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Happy Birthday!!

The coolest station wagon I ever saw, I think was a Chevy Nomad.

sounds cool!

Rock! Good luck, Carlisle is always a good time.

It is indeed Sweetness_7!

hahaha the mummers parade..the only place i can go in that outfit and be out done by a 55 year old woman who smells like everclear and spray paint...

Congratulations. It's great to be doing something you love. You're a good guy. You deserve your success.

Just thought i'd drop by and see how you were doing.

What a beautiful sentiment. I wish you many more years of wedded bliss. I hope you continue to be as happy as Annette and I were for almost 32 years.

Congrats man! I was just up at Placid. Great times! I had never swam in a lake before. So cool

Just the fact that you agonize over the things you mention and actually succeed in doing the "right" thing a good portion of the time sets you apart from the vast majority of people.

Every action a person takes causes a corresponding reaction. The trick is to not cause harm clallously or unnecessarily. The best way to live is to follow the Golden Rule, which unfortunately is not always possible or practical in the complicated, multi-dimentional world we live in.

You are a thoughtful and introspective person. My guess is that you're doing the very best you can. That's all one can ask of themselves.

You don't know me that long. The irony is that I talk about much more provocative things that i'm involved in. The difference is that I only do that with those friends who I know are into the same things or accept me no matter what.

I realize now that what I wote in my previous blog wasn't so terrible, especially for SG. What affected me was the memory of being victimized by a few members' age bias when I first joined thie site. I should have recognized that the difference between then and now is that my many friends know the real me. Regardless of my fetishes and other sexually related thoughts and feelings, they see me as the good and decent person that I hope I am.

Thank you for your comment. I've been able to reminisce more about the good times that Annette and I had. This is a definite step forward in my grieving process.

I've been an SG member since February, 2008, yet haven't run across you until today. I hope that fact has been put to bed. Looking forward to more interaction.

I remember the process of being forced to learn that sometimes I had to speak/act in a manner that impressed my "target" enough to allow me to get to the good stuff. People, especially those with hiring responsibility, possess immense prejudice, which you must overcome. Rarely are they equipped with the skills or empowered with the responsibility to assess and take risk; therefore, you must reduce their sense of risk, by "playing their game."

You can allow your style and abilities to fly, once you get across the threshold, but nothing happens until you get across the threshold. The words on paper (resume) get you to the door while your ability to communicate on "their" terms gets you though the door.

I've hired hundreds of people in my career. I am intuitive and I take risk (that's why I am an investment banker/venture capitalist), but many people do not possess similar characteristics, relying instead on a "process" to help them alleviate their shortcomings. It is that process that you are trying to address during the interview. Forget about the people enacting the process because they are at least as likely to hate the process as you might.

Stay positive - I know it's trite, but looking for a job is like a full time job itself.

PS - happy birthday!

I totally feel you on this aspect. My interview skills are horrid. My social anxiety is so intense that I have been known to run out of interviews. I have a BS/BA and can't get a job at a warehouse or taco smell. Life is fucking ridiculous. Cheers, mate!