. Hurry back, before someone in Thailand will steal your name yet again.
Keep on counting...
so where are you fella? you and Kvatch are in Missing Again...I hope you are just resting....or taking a break....take care...
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