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If you knew Norm Wolfe off-stage, you'd never guess he could sing and entertain. But after performing for more than 40 years, he's almost got it.

His latest endeavor is with a barbershop(ish) quartet based in Mesa, Arizona, called "Anything Goes."

Check out their unofficial web site at: http://AnythingGoes.ray-vitam.com

Snoop around the pages and you'll be amused and amazed, and maybe even find yourself buying a ticket to fly to Arizona to catch one of their upcoming performances.

"When the Web first emerged, I used to joke that if I had one fervent wish it would be that every modem sold would come with a warning label from the surgeon general that would say: "Judgment Not Included."

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"The very technologies that are uniting us are also clearly dividing us. The same technologies that allow us to connect with each other as never before also allow us to interrupt each other as never before. The technologies that are empowering individuals to upload their own content -- through blogs, podcasts, and instant messaging -- and to inscribe themselves on the world also contribute to a coarsening of our language and the dumbing down of our discourse. And most troubling, but still not yet fully understood, is what happens when we can all not only author our own content and upload it globally, but, thanks to improved connectivity and search engines, read all the content people are authoring about us. What happens when the Internet becomes so ubiquitous and search engines so refined that we can all suddenly hear everything whispered about us? What happens when we all have dog's hearing?"

Well, I wasn’t actually in a war (unless you count Korea), but I was in the service. And I did a lot of different things while serving in the Air Force. But I got to thinking about all the different jobs I’ve had over my lifetime. I thought I’d done four or five different things; and I was surprised when I actually started listing the things I’ve done so far in my lifetime. (And these are all paying jobs, too!)

Our Dad had a lot of different jobs during his lifetime as well -- now I wish we had a complete list of everything HE did. I bet it’d be both impressive and entertaining. MY list, on the other hand, is neither.

In no particular order, here are my experiences:

• Accountant
• Gas meter reader
• New car cleaner
• Teacher
• Corn packager
• Computer and network technician
• Yearbook plant production consultant
• Forklift operator
• Warehouse order picker
• Software developer
• Railway car loader (in a glass factory)
• Pea grader
• Presidential support (to President Carter)
• News reporter
• Bartender
• Time keeper
• Registered State lobbyist
• Insurance agent
• Newspaper editor
• Pea shucker (on one of Birds Eye’s pea viners)
• Sports writer
• Historian
• Curriculum developer
• Drill instructor (military marching)
• Fish counter (no kidding - a State job!)
• Volleyball coach
• Statistical analyst
• Web site developer
• Corn grader
• Spy (again, no kidding - courtesy of the Air Force)
• Photographer
• Newspaper delivery (in bulk, not door-to-door)
• Groundskeeper
• Auditor
• Registered consumer activist
• Printing press composition worker

Damn. If you ask me, I can't hold down a job!

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