Shiny Metal Boxes

I'm interested in checking out the book, but work is work. If you're going to have to do something for eight hours a day, it might as well be something that pays a lot of money. That is, unless Brook has figured out a way to get paid to sit around drinking beer and listening to music...

I think the thing about this generation that's different from previous generations is that we don't define ourselves by our jobs. Our jobs are just our jobs. The answer to the question, "What do you do?" is no longer simply a job title.

Personally, I can't think of any job that I'd rather pursue if only it paid more money. Are there cool, low-paying jobs out there that I'm just not thinking of?

How about working on a political campaign, for starters? Or being an automotive journalist. :)

Local politics was the only thing I could come up. But sheesh, if there's anything that can give Corporate America a run for its money in regards to general skeeviness, it would have to be politics.

And while automotive journalism is clearly the world's most noble profession, sadly I am grossly unqualified. I drive an automatic, for crying out loud!

Damn, Murdoch just bought the WSJ and you're already kissing up to the old man with some tasty liberal bashing?