tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post7997732124842299592..comments2023-07-23T00:49:12.363-07:00Comments on Tables, Chairs & Oaken Chests: Elegy for an undergraduateChris M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11651283601238351902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post-27092011575958787212008-11-19T21:08:00.000-08:002008-11-19T21:08:00.000-08:00@Liz: Glad to be of service!@Eileen: They're calle...@Liz: Glad to be of service!<BR/><BR/>@Eileen: They're called "eating clubs." Thanks for sharing your experience with the George Lakey workshop.Chris M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05125825966802002625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post-12543505949990178772008-11-17T09:03:00.000-08:002008-11-17T09:03:00.000-08:00This triggered lots of thoughts and memories. For ...This triggered lots of thoughts and memories. For one thing, my first boyfriend was a Princeton guy (class of '84). We broke up partly because of an argument over eating houses. Is that what they're called?<BR/><BR/>I once did a workshop with George Lakey on class at FGC Gathering. We were told to line up by order of our social class when we were 12. Having grown up in a one-bedroom-apartment wearing second-hand clothes with parents who hadn't gone to college, I ended up in the lowest class group. Then when we sat in groups to discuss our experience, it was discovered that I had gone to Friends' Central, Duke, and Yale, and I thought I might be chucked out of my group. That experience brought to the surface all the contradictions in my identity. <BR/><BR/>I also have this vague feeling I should have accomplished more by now. Not only did I have an elite education, I'm only a year younger than Obama and the same zodiac sign as him and Madonna! Good thing my "smallish sort of pond" doesn't value celebrity.Imperfect Serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17745094245592947482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post-49030906741478750022008-11-15T19:36:00.000-08:002008-11-15T19:36:00.000-08:00I dunno, Martin. I'd say that QQ has it's own sig...I dunno, Martin. I'd say that QQ has it's own significant place in the very small sector of Quaker online communities in North America... if not the world. So you're a very big fish in a smallish sort of pond: surely that's an achievement to have on one's resume... smile<BR/><BR/>Chris, the post made me chuckle. I needed a few chuckles tonight. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Liz Opp, <A HREF="http://thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">The Good Raised Up</A>Liz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post-48408771689664319272008-11-15T18:43:00.000-08:002008-11-15T18:43:00.000-08:00@Martin: Yes, it is not a bad time to be 40-ish, I...@Martin: Yes, it is not a bad time to be 40-ish, I'd say.Chris M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05125825966802002625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15715889.post-2950704812690839532008-11-15T10:51:00.000-08:002008-11-15T10:51:00.000-08:00WPRB, right, I remember aiming the radio in just t...WPRB, right, I remember aiming the radio in just the right direction to get that in! <BR/><BR/>I have to say I did have one of those "what have I done?" moments watching Obama in the victory speech. He's only six years older and I don't think I'm quite on the right track to succeed him as President in 2016. Well, of course I don't want to, for many reasons, but it is a nudge to realize that our generation is actually stepping up and that generational shifts can actually happen fairly suddenly.Martin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999620933648327663noreply@blogger.com