Work is NOT Supposed to be Fun

Here's an interesting take on work and fun and what the author calls The Flow.

https://www.workreloaded.com/2011/02/work-is-not-supposed-to-be-fun/

The basic idea seems to me that if you are doing work you love, then work can be fun, which is different from having fun at work. I think there is truth in that which begs an important question: Do we love what we do? And if we don't, what choices can we make to change that?

Hoaxes

I am reading a book that features the editor James Bennett, the man behind sending Stanley to find Livingstone and other such promotional and sensational ideas. But one of his most brilliant stunts in the Great Zoo Hoax.

 

http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_central_park_zoo_escape/

 

http://hoaxes.org/text/display/the_central_park_zoo_escape_text/

 

Well, this made quite an ado and led me to think about other great hoaxes, intended or otherwise.

 

One is certainly Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, although how widespread and believed is subject to debate --

 

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/10/orson_welles_war_of_the_worlds_panic_myth_the_infamous_radio_broadcast_did.html

 

Another is Piltdown Man - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/science-of-natural-history/the-scientific-process/piltdown-man-hoax/

 

And some of us lived through the infamous autobiography of Howard Hughes written, in fact, by Clifford Irving - http://www.cbsnews.com/news/liar-liar/

 

So, do you have a favorite hoax? Or one that you'd like to perpetrate assuming it is done in fun - always in fun - and not maliciously?

Sparano v Soprano

The interim head coach for the Oakland Raiders is a former coach of the Miami Dolphins by the name of Tony Sparano. And doesn't that just conjure memories of TV's Tony Soprano. Do you suppose the former channels the latter? And that current players might get whacked or just disappear if they don't play up to snuff? Is there a job here for Paulie Walnuts?

My guess is that the Miami papers had tons of fun with this when Sparano was down there, but that's no reason why we can't enjoy the moment as well.

So, fans of The Sopranos, what advice do you think Tony would give Tony?