I used to be a hit man for the mob and then became an over the road truck driver under the FBI relocation program when I turned states evidence
Now I am a sales rep for a musical wholesale company. I sell banjos, guitars, mandolins, guitars, and sound reinforcement products to retailers all over the planet but mostly in the US. Plus I play guitar professionally for my second job www.arminta.net between 100 and 150 shows per year mostly with in 5 hours of Indianapolis although we have gone as far as Atlanta, GA in the last few months.
Peace
Mikel
Go Colts
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He is no fool who gives up that which he can not keep to gain that which he cannot loose
Wow - just found this topic and am amazed at how many different jobs we have represented here!!!
Let me toss my two cents in: I became an artist when I graduated from college, and worked in a frame shop & art gallery owned by my friend for 7 years; then when I got married & our first child was born in 1983, I became a stay-at-home mom to Chris and Lauren when she arrived in 1988. I continued to do drawings, and exhibited in local art festivals as well as a couple of galleries. Two years ago I quit the festivals and now have two galleries that carry my work, and I'm devoting more time to art and writing.My Webpage
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"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king..."
I actually have three jobs, one full-time and two part-time.
My main job is editor of a magazine called Woodshop News (www.woodshopnews.com). It's a publication for professional woodworkers -- cabinetmakers, custom furniture designers, and the like.
Job #2 is radio announcer for an adult contemporary station in Hartford, Conn. I was a full-time broadcaster until 1995 -- mostly talk radio -- when I changed careers from broadcasting to publishing. I'm not on the air a lot these days, mainly holidays and vacation fill-in. In other words, just enough to get it out of my system and keep me from attempting to do it full-time again.
The third job is my favorite, so naturally it's the one I get to do least -- I'm also a science fiction writer with two published novels and a dozen or so short stories. Trouble is, since I'm writing and editing for nine or 10 hours every day at the "real" job, and bringing office work home every weekend, I rarely have the time or energy to for fiction anymore. However, we pay off our house in four years, which is just one year after my daughter finishes college. With those two things happening at the same time, my goal is to quit the magazine, write full-time, and supplement our income with some occasional woodworking -- I have a full shop and make clocks and customized cabinets -- to help make ends meet.
I also make a few bucks from time to time doing commercial voiceovers, and performing occasionally with an improvisational theater troupe.
I'm a Computer Science instructor in a community college.
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Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning? ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
I am currently unemployed right now, but today, I went and got my Commercial Drivers License Class "B" learner's permit with a Passenger endorsement, so hopefully soon I will start in the Chicago Transit Authority's bus driver training program. I just have to wait to be called.
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Mike F.
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
I am currently unemployed right now, but today, I went and got my Commercial Drivers License Class "B" learner's permit with a Passenger endorsement, so hopefully soon I will start in the Chicago Transit Authority's bus driver training program. I just have to wait to be called.
Good luck to you!
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"Now here's my secret", said the fox, "it is very simple. It is only with ones heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
("The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
"The soul would have no rainbow, if the eye had no tears." (Native American Proverb)
"I am a Canadian by birth, but I am a Highlander by blood and feel under an obligation to do all I can for the sake of the Highlanders and their literature.... I have never yet spoken a word of English to any of my children. They can speak as much English as they like to others, but when they talk to me they have to talk in Gaelic."
-Alexander Maclean Sinclair of Goshen (protector of Gaelic Culture)