Author: robertjames1971

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Moonshot

Another day without the daily writing prompt pulling into the daily writing prompt response post. Did I change something somewhere to break it? I don’t think so. Who knows.

Here is today’s question:

How much would you pay to go to the moon?

The simple answer to this is nothing. I wouldn’t go to the moon. I mean if NASA wanted me to go for a quick visit, I would, but I wouldn’t pay for the privilege. Sure, Apollo 11 marks the high point of human achievement, but the Moon is a pretty nasty place, what with the total lack of air and pressure and human survivability and all.

Maybe if there was something on the Moon that consistently demonstrated that human life could hang out there without dying in horrifying fashion I would reconsider. Something like an amusement park or something?

Dangerous Nerd Moment

I probably shouldn’t have done it but…

I went to ebay tonight and put a very small bid onto a very, very old film camera. Does it work? Maybe. I wouldn’t have bid if the top bid at the time wasn’t really, really low because the camera is older than my parents and who knows if it functions at all.

I want to dip my toes into medium format film, and folding cameras from the 1930’s seem like the least expensive starting point… and a $25.25 bid isn’t going to hurt the bottom line.

The auction ends tomorrow… we’ll see.

More Blue Skies

As I start my work day in the afternoon after having taken the morning off for my doctor’s appointment, let me share two pictures of the blue sky. The blue sky that probably will go away for the weekend when I would actually have time to enjoy it.

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Get a Job, Ya Bum

What’s up with the daily prompt not pulling in the question? Epic fail!

The question is this:

What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in?

I literally answered this in a daily prompt a few days ago when I wrote something about taking a risk to change careers. Oh good. Repetitiveness.

How about instead of rewriting the previous post I just give a list of careers that I considered at one point or another during various points in my life. The fun part would be trying to figure out which possible careers were things I honestly considered, and which were ones that I thought up when I was four years old or something. Fun, eh?

  • Musician, including possibly a performing musician, a studio musician, a freelance song writer, an ad jingle writer, a teacher
  • A photographer, including… I haven’t a clue
  • Eye doctor
  • Writer, including short stories mostly but maybe novels too?
  • Truck driver, but only on weekends
  • Paralegal
  • Garbage man
  • Fireman
  • Career college student
  • Third baseman for the Boston Red Sox
  • Astronaut
  • Astronomer
  • Physicist
  • University professor

Okay, there you go. A few career paths I either used to be interested in, am interested in, or was pre-school aged and thought would be fun. It’s up to you to decide which is which.

Have fun!