tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102311792321145628.post255288161473375072..comments2023-04-12T04:55:11.096-07:00Comments on Reflection: Laid Off - Not working can be hard work!Lon Horwedelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04978550308004447241noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102311792321145628.post-2319617799065324022011-05-03T16:50:42.623-07:002011-05-03T16:50:42.623-07:00I am sorry to hear about your job Lon. But you sti...I am sorry to hear about your job Lon. But you still have the teaching job at WCC right? That should help.Alin Mocanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358126024328374101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102311792321145628.post-58347029000687419082011-03-27T18:25:15.666-07:002011-03-27T18:25:15.666-07:00Lon,
Sorry to hear the news, a friend of mine Ed ...Lon,<br /><br />Sorry to hear the news, a friend of mine Ed Wright who wrote sport for the Canton Observor 2.5 years ago was let go. He is a great sports writer and admired by the local community. He ran a website since then and had some struggles. He was just rehired by the Observor within the last month. You can't keep talent and passion from rising to the top. Send me your resume and I will circulate it around. Greg CottrellCottrells5https://www.blogger.com/profile/01755927151874510254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102311792321145628.post-76066607353474614192011-03-26T05:59:08.010-07:002011-03-26T05:59:08.010-07:00Thanks Big Mark - didn't know you were a boxer...Thanks Big Mark - didn't know you were a boxer, sounds like an interesting tale in itself. <br /><br />I've got plenty of irons in the fire, just have to stay patient and pounce on the right opportunities, or better yet, create them myself.Lon Horwedelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978550308004447241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102311792321145628.post-86928241935076703702011-03-25T23:43:24.868-07:002011-03-25T23:43:24.868-07:00First of all, the myth of perspective is limited t...First of all, the myth of perspective is limited to scale. I don't know how folks manage to swallow the whole 'at least we aren't in Japan' thing... you still wake up tomorrow and whatever is facing you is still there, waiting on you. The problems don't solve themselves because someone else has other problems that on the surface makes other things seem small.<br /><br />Being grateful for what we have should be something that happens anywho. One of the reasons that I described myself as a 'positive cat' is precisely because I made sure to appreciate what I had going for me and working on the things that I didn't, believing that I would achieve the best outcome.<br /><br />It is difficult when you move from one circle of life to another one that is not one of your choosing. Though I can't really say that I chose to be diagnosed with brain injury, I did choose to box, so there you go. But I understood then just as I understood about anything I did where great risk was inherent that stuff could happen. So I made sure to wring the joy out of whatever was there to be wrung.<br /><br />Anywho, this is a challenging journey you are now on and I wish you the best of luck. No doubt you are a talented cat and very resourceful. Maybe this is where you put a book out with some of your photos... some of the ones you have displayed in your blog certainly evoke a strong reaction from me, and they have been uniformly positive and enviable. <br /><br />Take care and be well!!Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102311792321145628.post-52670862393496208682011-03-25T18:17:27.387-07:002011-03-25T18:17:27.387-07:00I don't know...I think a disheveled photograph...I don't know...I think a disheveled photographer standing by the side of the road holding a cardboard sign that says "Will shoot [whatever] for food" is a pretty accurate portrait of the profession...Sgt. Wolverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306456308469849048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102311792321145628.post-67602661432211092862011-03-25T14:42:12.325-07:002011-03-25T14:42:12.325-07:00John,
Your picture ran the very next day after I...John,<br /><br />Your picture ran the very next day after I was canned. Nice shot too. Made me smile a little thinking back fondly at a life with newspapers.Lon Horwedelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978550308004447241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102311792321145628.post-83355208391278751912011-03-25T14:21:27.965-07:002011-03-25T14:21:27.965-07:00Aw, crap, I am so sorry to hear this, Lon. I have...Aw, crap, I am so sorry to hear this, Lon. I have not pithy advice to offer, nor would I do so. I am happy to hear that you intend to find a way to continue doing that which you love. The world will be a poorer place if you aren't allowed to do that.<br /><br />P. S. And here I thought I was the one who originated the phrase about it being better to be pissed off than pissed. I'm with you. John A. Bayerljaloysisushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01380200400766787965noreply@blogger.com