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Gypsy moth and chafer beetle field census worker for USDA (summers) Soft ice cream stand employee Boathouse painter and lumber railcar offloader (same boss) Food service worker Hotel staff worker Yard worker and cull machine assistant, shade roller factory Field collections rat for a regional bank Tally man with timber cruising crew TV and electronics retail salesperson Advertising copywriter Park maintenance worker Franchise foods customer service director Lumberyard counter sales Regional advertising and marketing director Regional customer service and catering director Franchisee relations field rep Fast food store management Space advertising salesperson Municipal fixed assets crew foreman (CETA) CETA counselor and services coordinator On-the-Job training (OJT) coordinator Economic development specialist Arts Council co-director for three counties Industrial marketing communications manager for two companies Marketing communications consultant And, of course, teaching. I've lived in many small communities and rural areas in Upstate New York and Vermont, including Ithaca, Horseheads, Addison, Alfred, Hornell (2 places), Trumansburg (2), Marcellus, Chenango Bridge, Ogdensburg (4), Morristown (2), Potsdam, Lisbon, Pierrepont, Richville, Champion Hill, Plattsburgh, Lowville, Watertown, Poultney (VT), Cortlandville, Homer (Spafford), Marathon, Jay Hobbies and Interests Backwater canoeing Herb gardening Photography Reading Writing Hiking (Adirondack 46er) Best, Worst, Strangest Best car: '65 Mustang, mint Worst car: it's a tossup: Plymouth Horizon or Mercury Marquis Best job: Flying around the country troubleshooting store sales problems for Kentucky Roast Beef Worst job: vacuuming hotel carpets and cleaning out grease traps Best Job Offers I Never Accepted: IBM sales in NYC; advertising/marketing manager for all Manhattan McDonald stores Worst Job Offer: Cigarette merchandiser for Philip Morris A sad number: deer I've hit while driving: 6 A happy number: Frank Zappa albums I have: over 50 Coldest weather I've been in: - 52 degrees (West Pierrepont, NY 1980?) A Concern: Now that the manufacturer went belly-up, what on earth will Zippy do without his favorite food, Twinkies? ("See your dentist after every bite") "Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence." --George W. Bush, on Iraq, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007 (how sad )
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