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yes yes, please continue to update us on developments in alt-right social media.
anyone have interest in doing a happy hour sometime soon?
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Part of my interview process on Tuesday ...
Attending Catholic Mass
Stg
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this is my itinerary for next week's interview process. It's pretty?intense. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Cathy Paer <cpaer@...>Date: Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 7:42 PM Subject: Re: Getting Ready To: dan buck < danpiercebuck@...> Cc: Joe Reiken < jreiken@...> Dan - Hello!? I am Cathy Paer, assistant to Dr. Reiken.? We are all very excited to have you here on campus for your meetings.? Your itinerary is attached.? I'm glad to hear Jennifer Cammarato sent your flight, hotel and car paperwork already and that she did a great?job. She is amazing.? ??
As for parking when you pull into our parking lot at 32451 Bear Brand Road, Laguna Niguel, California 92677, you would park in the "Preschool Parking lot" which is located in the first row of parking close to the flagpole.? Attached is a map to show you where to park and an "X" for the location of the main office.? Our security guard, Sevan, knows you will be here on campus Tuesday and Wednesday.? Once here, please be sure to wear a mask on campus and bring your driver's license so that I can make you a Guest/visitor Badge for the day.? After parking, you would then proceed to our Bldg A ground floor main office (marked with an "X" on map) which is located at the building to the right of the clock tower, ground floor where you will see a blue pop-up tent in front of the glass double doors.? When you arrive under the blue tent, you will have your temperature taken and a form given to you to complete with Covid questions.? We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday morning,?March 30th.? Thank you.? Cathy??
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 4:02 PM Joe Reiken < jreiken@...> wrote: Hi Dan, Apologies for the late reply. We're looking forward to having you visit St. Anne School also! On this email I've included Cathy Paer, who is my assistant. She is coordinating your visit with us and will have a schedule for you to review. Cathy can take care of you and everything you may need between now and your visit with us. Looking forward to seeing you next week!
Best, J
Hi?Joe,
I'm getting ready for the trip to Southern California and just wanted to check in and see if there's an itinerary for Tuesday and Wednesday or anything that I should know ahead of time. I also want to give a shout out to Jennifer Cammarato for organizing everything so efficiently.
Looking forward to meeting everyone and I'm grateful for being a part of the process.
Sincerely,
Dan Buck
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oh shit . . . yeah, i see it, i see it.? i sincerely appreciate your global approach to promoting the videos.?
sorta related: yesterday i was having a conversation with becca about something to do with biology and i asked her if she knew who jbs haldane was.? she didn't, and i was trying to illustrate why he sorta worked in obscurity during his lifetime and it occurred to me to say that he fell victim to what was the main equivalent to cancel culture in the mid-20th century. it was one of those moments
I think that those three people--the actual people--or someone who handles their parler accounts, looked that there was a kids video and a post about Stacey Abrams, etc. and they just blindly upvoted it. Do you see this attachment?? And the coolest thing is that Tomi Lahren has since then un-voted it, which is the coolest thing of all.??
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 11:04 AM David E. Ford Jr. < ottoemezz@...> wrote: whoa this is wild and i need to make sure i understand all of this correctly.? so, ben carson and lou dobbs look at little news ears?? and how do you know this?? and how do you feel about this?? yeah, that school seems a little dark, but they probably have money--the tuition is high as hell.
So check this out...
All of a sudden today I get a call from this academy above from Maryland. I applied for a job like a month ago or so.?
And the interview is for tomorrow which is weird in itself
Can I ask Facebook friends about that school because it's in Maryland I don't know about it
And I was created by the same people who owned Sinclair broadcasting
And I really believe it's because of the Ben Carson thing at the top of the website. They went on the website today it says Lou Dobbs, Ben Carson, and told me Lauren all like little news ears
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I think that those three people--the actual people--or someone who handles their parler accounts, looked that there was a kids video and a post about Stacey Abrams, etc. and they just blindly upvoted it. Do you see this attachment?? And the coolest thing is that Tomi Lahren has since then un-voted it, which is the coolest thing of all.??
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 11:04 AM David E. Ford Jr. < ottoemezz@...> wrote: whoa this is wild and i need to make sure i understand all of this correctly.? so, ben carson and lou dobbs look at little news ears?? and how do you know this?? and how do you feel about this?? yeah, that school seems a little dark, but they probably have money--the tuition is high as hell.
So check this out...
All of a sudden today I get a call from this academy above from Maryland. I applied for a job like a month ago or so.?
And the interview is for tomorrow which is weird in itself
Can I ask Facebook friends about that school because it's in Maryland I don't know about it
And I was created by the same people who owned Sinclair broadcasting
And I really believe it's because of the Ben Carson thing at the top of the website. They went on the website today it says Lou Dobbs, Ben Carson, and told me Lauren all like little news ears
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whoa this is wild and i need to make sure i understand all of this correctly.? so, ben carson and lou dobbs look at little news ears?? and how do you know this?? and how do you feel about this?? yeah, that school seems a little dark, but they probably have money--the tuition is high as hell.
So check this out...
All of a sudden today I get a call from this academy above from Maryland. I applied for a job like a month ago or so.?
And the interview is for tomorrow which is weird in itself
Can I ask Facebook friends about that school because it's in Maryland I don't know about it
And I was created by the same people who owned Sinclair broadcasting
And I really believe it's because of the Ben Carson thing at the top of the website. They went on the website today it says Lou Dobbs, Ben Carson, and told me Lauren all like little news ears
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So check this out...
All of a sudden today I get a call from this academy above from Maryland. I applied for a job like a month ago or so.?
And the interview is for tomorrow which is weird in itself
Can I ask Facebook friends about that school because it's in Maryland I don't know about it
And I was created by the same people who owned Sinclair broadcasting
And I really believe it's because of the Ben Carson thing at the top of the website. They went on the website today it says Lou Dobbs, Ben Carson, and told me Lauren all like little news ears
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this is kind of the coolest thing
I posted a new episode about Kiki's Kidlines on parler
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It's time for you to do this
I can be any of your allies and get the notifications if you break?
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This is good news for us?
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Hey there,
I am writing an article for Mensa again--the main hope is to sneak in a Little News Ears shout out--and I'd like your help with editing / improving it. I've shared it with you as a Google Doc and it is also below.
How to Remove a Potato from a Toilet
For those of you who truly want to know how to extract a potato that was flushed into a toilet, I’ve got?
you covered. The main reason I am writing this is not to teach you how to remove a potato from a toilet, but to
share the true creative, innovative, and intellectual joy I felt when I actually accomplished this feat.??
Neurotransmitters were shooting in my brain that I haven’t felt in years. Maybe people who work with their
hands feel like this every day?? Not sure.?
So the first thing that you have to know is that if you do put a potato into your toilet and you Google
things like “potato flushed toilet’ or “Potato clog toilet” there are comments on message boards from 2011 or so
that say things like:
"I believe I have the easiest fix of all: threaten to sue the landlord and share pictures on social media."
‘Wait two months. The potato will rot eventually’
“An M80”
Accepting that I was on this mission on my own (alas, I have no landlord to sue) (with my wife helping?
me move the toilet and my son, the offender, helping me with the garden hose, as I will eventually get to, I?
thought the solution would be to get what is sometimes referred to as a toilet snake.?
It has a fairly sharp rubber arrowhead. You turn the wheel. The snake goes down and cuts through whatever?
is stuck. I think it’s meant to be like a low tech version of those spider robots in Minority Report. Remember?
In retrospect, I guess it’s obvious that a rubber arrowhead wouldn’t hew through a raw potato.
So here is the solution.
Turn off the water to the toilet.
 ?
. My wife and I did this by siphoning water from the chamber in the?
back (which we learned from brewing beer) and eventually just pouring the rest of the water out down
the sewage pipe..
Remove the toilet screws. These are probably called something else. Toilet bolts?? Let’s just call them?
toilet screws.
Turn the toilet over onto its side.
See if you can see the potato through the other side--i.e., the bottom of the toilet (it seems very meta to think that a toilet has an anus, but, well, it does).?
Note, if the potato is not in your toilet, but is actually in your sewage pipe, you probably need to call a plumber.
Try to use the snake or a coat hanger to take the potato out if you can see it from the bottom. I had dreams of using a corkscrew somehow. ? “Could I get my 6 year-old to stick his hand in there with a corkscrew? Should I make him?”
If this doesn’t work, take your toilet outside.
Turn your toilet upside down.
Place a garden hose as far as you can into the back of the toilet. Kind of like an enema. Note: You may need to angle the toilet so the potato can fall out more easily.
Blast water through the toilet, backwards. No surrender.
You did it! If you look carefully you can see the potato.
I literally shouted, ‘The potato is out!’ three times. Victory was mine! Just a truly amazing feeling.?
The question I have for you now is this:? how can we recreate a struggle like this every day when we get to creatively problem-solve? And what should the consequences be for my son?
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A good idea, but we have to collaborate
So the other day an idea flashed my mind that I laughed out loud about and I think it's a really good idea. It's something that I don't have the time to do solely by myself and I do think there is a sort of time limit on this idea.?
Picture this... A book on Amazon called The Mike Pence Diaries?
and basically it's the behind-the-scenes, full of rage, the side you don't see, of every notable event over the past four years. Like the recent black fly on his head episode would have a diary entry about that.?
If just a couple of you were interested... We could together come up with let's say 40 different entry topics and divide the work up. I feel like if we had enough of us working on this it would be like 12 hours of work for each of us total or something like that.
And then I guess we could self-publish it.
Interested?
Dan?
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Sunday Can Work - Still On?
Hi everybody,
I just heard from Sandra ...she and the kids will be coming back to NJ on Saturday after all...so we can still meet Sunday if it is ok with all of you. Let me know..sorry for the changes in plans..
Dan
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I do hate that. Almost as much as I hate 'debrief.'?
'What was dangerous for kids about your podcast? Anything specific?'
There was a line when the Trump supporter character made fun of the idea of being transgender. He said something like, "I might want to be a purple unicorn but just because I want to be doesn't mean I should change.'
My argument to the guy was that the two characters can both be stupid, like Homer Simpson like characters. His point was that 'if it could make a child feel bad about himself, it shouldn't be there.' And he's right.
So I revamped and moved on. That was one problem that was solved.
About drinking outside, it was just a suspicion. We don't really know our neighbors and the little that we do know, most are like blue-collar trump supporters, so I pictured someone being like, 'Let's call that guy in for drinking a beer while his kids are riding their bikes right outside.'
But it wasn't that. A parent at school. I don't think my boss ever found out about it.
And the 5%, my boss believes in neuro linguistic programming. At heart she is very paranoid, goes by her gut, stressed out, unhappy. There is a part of the job that I just won't do...a fakeness. Like during the pandemic I literally didn't know if the school was going to close. I spoke to her every day. I wasn't negative. I was just kind of...blase/neutral/logical...as I am about a lot of things. Like when she was going to possibly start renting a building nearby I had no feelings about the building. I don't give a shit about buildings. So all of those types of things make her feel like I'm not the right 'class.' I will go to a workshop and honestly say, 'Eh, it was ok,' but to be in 'the game' you have to be like, "oh my god it was so incredible!'
So the 5% is that...I could have been a bit more optimistic / fake / something like that.
The truth is, stg, being there was like a prison and I knew I had to stay 5 years. She is very paranoid / critical and difficult to handle. Most people quit...I'm the one who took it and basically did every single thing she wanted me to do, even when what she wanted was...ridiculous. She was the puppeteer. I was the puppet. Some parents left because of her actions--through me. The vast majority left because of the pandemic.
But in all fairness...it's her business, the shit isn't working, it's a sinking ship, so why not take me out and try someone new. It's logical.? But the vast majority of the failures at the school boil down to her not hiring enough people, or paying enough. She's a terrible business-person, but she thinks she's great.
But I'm not bitter.
On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 2:43 PM David Doga < oyeguey@...> wrote:
Wooo
A lot to " unpack" and you can add that phrase to the things you hate list.
Questions..
What was dangerous for kids about your podcast? Anything specific?
What was your 5% of fault? Related to the massage comment or something else? The podcast?
I never knew one can't drink around their kids. What are they complaining about? What's the difference between drinking when kids are inside or outside??
Your lucky that investigation went well. Kids can say anything and there is no way to disprove the allegations.?
It's just " he said, she said " and child services always argue ...why would the child make that up? And it's stacked against the parent/adult and in court one can't cross examine the child or really challenge their allegation.
?I really hope you get that San Diego job. I would argue best city in North America. Would others agree? Todd?
Namibia is beautiful. Great for a long vacation, But lacks a lot of basics for making living there desirable. Some of the best safari opportunity on the planet which would be cool for the kids.
If it were me I would ask expats there about any racial tensions and being a target for crime or harassment.
Glad you are happy buddy!?
Keep us posted
Andrew
Hello there everyone,
I'm drinking cold white wine in the New Jersey sunshine?in my backyard and it is fucking amazing. Hurrah to global warming at this moment or whatever is causing this. I need this. Oh, and there are no kids here at the moment, not that I don't love them.
Sandra's grandmother died. They are in Canada.
So I guess about two months ago I was hit with three things within the same week or so.
1. My job is downgraded.
There is a long story here and I won't claim that I am 100% blameless, but at its heart I think what I have realized after working in four for-profit schools over the past six years: they suck. Who would have thought that as INSANE as the school I was
in Morocco from 2014 - 2016 it would have been my best experience?
Though I can stay at my job 'indefinitely' it is no longer as Head of School. There's a new one of those.?
I'm almost completely over it.
So this means that I am in the process of applying for new jobs.
As of right now there are two strong prospects:
1. The San Diego Jewish Academy
2. The Windhoek School in Namibia
I've applied for tons. I also have a very eager headhunter working for me with Southern Teachers, so we might end up moving to somewhere like South Carolina or Kentucky.
As for my exact blame for my job I give myself 5% blame.? 47.5% the pandemic. 47.5% my boss.
2. Kids Listen gave me a warning.
So not that you give a crap, but my Little News Ears is in 'Kids Listen,' which is like an 'elite' group of kids podcasts. Mick Sullivan, who does the show The Past and The Curious, which is a really
known?show, told me that one of my shows was too potentially harmful for kids. So I revamped (this show is called Just Vote Moms...two bickering animal-men ...one kind of a southern asshole and one kind of a gayish international white rhino talking about
politics) and I think I solved this one.
3. We are being investigated.
I mean, that's an exaggeration, but Sandra called me in tears a while back and said that the Department of Social Services is going to investigate a claim that was made by a parent of one of Caspian's classmates at school.
I couldn't imagine what it was...until I knew it was about Caspian I pictured it was somebody in our neighborhood complaining that we were drinking a beer outside of our house as Caspian and Sky were playing in the front 'yard.'
But as it turns out, and I do remember when Caspian said this, one day at school he, or one of his friends got him to say, 'My Dad gave me a butt massage.'
I remember when he said it at school. I winced and told him not to make jokes like that.
But it doesn't change the fact that he said it. A parent phoned it in. We were interviewed... a few times Caspian was asked by the social worker, 'Did your father ever give you a butt massage?' and he said YES. Just kidding. He said no.
But holy shit.
And so anyway, with these three big things, if you don't know this about me yet.....I HATE when it gets dark and cold. I HATE not being able to go to the beach once a week. And so I've been pretty down of late.
So I woke up yesterday morning and added to
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51.
Don't depend on an artistic enterprise--be it writing a book, making a film, launching a website--as being even a CHANCE of fame and fortune. Do it because you believe in it. Because you love it. It could be the most amazing thing in the world and still people
may not want to see it or pay money for it. Never give up, but think of it as a small local theater you have started in the area. It's a good thing.
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52.
Be humble and accept what the world gives you.
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53.
If you have everything you want in life and you know that getting an animal will make you happier and keep you happier, get one.
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54.
Don't depend on your children's successes or love of you to make you happy. You can't control who they are and what they do.
So that's right. We will get a dog when we move
somewhere.
I love you all. Want to meet together Thanksgiving weekend sometime? Or before Xmas? Let me know.
Dan
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Wooo
A lot to " unpack" and you can add that phrase to the things you hate list.
Questions..
What was dangerous for kids about your podcast? Anything specific?
What was your 5% of fault? Related to the massage comment or something else? The podcast?
I never knew one can't drink around their kids. What are they complaining about? What's the difference between drinking when kids are inside or outside??
Your lucky that investigation went well. Kids can say anything and there is no way to disprove the allegations.?
It's just " he said, she said " and child services always argue ...why would the child make that up? And it's stacked against the parent/adult and in court one can't cross examine the child or really challenge their allegation.
?I really hope you get that San Diego job. I would argue best city in North America. Would others agree? Todd?
Namibia is beautiful. Great for a long vacation, But lacks a lot of basics for making living there desirable. Some of the best safari opportunity on the planet which would be cool for the kids.
If it were me I would ask expats there about any racial tensions and being a target for crime or harassment.
Glad you are happy buddy!?
Keep us posted
Andrew
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Hello there everyone,
I'm drinking cold white wine in the New Jersey sunshine?in my backyard and it is fucking amazing. Hurrah to global warming at this moment or whatever is causing this. I need this. Oh, and there are no kids here at the moment, not that I don't love them.
Sandra's grandmother died. They are in Canada.
So I guess about two months ago I was hit with three things within the same week or so.
1. My job is downgraded.
There is a long story here and I won't claim that I am 100% blameless, but at its heart I think what I have realized after working in four for-profit schools over the past six years: they suck. Who would have thought that as INSANE as the school I was
in Morocco from 2014 - 2016 it would have been my best experience?
Though I can stay at my job 'indefinitely' it is no longer as Head of School. There's a new one of those.?
I'm almost completely over it.
So this means that I am in the process of applying for new jobs.
As of right now there are two strong prospects:
1. The San Diego Jewish Academy
2. The Windhoek School in Namibia
I've applied for tons. I also have a very eager headhunter working for me with Southern Teachers, so we might end up moving to somewhere like South Carolina or Kentucky.
As for my exact blame for my job I give myself 5% blame.? 47.5% the pandemic. 47.5% my boss.
2. Kids Listen gave me a warning.
So not that you give a crap, but my Little News Ears is in 'Kids Listen,' which is like an 'elite' group of kids podcasts. Mick Sullivan, who does the show The Past and The Curious, which is a really
known?show, told me that one of my shows was too potentially harmful for kids. So I revamped (this show is called Just Vote Moms...two bickering animal-men ...one kind of a southern asshole and one kind of a gayish international white rhino talking about
politics) and I think I solved this one.
3. We are being investigated.
I mean, that's an exaggeration, but Sandra called me in tears a while back and said that the Department of Social Services is going to investigate a claim that was made by a parent of one of Caspian's classmates at school.
I couldn't imagine what it was...until I knew it was about Caspian I pictured it was somebody in our neighborhood complaining that we were drinking a beer outside of our house as Caspian and Sky were playing in the front 'yard.'
But as it turns out, and I do remember when Caspian said this, one day at school he, or one of his friends got him to say, 'My Dad gave me a butt massage.'
I remember when he said it at school. I winced and told him not to make jokes like that.
But it doesn't change the fact that he said it. A parent phoned it in. We were interviewed... a few times Caspian was asked by the social worker, 'Did your father ever give you a butt massage?' and he said YES. Just kidding. He said no.
But holy shit.
And so anyway, with these three big things, if you don't know this about me yet.....I HATE when it gets dark and cold. I HATE not being able to go to the beach once a week. And so I've been pretty down of late.
So I woke up yesterday morning and added to
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51.
Don't depend on an artistic enterprise--be it writing a book, making a film, launching a website--as being even a CHANCE of fame and fortune. Do it because you believe in it. Because you love it. It could be the most amazing thing in the world and still people
may not want to see it or pay money for it. Never give up, but think of it as a small local theater you have started in the area. It's a good thing.
-
52.
Be humble and accept what the world gives you.
-
53.
If you have everything you want in life and you know that getting an animal will make you happier and keep you happier, get one.
-
54.
Don't depend on your children's successes or love of you to make you happy. You can't control who they are and what they do.
So that's right. We will get a dog when we move
somewhere.
I love you all. Want to meet together Thanksgiving weekend sometime? Or before Xmas? Let me know.
Dan
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New Additions to My List of Philosophies / New Gossip
Hello there everyone,
I'm drinking cold white wine in the New Jersey sunshine?in my backyard and it is fucking amazing. Hurrah to global warming at this moment or whatever is causing this. I need this. Oh, and there are no kids here at the moment, not that I don't love them. Sandra's grandmother died. They are in Canada.
So I guess about two months ago I was hit with three things within the same week or so.
1. My job is downgraded.
There is a long story here and I won't claim that I am 100% blameless, but at its heart I think what I have realized after working in four for-profit schools over the past six years: they suck. Who would have thought that as INSANE as the school I was in Morocco from 2014 - 2016 it would have been my best experience?
Though I can stay at my job 'indefinitely' it is no longer as Head of School. There's a new one of those.?
I'm almost completely over it.
So this means that I am in the process of applying for new jobs.
As of right now there are two strong prospects:
1. The San Diego Jewish Academy
2. The Windhoek School in Namibia
I've applied for tons. I also have a very eager headhunter working for me with Southern Teachers, so we might end up moving to somewhere like South Carolina or Kentucky.
As for my exact blame for my job I give myself 5% blame.? 47.5% the pandemic. 47.5% my boss.
2. Kids Listen gave me a warning.
So not that you give a crap, but my Little News Ears is in 'Kids Listen,' which is like an 'elite' group of kids podcasts. Mick Sullivan, who does the show The Past and The Curious, which is a really known?show, told me that one of my shows was too potentially harmful for kids. So I revamped (this show is called Just Vote Moms...two bickering animal-men ...one kind of a southern asshole and one kind of a gayish international white rhino talking about politics) and I think I solved this one.
3. We are being investigated.
I mean, that's an exaggeration, but Sandra called me in tears a while back and said that the Department of Social Services is going to investigate a claim that was made by a parent of one of Caspian's classmates at school.
I couldn't imagine what it was...until I knew it was about Caspian I pictured it was somebody in our neighborhood complaining that we were drinking a beer outside of our house as Caspian and Sky were playing in the front 'yard.'
But as it turns out, and I do remember when Caspian said this, one day at school he, or one of his friends got him to say, 'My Dad gave me a butt massage.'
I remember when he said it at school. I winced and told him not to make jokes like that.
But it doesn't change the fact that he said it. A parent phoned it in. We were interviewed... a few times Caspian was asked by the social worker, 'Did your father ever give you a butt massage?' and he said YES. Just kidding. He said no.
But holy shit.
And so anyway, with these three big things, if you don't know this about me yet.....I HATE when it gets dark and cold. I HATE not being able to go to the beach once a week. And so I've been pretty down of late.
So I woke up yesterday morning and added to
- 51. Don't depend on an artistic enterprise--be it writing a book, making a film, launching a website--as being even a CHANCE of fame and fortune. Do it because you believe in it. Because you love it. It could be the most amazing thing in the world and still people may not want to see it or pay money for it. Never give up, but think of it as a small local theater you have started in the area. It's a good thing.
- 52. Be humble and accept what the world gives you.
- 53. If you have everything you want in life and you know that getting an animal will make you happier and keep you happier, get one.
- 54. Don't depend on your children's successes or love of you to make you happy. You can't control who they are and what they do.
So that's right. We will get a dog when we move somewhere.
I love you all. Want to meet together Thanksgiving weekend sometime? Or before Xmas? Let me know.
Dan .?
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