tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656035854180770700.post2696294281597458438..comments2023-12-31T09:16:20.426-06:00Comments on ADVENTURES IN FICTION: Calmer Now - and Even AmusedKeanan Brandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12638962927055276969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656035854180770700.post-81356940645419379872007-10-15T13:20:00.000-05:002007-10-15T13:20:00.000-05:00Okay, so I've been on a posting frenzy by comparis...Okay, so I've been on a posting frenzy by comparison. Wait for the wheel; there'll be a time when you've got stuff to say, and I should just keep my mouth shut. (Come to think of it, this might be one of those times...)<BR/><BR/>As for the threatening thingy, I think that, even at my most uncertain, I know what I want and I know where I stand--at least with myself and with God. There's a confidence we can have in knowing those two things. And while confidence is comforting or lends a sense of security to some people, to others its almost an offense or a challenge.<BR/><BR/>(raising my Styrofoam cup of lukewarm diet soda) Here's to being offensive!Keanan Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638962927055276969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656035854180770700.post-32589722817537749732007-10-15T10:44:00.000-05:002007-10-15T10:44:00.000-05:00Okay, here's my comment: 1) you've been writing up...Okay, here's my comment: 1) you've been writing up a storm while I'm meandering along--just read your last 5 posts!! 2), No, I don't know what causes people to feel threatened. I have had something happen in an interview, where the woman obviously felt threatened. She told me, out of the blue, that I would need to speak Spanish and French to get this job(of a phone salesperson!!). Neither of these was listed as a requirement for the position in the ad in the paper! and then she tells me that "we all go through stages in our lives, and maybe you are at a level where you don't know what you want to do." Fine, but don't waste my time with pointless free advice that isn't advice at all, it's just that you feel I may be better than you at something?! Actually, I have been "kept down" in jobs before due to fear and/or prejudice on my superiors' part: I am younger, but have better computer knowledge, etc. Can you fight it? No. Can you get beyond it? I don't know!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com