The Great Temptation
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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November 7, 2024
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Who among us has not heard this sirens’ call?Report
“Do yuh intend to go to school all your life?!!”
Well, yeah. I ended up in a profession that was seriously described as “Half of everything you know will be obsolete in ten years.” Either commit to “go to school all your life” or find a different profession. Mike the quasi-academic, even in retirement. Most of the other retired folks look at me very strangely when they ask what I’ve been up to and I tell them, “Computer vision! Having to learn a bunch of new algorithms!”
I have always been a pack rat about books. We are preparing to move into a smaller house towards the end of the summer. It pains me greatly to put textbooks into boxes to be disposed of even though they are completely obsolete.Report
The kid will likely be on ship to somewhere in the early 1940s.
ETA unless he is a bookworm – then he’ll probably be in New Mexico.Report