This is how it's done. Business Casual the RIGHT way, ladies and gentlemen. Even during the summer months. A photograph (taken by Studio B Portraits ) which appeared in 425 Business Magazine in May 2017. T his post on the problem of business casual dress began as a quick postscript to a previous blog entry last week but quickly grew and grew as additional thoughts occurred, were developed in more detail, and revisions made. So much so, that it seemed, eventually, like a better idea to make the initial P.S. afterthought into its own entry . Are ya ready, Freddy? Then, here we go. . . ------------ U nless you actually plan to sell beach snacks and trinkets on Cozumel, become a serial barista, or greet customers at a fancy nightclub after taking out huge student loans to attend university somewhere for four or five years, plus an MBA afterward, it's really a better idea to err on the side of (somewhat) more formal work attire any time you head into the
Thank you so much, I chuckled & enjoyed! In the early 1980's I bought a two-cassette set that I still listen to (yes, I still have & use a cassette-CD player; my brother now has all my old LPs and record player, thank goodness), "Your Favorite Poems", put out by Musical Heritage Society, #MHC 229112T. Has British actors reading British poetry from mainly the 17th, 18th, & 19th centuries. But, sadly, no descriptive music as in your mom's recording, which I must look into forthwith!
ReplyDeleteHi Glenda! Yes, Mom had the old-fashioned vinyl LP way back when. it was always fun listening to both sides of Betjeman's Banana Blush whenever she'd put it on the turntable. Perhaps unintended but a nevertheless clever way to instill some interest in poetry in the children beyond Mother Goose and (a wee bit later)pop/rock music.
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Heinz-Ulrich
Thanks for introducing me to this poem.
ReplyDeleteLoved these lines:
Then the new Victrola playing;
And your funny uncle saying
“Choose your partners for a foxtrot.
Dance until it’s tea o’clock..."