All things considered...

As I sit here in my office, bored out of my skull, I think back to the All Things considered story I heard on the way home the other day. Side rant.... Yes, I listen to NPR and I watch PBS. But I am not old and I also listen to Rap, Pop, Country, Classic Rock and Classical music... This does not make me old but it makes me well informed and cultured.... Side rant over...

I was listening to NPR's All Things Considered. Interesting tidbits on the news topics of the day. This particular interview was with Tom Hanks, who was speaking about his new movie, Larry Crown. This upcoming release if you haven't heard anything about it, is about a man who gets fired for not going to college. So Larry goes back to college. It looks to be a rom com. And it could be funny, Mr. Hanks is funny! Julia Roberts is a great actress.... Not sure I am running out and paying $12 to see it, but could be a good video rent eventually.

Anyway Tom was asked the question "If you hadn't made it into the movies, what would you be doing?" He told this very sweet story of the Circle Line in New York City. The Circle Line is a sightseeing cruise that goes around the NY harbor. The story was of an old tour guide who told the story to the passengers of days in the past when the Maxwell House coffee factory was in production on the Jersey side of the river and the winds would blow making most of lower Manhattan smell of coffee. Tom said that just for a moment, this man's story was so consuming you could almost smell that coffee right there on the river. That would be the kind of job Tom Hanks would be doing if he wasn't a world famous actor. He thought he would like to be a docent in a museum or a operator on a sightseeing boat.

This story got me to thinking... If I could just ditch it all right now, what would I want to do? The options are limitless. I know I would love to work in a museum, like the Met or Le Louvre. Or a gardener at Versaille. Or maybe a tour guide on a bus tour of Italy, Greece or France. How about a winemaker in a chateau in Burgandy. Ski patrol in the Alps? Lifeguard on a beach in Positano? Blackjack dealer in Monaco? Snorkel washer at a resort in Vanuatu? Nature photographer who gets to travel the world to take pictures of well, everything?

What would you do, if you had no limitations, no worries and no responsibilities?