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| RobertMacy <robert.a.macy@gmail.com>: Jan 01 07:49AM -0700 On Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:17:18 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote: > eventually finished college, apprenticed with the strangest > architectural firm in the area, got married (twice), and is now > gainfully employed. He occasionally plays the guitar. So,...he never countered with the story about Jay Leno? Jay and his friends were doing clubs to hone their art of comedy. His friends ALL kept their day jobs, but Jay quit his. With NO way back, he becme a bit successful, where as all his friends, having a 'lifeline' never went very far in comedy. [as related by Jay Leno] |
| Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>: Jan 01 08:48AM -0800 On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 07:49:58 -0700, RobertMacy >their day jobs, but Jay quit his. With NO way back, he becme a bit >successful, where as all his friends, having a 'lifeline' never went very >far in comedy. [as related by Jay Leno] At some point, one has to decide between their day job and their passion. The difference between Jay Leno, my architect, and I is that Jay Leno is very good at comedy, while my architect friend and I were quite mediocre at music. If he's good, encourage him. If he's lousy, divert him to something else. I hadn't heard the story about Jay Leno, but I can see a few problems. The inspiration to bail out of a day job and go full time into entertainment or music is usually inspired by a mentor, agent, talent scout, or club owner. Like everything else, it's not what you know or can do, but rather whom you know, good timing, attitude, and good timing. The common term is "lucky break". A career commitment can probably happen in a vacuum, but I doubt this one did. It's like cats. Cats pick their own owners. Careers pick their own players. Also, there's always a "way back" if comedy had failed. When you're young, the job opportunities are much better than as we get older. Jay could have gone back to pumping gasoline or whatever with little effort. Incidentally, I suspect that the difference between Jay Leno and the rest of his crowd is that he's good at both delivery and writing his monologs. He was forced to go back to writing his own stuff by the writers strike in 2008, and did quite well. <http://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/43266/> -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
| Ro Tund <ro.tund@corpulent.com>: Jan 01 10:29AM -0500 On 12/31/2014 8:34 PM, micky wrote: > weight, maybe so that it can give the same weight and make people happy > (unlike how unhappy I was with a previous scale with which I could gain > or lose 4 pounds in 30 seconds.) Our Taylor 7506 behaves like that. Wife has always suspected Taylor programmed it that way so that they would get the #1 spot in Consumer Reports. |
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