john m

I am an Old Asocial Fogey. As an OAF, the title of an old play came to mind when all this started, “Stop the World – I want to Get Off”. I am so grateful to be retired and have been for a couple years now. My wife, who continues to work, is worried that I am borderline agoraphobic because I have stepped off and have been happily watching the…[Read more]

I did retire from a job that had it’s meaning, public service, painfully pulled from my “being” by a system that cared more about budget execution and “performance” measures than the agency’s stated mission. I now am quite happy, and incredibly busy doing “nothing”. I don’t need a job. I feel as if I am working. Job and Work have become…[Read more]