This is a pretty easy one.  I wear a variation of what you see below pretty much every day.  Either tan or blue Wrangler painter pants with some form of T-shirt and sneakers.  Today’s is long-sleeved, because it’s chilly in Texas (currently in the mid-40s).

Why Ohio State University?  That’s where my college career began.  It’s the only school I’ve attended in residence.  For years, I lamented leaving school before I got my degree, but my path was the path I was destined to travel.  Why?  I never do anything the easy way, and I never seem to do it the conventional way.

I was discouraged.  In the late 1970s, people with PhDs were working in McDonald’s.  Sound familiar?  Yes, the US economic system works in a cycle, and all you people with degrees who cannot find jobs are caught in that time of the cycle.  Hang in there, don’t give up.  It will change.  It’s time for you to do something unconventional.  Work a job beneath your level of education.  Do some entrepreneur work.  But, whatever you do.  Do something.  Don’t cry about how there is nothing out there, because there are plenty of non-livable wage jobs.  You might have to do two or three of them — I know plenty of people who do.

I eventually finished my degree.  Twelve years and eight institutions later.  Here’s the list:

– The Ohio State University

– Community College of the Air Force

– College of Great Falls

– San Antonio College

– University of Texas at San Antonio

– University of Maryland University College (where I earned my BA)

– Anne Arundel Community College

– University of Maryland College Park

Don’t be afraid to save some money and attend a community college — make sure they have reciprocal agreements with your university of choice to maximize credit transfer.

The true value of today’s exercise was learning about the three (yes, three) self-timers my camera possesses.  It took several shots (usually with me thinking I had the time set, giving up on it, and the picture taking as I walked toward the camera) to get the picture right.  My three timer modes are automatic (it recognizes your face and takes the picture — didn’t work for me; I’ll thank you to hold your comments about that — oh, go ahead; can you top what I was thinking?; ten second delay; and 2 second delay).