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28. Uh, ... yes.

That arrangement reminds me vaguely of McCartney's "Take Me Down to Junior's Farm" on steroids. That's a compliment.

Yes: self: I am the inveterate English Major. When I graduated from college, I had no training for any particular job, like teaching. (My best friend in college had told me she got a lot of knitting done in Education classes, so i passed.) And went to graduate school for a Higher Degree. Which I eventually finished, after acquiring several years' experience in teaching Freshman Composition, one of the most hated courses on campuses at that time.

But I did not pursue an academic career. Instead I had a series of jobs. The first was selling drill bushings and other machine tooling components, the second was renting apartments (and trying to keep the tenants happy afterward), and the third and last was at Great Big Univ., doing administrative work and contributing to the impressive increase in productivity of the 1990s. What that meant was that GBU lost various employees and even small offices, and anyone who was left would do the work the vanished employees used to do, plus our own.

All this has given me four different educations, without sapping my enthusiasm or completely warping my soul. Now I am retired, and have time to read new and excellent authors whenever I want. And I keep up with current events on the internet, for various reasons, including learning some of the new slang, acronyms, etc., so I can smash the NYT's crossword setters.

That was an inspired choice for your father's funeral. Or maybe just inspired. Flute, please, whenever you want.