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Do the Unconventional

Trapped behind a desk, first at school, then at work
    Why on earth are folks such awful jerks
  If we didn't like school, why continue to suffer
    Just because some boss made a great offer?  

  Rebel! Break out! Do the unconventional!
    Find a pursuit that's completely unmentionable
  Spend a year searching for the 'missing link'
    Move to the equator, build an ice-skating rink

  Heed my advice, friend, and you'll never be sorry
    Ta-ta and good luck! ~ Time for my noonday safari

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Sandra L. Weiss

Date: 4/17/2023 8:40:00 AM

Why not? We owe it to ourselves to be "unconventional" at least once in our lives. Feeling truly free! Makes you think. Great write, Gershon.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/17/2023 7:15:00 PM

Thank you so much, Sandra. Hope all is well. Take care, Gershon

Ann Peck

Date: 2/18/2023 3:26:00 PM

Good advice! Let's all go to the south pole and see what's under the ice! Bring some glasses and a warm hat! No, your safari sounds better--I don't like cold :)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/17/2023 7:21:00 PM

I was thinking perhaps of looking for my barber's pole. ~ Harry Pate

Joe Maverick

Date: 2/18/2023 12:17:00 PM

D O A...? Deadly oxygen amassed..I know I know..' Tanks a lot..? Or it just tanked..' No Reference to those war machines; though..Just Trying a little lev-rity..Ha..Hem..So maybe you Wont..Notice it? Being its small and all! Well Thars about the size of it...Without being to.descriptive..I nean I need to leave something For the imagination..' Oh btw God bless '

Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/17/2023 7:21:00 PM

A little levity goes a long way. Thanks, Joe.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 2/17/2023 8:27:00 PM

The call goes out…Rebel! Break out!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/18/2023 7:53:00 PM

I hear it - 'The Call of the Wild!' ~ Jack London

Jeff Kyser

Date: 2/17/2023 12:59:00 PM

In many ways, COVID set me free. They sent everyone home, and I discovered I could work from there very efficiently, and then I discovered I could live very efficiently without working :-)

Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/17/2023 1:06:00 PM

I myself tried living without breathing. Didn't work out too well. ~ DOA