How to Choose a Career

“Hey, well, yeah … that’s what happened, I guess.”

My youngest daughter was in a bad mood. It was late and we were all tired and testy after dinner. Everybody wanted to collapse on the sofa, and that’s what the three kids did, leaving the remains of dinner on the table. 

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Boogie Nights (for some)

“Yeah, sure. It looks like a lollipop, but what it really says is, ‘No licking!’ Jeez! Can’t a cat get a break?”

A little more than a year ago, we went as a family to my son’s graduation party, something that seems so odd today as we are stuck at home in quarantine. I remember how we ate empanadas, pizzas and potato chips, how the diplomas for finishing elementary school were handed out, followed by applause and photos. And then everybody’s attention shifted to the dance floor.

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“Let’s not think such gory thoughts.”

We were having lunch as a family and discussing the possibility of an extension to the quarantine in Argentina, now more than a month old. What would an extension mean for us as we work or study from home, and what it could mean to our food supplies and going out to buy more, and about being safe and not catching the coronavirus.

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