tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post64797554645358198..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: What's "Rich?" What's "Success?"Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-40881181091852275062011-10-13T02:10:05.119-04:002011-10-13T02:10:05.119-04:00Roberta X is a killjoy.
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Josh
;-)Roberta X is a killjoy. <br /><br />:-(<br />Josh<br /><br />;-)Josh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-83304328026809426182011-10-12T20:04:56.460-04:002011-10-12T20:04:56.460-04:00Steve: no, really -- if you saw the cautions I was...Steve: no, really -- if you saw the cautions I was being given in the slow-drain post about using lye and sulphiric acid one after the other, it's like that -- she's a great musician but a leftie, hippie, feminist (if, thank heavens, a little bit in favor of a .gov that mostly minds its own biz) and I would just as soon not be the jerk that caused the explosion.<br /><br /> Not everything is political; not everything needs to be. And sometimes a body's got to step up and make sure it stays that way.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-27658015979750789572011-10-12T13:46:21.663-04:002011-10-12T13:46:21.663-04:00As long as you have enough to pay for your basic n...As long as you have enough to pay for your basic necessities Happiness is all that really matters beyond that.Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-8831842725555828702011-10-12T11:35:49.378-04:002011-10-12T11:35:49.378-04:00Post her name and website; if she's any good, ...Post her name and website; if she's any good, maybe your readers could give her a little bonus!Steve Flormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11014482042571857496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-81520485399367326152011-10-12T09:46:26.739-04:002011-10-12T09:46:26.739-04:00peoiple have made a good living doing what my drea...peoiple have made a good living doing what my dream is, which is to kill things, and eat them. <br /><br />I also learned early on that making your job your hearts desire most often results in your hearts desire becoming a job. So I learned to love what I do- it's important work, after all- and it offers me the opportunity to occasionally do what I love.oghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551049745184408924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-47059541417009014892011-10-12T09:17:18.353-04:002011-10-12T09:17:18.353-04:00Nope. Woman is an utter treehugging hippie, with ...Nope. Woman is an utter treehugging hippie, with a website; I like her music well enough to want to avoid sending an inevitable argument. Hey, nobody's perfect.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-1113711062154641652011-10-12T08:37:45.570-04:002011-10-12T08:37:45.570-04:00So... who is it? Do we get to listen to her too?So... who is it? Do we get to listen to her too?perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-83629319379763092322011-10-12T07:58:17.737-04:002011-10-12T07:58:17.737-04:00I'm an experienced mechanical engineer and one...I'm an experienced mechanical engineer and one of my guilty pleasures is that I take great pleasure when I see things I've designed in public.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09512155016462081947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-84273597045081711972011-10-12T01:16:35.354-04:002011-10-12T01:16:35.354-04:00I'm a volunteer at a local community theater, ...I'm a volunteer at a local community theater, working backstage on one to three productions a year. On an average production, I spend an average of 80 to 120 or more hours involved in the show, between rehearsals, set construction, and performances. I get paid not one cent. I've even paid for tickets to shows for friends out of pocket. Each cast and crew member gets two 'comp' tickets to the show they work, so hopefully your family can come see what you've spent so much time on. <br /><br />This is at a true community theater. The directors, the actors, the stage manager, the tech people like me, none of us get paid, although the actors claim that the applause is their paycheck. <br /><br />But we have to do it. If we don't, we get grumpy and out of sorts. We might only work one show a year, we might work one show every three years, or we might work every show in a season. But we HAVE to get back into the theater. So yeah, the math doesn't add up, the ROI isn't there, but there's just no way you can run the calculus to understand why we do what we do unless you have something that you're the same way about.Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12244142931909670053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-8961013914216910132011-10-12T00:17:27.989-04:002011-10-12T00:17:27.989-04:00More money coming in than going out.More money coming in than going out.Josh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-10862005585306003092011-10-11T23:40:50.838-04:002011-10-11T23:40:50.838-04:00Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho calls that "the...Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho calls that "the good fight," the fight for our dreams. He discusses it at length in his masterpiece <i>The Alchemist.</i> I highly recommend it.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-74921876167275839462011-10-11T23:24:43.022-04:002011-10-11T23:24:43.022-04:00I'd quit work to do what I love but laying aro...I'd quit work to do what I love but laying around the house reading books doesn't pay well at all.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382683082580500698noreply@blogger.com