I realize this post may be a day so late, but Indigo, I just want to publicly thank you on the list. Coming from one of those neophytes who subscribed to this list before I got lucky enough to land a job in the museum field, I want to say that your information is helpful and gratefully recieved! I often pass it along to friends not on the list who are looking for work and are as frustrated as I was and many on this list are. So ingnore the complaints and keep the info coming! And, I must say, as a bartender (museum jobs don't always pay the bills unfortunately!) I agree with the fact that only cheap whiskey should be mixed with diet coke...Crown Royal can stand on it's own! Chiao, Amy --- Ross Weeks <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Mixing any kind of whiskey with a cola drink seems > entirely inappropriate, > unless the whiskey is so cheaply made that one needs > to improve its flavor. > > Ross Weeks Jr. > Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park > Tazewell, Va. > http://histcrab.netscope.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry Fahey" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 3:34 PM > Subject: Re: UNCLE - I'm Sorry > > > > "As for the coffee, heck, I don't drink it myself. > A > > good cup of tea now and again, and right this > minute, > > a Diet Coke with a shot bottle of Crown Royal seem > to > > be doing the trick (this from an erstwhile > > nondrinker)." > > > > Indigo, > > > > As and ex-bartender ( I hung my shot glasses up > in 1985 and joined the > museum world ) I really think you should reconsider > your choice of whiskey > being mixed with Diet Coke. This borders on > sacrilege!!!! > > > > Jerry Fahey > > > > Indigo Nights wrote: > > > > > I sat here for a bit and debated whether to > ignore, > > > respond, or apologize. I think it's sort of a > damned > > > if I do, damned if I don't kind of thing. > > > > > > So, I'm apologizing. It's not my intention to > be a > > > list hog or boorish. > > > > > > Yesterday was a fortuitous day for the museum > field in > > > the US as far as I could tell. It seemed to me > that > > > the NY Times (as well as some of the other > periodicals > > > I also read) took an interest in the museums > field, so > > > much so that they actually published a plethora > of > > > articles. > > > > > > Because there were so many, I chose to post them > only > > > in abstract if that were an option instead of > full > > > text. Not all papers allow for that choice. > The > > > options were to pick an article and post it, > pick no > > > articles and ignore them, or pick more than one > and > > > post those. Then the problem is, which one was > > > unworthy to the multifaceted representatives of > this > > > group? Heretofore, they have often precipitated > some > > > fairly decent dialogue. In addition, I was > highly > > > cognizant of the fact that it was Friday, and > postings > > > are usually down on that weekday such that they > > > shouldn't have proved an abnormal burden. > > > > > > When I have been thanked in the past for my > > > contributions, I have tried to privately thank > those > > > who have had kind words. But from those > postings, I > > > was convinced there was some merit to what was > being > > > offered. > > > > > > What I have observed and/or felt is that there > was a > > > genuine frustration among those wanting to enter > the > > > museums field in garnering entry into career > path. > > > That was clearly evident when we turned the > events of > > > September 11 into constructive dialogue. I have > > > noticed that, since I have been posting jobs I > find in > > > my daily searches--some of which are ONLY set up > to > > > help others here and not me (except I will > acquiesce > > > that it makes me feel good to help others I may > never > > > know)--there appear to hve been substantively > more job > > > postings AND as a consequence, far fewer young > people > > > hitting the list saying "I need a job". That > thread > > > seems, for now, to have dissipated. > > > > > > In posting such information, I take an extensive > list > > > of data and try to pare it to jobs that have > > > applicability to the field. With respect to the > > > internships and volunteerism, the group has told > > > neophytes time and again that they should intern > or > > > volunteer so they might have an easier entry > into a > > > museum job. I try to select those I believe may > have > > > transferability. > > > > > > As regards the reference materials and events > > > contained in the Opportunities postings, it's my > > > perception that, beyond being professionals in > > > whatever regard, we are still people first with > a > > > plethora of needs and exposures. I do try to be > > > selective and yet broad minded. I don't know > that > > > what I'm posting will help ANYONE. My hope is > that it > > > helps SOMEONE. > > > > > > The funding sources I have provided, again, are > simply > > > a gift. I have, as a part of the regular course > of my > > > day's reading, some information I feel may, by > its > > > very nature, be of value to those of you here. > Since > > > they often come with tight deadlines, the logic > I use > > > says it's better to get them to you as soon as > they > > > become available because, to delay, you might > lose the > > > lead time you need. > > > > > > I recognize this may sound defensive, but it > seems to > > > me there have been quite a few threads of late > that > > > should be of hope to those who already subscribe > to > > > the Times and who are looking for a job. Today, > I > > > recall the topics of wrinkled photographs, where > to > > > get banners, whether Filemaker Pro or Access > make good > > > database tools, and how to and whether one > should try > > > to take the cigarette fumes from donated > funeral. I'm > > > sure there were others; these were simply those > I > > > recall off the top of my head. > > > > > > As for the coffee, heck, I don't drink it > myself. A > > > good cup of tea now and again, and right this > minute, > > > a Diet Coke with a shot bottle of Crown Royal > seem to > > > be doing the trick (this from an erstwhile > > > nondrinker). > > > > > > This is the second time in four years that one > has > > > complained about the number of times my name has > gone > > > across their screen. > > > > > > First, Indigo Nights isn't my real name. My > name is > > > Ms. Gayle M. Montgomery. I am 49 years old and > live > > > in Monrovia, California. I worked my whole life > in > > > the for-profit world except when I have held two > jobs > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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