Posted by
onlinebenny on Monday, March 09, 2009 1:26:12 PM
After Daniel Henninger's
article in the WSJ last Thursday, I remembered I had Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose" on the shelf, one of many "must-reads" I also went to my local library and took out Edmund Burke's "Refelections on the Revolution in France" so that I could try once again to actually read that conservative essential. I love to read, but find these books do not motivate me (am I a Philistine?) the way a good mystery does. And I wonder whether it will actually provide me with the vocabulary I need to function as a conservative. Who knows?
I do know that I have made my own ivestment in myself. Although I am a lawyer, I have dreamed of doing voiceovers for years. Doies that make me crazy? No. I took some lessons with a voiceover artist, produced a commercial demo and started sending it out. I landed one paying part so far and have been finalist on a few others. No, I haven't recouped my investment yet. But I remain optimistic about my ability to make a difference in my own life. The government did not tell me to develop my voiceover skills. Nor did it fund me. But I am operating out there in the real world. So, maybe I am not fully versed in conservative lore. But I am living through my own means.