In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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Cool things my friends are doing
Fri, 2008/09/12 - 11:24pm — Benjamin Melançon
I have amazing friends. And I know I have modest friends too, so they're probably out doing all kinds of cool things I don't know about.
But here are two things I do know about:
Anjali Forber-Pratt is winning Paralympic medals in China. Her family is there to cheer her on, including her brother Ian. She got the bronze medal in the 400 meter wheelchair race!
Amanda Miller is acting in a play, the longest-running off-Broadway production, Tony and Tina's Wedding. And not just appearing in it, I'm pretty sure a role that could get you best supporting actress counts as starring. And this is just in addition to working full time and taking classes to get another degree.
These people are incredible in and of themselves, and then they go off and do stuff you can brag about to anyone. So I am bragging to you.
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America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you’ve lost all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product doesn’t belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don’t care about making a living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve.