"Paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind", -
   said Lord Darlington.*
And that was exactly my line
  and me 
     at Newsweek
where I worked for money,
  not for free.
However 
    even there
  I learned a lot.
And what?
  Something import...,
very import-
  ant, i.e.
how to make things happen
  even when things are
against thee...


Jan. 31, 2024


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*from the film "A good woman" after Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's fan"