Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 12-31-18 16:38 <=-

Probably commoner in the olden days, when nursing and
social work was along with teaching and librarianship
were among the few ways a smart woman could enter an
advanceable career. Now, doctory and lawyery professions
are open to women, so a lot of the very best are
siphoned away from those positions that were formerly
filled by sometimes massively overqualified labor.

Probably a good thing over all, though... nice to have some of that massively overqualified labor in better fitting jobs... ;)

Better for everyone except the labor itself.

Perhaps.

Especially given how my last week has been
going.... work has been abundant, and time did indeed squeeze....
hence, a week where I thought I'd be catching up has been one
where I've slipped farther behind on messaging... sigh....

Life gets in the way of second life.

Very much so... About caught up again, though... ;)

Hurrah, hurrah, hurray.

Don't cheer too soon... slipping again, though maybe not too badly... ;)

Not if the person gets experience before the higher degree... and not everyone would want to get into the administration aspect of things...

As above, with the additional cynical comment
that those who like administration tend to hide
some other character flaw, such as not liking
work or not liking people.

There is that....

I've met some and am even less sympathetic
to them than to insurance company executives.

Indeed.

It's bewildering. Best thing is just to
be bewildered.

Indeed. :)

You can't beat up on oblivion. Not
easily, anyway.

Or at least not very satisfactorily... ;)

Who was it, Canute or someone, who took up
arms against the sea?

Maybe.... or was it Lear....?

Don't think so - the only time I saw it it
was a Bergmanesque dark film, and I was trying
to play it back but couldn't. All I recall is
that it was a date, but I can't even recall who
the date was.

Probably too long ago....

We'll find out, but I suspect that's the case.

Should be... :)

Stay tuned until about New Year's Eve eve.
If there's no word by 1/5, remind me.

Ok... As long as I remember... :)

And knowing you, you'll ask for a report
right away.

If I remember... ;)

I'll see you down the hall from me in the
memory unit.

At least we'll be in good company... ;)

... How can you eat one of God's own creatures? With mustard and onions!

Butter and pepper.

That would work, too... along with maybe a bit of ginger... ;)

cereal killer.

With due cause... ;)

"Godson of Vice-Chancellor runs amok; Kix waiters
and Cap'n Crunches errant restaurant chef."

That's one way to get one's 15 minutes of fame.... ;)

By and large, people would be better off with
zero minutes of fame.

Probably.

I suppose my parents did give somewhat of a practical equivalent... and generally explained why something should be done a certain way...

Sounds like. That's what parents are supposed
to do but in many cases don't.

They were both teachers.... Daddy particularly....

Probably born that way. Once a teacher,
always a teacher.

True... Grandmother could have been a teacher, too, though she wasn't, officially.... :)

(the University of Arkansas sponsored ours and a
student orchestra as well, with some slopover of
personnel, for example; granted, such institutions
often have (generally wind-heavy) music departments
of some eminence. I was also thinking of the HRO,
so your guess is also correct.

Which is the HRO...?

Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.

Ah. That makes sense...

Ah, yes, Milwaukee.

That's the one that was on tonight... ;)

What was the program, and how did they do?

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture, Nocturn and Scherzo), Jalbert: Violin Concerto, and Vaughn Williams: A Sea Symphony. They did creditably... :)

Who's Jalbert?

Dunno... It was listenable to, at least... I'm guessing somewhat modern, though....

There's a backlash against modernism, and
composers are writing more accessible and
largely duller music.

Some of the modernism was rather dull music, for all the inaccessibility
of it... ;)

Did you have a starring or a supporting role...?

The former.

Harder to hide.... Was the imperfection obvious to all, or just mostly
to yourself....?

No, except the composer was there.

And presumably would know what he'd intended for you to play... explains

She.

Ah. Did she pick up on your mistakes...? or was it good enough for
her...?

why you'd never set eyes on it previously... was it a premiere...?

A second.

Almost as bad... :)

ttyl neb

... Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter: Eskimo pi

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