Our ski-bum grandson, Dan Offer, 23, was graduated from Michigan State Business School this month.
His degree is in finance. His second goal is to pass the Certified Public Accountant tests, copying his father and grandfather — his dad’s side.
His first goal is to spend ten months a year skiing and two months playing golf. With that schedule he’ll have no need for a vacation, thus he’ll be a more attentive employee. Yeah, right!
Toward his first goal he has interviewed with an auditing firm in Vail, Colorado. This outfit’s office overlooks the ski lodge, chair lifts and skiers, all of which will usually operate 10 months a year.
I asked him if the proposed position paid well. He said, ‘Oh, I didn’t ask.?
His outlook is far different from what his commencement speaker suggested for the MSU business school graduates this year.
The speaker was MSU grad Philip Hickey, CEO of all the Capital Grill and Longhorn Restaurants in the world.
He thinks all grads should have goals. His, which he came up with after a job interviewer asked him about goals, at age 24, were: Be a company president and millionaire by age 30.
He missed his goal by one year. Personally, I was too busy trying to make a living to even think about having a goal.
Anyway, Hickey elaborated for the grads, not us, on the nine words he believes they should adopt and practice: Integrity – Curiosity – Adaptivity – Faith – Goals – Connectivity – Respect – Passion – Perseverance.
Wonder if all those grads can even spell all those words? Sorry. I didn’t have to add that.
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? If we could have just one more child he/she would be class president, president of the student council and valedictorian. He/she would be home-schooled.
? I watched a few minutes of the tv show ‘The Simpsons? once. Now I scan quickly by several other animated, prime time shows. They might not be too bad if I heard them without watching.
? The older I get, the less attention I give to findings of professors. I believe they get a year off every seven years to research whatever. And, what they conclude is often irrelevant, inconclusive, useless to normal people and non-U.S.-grant-worthy.
? Another word to grads: Pay little attention to advice givers who never met a payroll, especially if they are on the public dole.
? Love the Cable Guy’s humor. He says his girlfriend’s horse broke its leg. He had to shoot it. ‘Now it’s got a broken leg and a gunshot wound.?
? Fellow Rotarian Dr. Jamie Aragones is from the Philippines. He told me when he was growing up in Manila he had a pet python. He said, ‘They make the greatest pet. And, when they shed their skin it is so smooth we’d cut it in small pieces and use it as bookmarks.? And, you whimps are afraid of garter snakes.
? According to The Porcupine Press: A vegetarian won’t eat anything that can have children.
And, a man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half of his life. And, why didn’t Noah fish on the Ark? Because he only had two worms.
Ma’dog Shayna says, ‘Be tuff! The dog days of summer can be wuff!?
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Here’s a question nearly every American has asked: ‘Why in hell should I have to, ‘Press 1 for English???