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[mdk2isu]

I'm surprised we don't have batman in here yet.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I'm Ron Burgundy?

 

[iowa_wildcat]

I am sleepy and it is 12:52 P.M. and because I am retired, I am going to go take my afternoon nap.

 

[Ficklone02]

Similar thought to Woody's excellent blog, baby boomers have tended to define themselves by their professions. This has tended to make retirement a struggle for some of them. I attained a graduate degree and worked in my profession for ten years, but never really defined myself by it, despite falling within the baby boomer demographic. When the competing needs of multiple children and ill aging parents became too much, it was fairly easy to walk away from my job. However, the first thing anyone would ask as soon as they meet you was always, "What do you do?" After struggling with that initially, my answer became that I take care of everyone in my family. That is how I still view myself, and probably will until I become decrepit and need a caretaker myself.

I always found it odd that the first question when you meet someone new is what do you do for a living. Probably is a byproduct of the babyboomer generation.

 

[SpokaneCY]

Like the Highlander, there can be only one. Settle it the old fashioned way... cookie in the middle.

I'm good with Alarson being Spartacus. I look bad in those old timey swim trunks anyway.

 

[Farnsworth]

I always found it odd that the first question when you meet someone new is what do you do for a living. Probably is a byproduct of the babyboomer generation.

I was thinking the same thing when I read that post, and your though makes sense.

Although it is a pretty easy ice breaker question. I'm trying to think of what other questions you could ask someone when first meeting that wouldn't seem odd, like what are your hobbies or interest, but then again maybe the other questions would seem odd as they are not social norms.

 

[dirtyninety]

I am a piece of clay and all my feelings and beliefs are formed from this board and Facebook.

 

[roundball]

I am the Alpha and the Omega...the first and the last...the beginning and the end.

 

[roundball]

Yeah, it's for this reason I find the exercise kind of silly. There are seasons that define us and beyond that doesn't every human being have a similar essence?

I am one-thirty-eight

 

[twojman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjF93E4LjlA

 

[CascadeClone]

The article made me think a bit. I am the guy who does the right thing. Studied hard, got good grades, put my family first, careful with money, work hard, no drugs, etc. And I try not be be a richard in general.

I'm not sure what happens when/if I go off the rails and start doing the wrong thing. Probably become a cautionary tale for future generations... "this guy had it all, and then lost it all when he stopped checking his tire pressure on a monthly basis"



These also came to mind:

1) I am the walrus. Koo-koo-ka-choo.
2) I am the Master of my Fate, I am the Captain of my Soul.
3) I am the Keymaster. Are you the Gatekeeper?

 

[cyrocksmypants]

I'm awesome.