Musings
Good Tuesday, my readers. Pro got a call from a guy looking for reps to sell Aflac insurance yesterday. I kindly gave dude the brush off. And today a message landed in my junk e-mail box seeking “exclusive agents” for Allstate. Now tell me if I’m wrong, but why would I want to sell a commoditized product like insurance.? I’d be competing with the thousands of agents already out there. I’m all for entrepreneurship, but for me to take the risk of starting up a business, the product or service has got to be right.
I finally met my nephew on Thanksgiving. Cute little bugger; he’s now 11 months old. I gave the kid my favorite test: whether or not he likes being thrown up in the air and caught. He loved it. My daughter used to squeal with delight when I threw her. So did my youngest son. But my older son screamed in terror whenever I tossed him up. Same gene pool, radically different personalities. Go figure. My mom seems to be bonding with the kid, but she’s still not ready to meet baby mama.
I made a few changes to the 4-minute video for my parents’ golden wedding anniversary party this weekend. I think it’s much improved. I’ve found I really like doing that kind of stuff. I can spend hours on non-linear editing applications. And I not only enjoy editing but but also scanning the images as well as shooting video and photos. I spent countless hours a couple years back assembing a video of a family reunion, which is now up on Google video. It came in at one hour and nine minutes. Now if I can just get someone to pay me to do video editing enough to replace this job I have now, I’d be one happy camper.
