Some Jobs Are Just Too Hideous To

Why Does A Chicken Coop Only Have Two Doors? ... Because If It Had Four Doors, It Would Be A Chicken Sedan.

My Mothers Dad Dropped Out Of The Eighth Grade To Work. He Had To. By The Time He Was 30, He Was A Master Electrician, Plumber, Carpenter, Mason, Mechanic. That Guy Was, To Me, A Magician. Anything That Was Broken, He Could Fix. Anybody Anywhere In Our Community Knew That If There Was A Problem, Carl Was There To Fix It.

I Come From A Blue Collar Family, But My Personal Life Isn't. I Didn't Get The Gene That My Grandfather Had In Spades. He Was A Local Hero. Built The Church That I Went To. Built The House I Grew Up In. Steamfitter, Pipefitter, Electrician, Mechanic And Plumber. I Wanted To Do Those Things. But It Just Didn't Come Easy.

The Flaw In Our Character Is Our Insistence On Separating Blue-collar Jobs From White-collar Jobs, And Encouraging One Form Of Education Over Another.

Don't Follow Your Passion, But Always Bring It With You.