>>> No, he didn't. He was personally shy, and hated speaking or
>>> appearing in
>>> public ("What do they all want to see me for? I'm such an ordinary
>>> man.")
>
>Wonderful attitude for a monarch.  Some democratically elected leaders
>could do well by adopting such an attitude!
>
Unfortunately his son, Edward VIII, didn't pick it up from him. He said of
Edward "That boy's going to ruin himself within a year after I'm
gone" - and
he was pretty close to right. George VI, the younger son, was more diffident
and considered himself to be just an average man, not suited to the job fate
had thrust on him. Did a damned fine job for a man "unsuited" to the post,
I'd say
>
>>> I feel sorry for J.K.Rowlings. She thought if she got published that
>>> she would remain anonymous, and people wouldn't even know her real name,
>>> much less what she looked like. I would *hate* to have to try to cope
>>> with what  she has to cope with
>>
>>yeah
>
>The media make such a feast of "celebrities" these days, catering to a
>certain intellectual level.  They could do better by trying to RAISE that
>level!    As my mother said, great minds discuss ideas, average minds
>discuss things, small minds discuss people.  (argh.)
>
>Unless, of course, it's great historical people, such as we discuss, right?
>
>Right?
>
Roight!!


>Oh, well . . .  
>

>
> Laurie happiest behind the scenes Phoenix
>>
>>We all have our comfort places.
>
>Gee, I'd like to be rich and obscure.  Well, I got it half-right, as I'm
>pretty doggone obscure.
>
I don't even want to be all that rich. I just want to make enough from my
writing that I don't have to commute to work every day.
>
>I don't mind being on-stage -- but that's with a script and behind a
>>character.
>
>Heh!
>
I hate it. I've been on stage - my mother's dream was to be on stage so she
pushed all of us into it one way or another. Not my thing at all. I have no
desire to be anyone else, and no desire to be in front of a mass of other
people, and no desire to have to fuss with costumes, make-up, remembering
lines, etc etc etc. Headache, horrors, tension, stress. Not for me. I do
like being invisible and making things work, though, and seeing how people
enjoyed it never knowing who'd done it. That gives me a thrill

>>But then, I'm one of those who gets attention for just entering a room.
>>So you develop coping skills to keep the real self (mostly) safe in the
>>deepest keep....
>
I learned how to avoid getting attention by entering a room. Took practice,
but I can safely go almost anywhere now and never be noticed. Makes for a
much less nerve-wracking life. Never have to worry about what you were
wearing, because no one will remember.

>The only way I get attention entering a room is if I come in punning!

>
>Then I usually quickly go out running!  (for my life . . .)
>


My boss hit me in the head with a packet of frozen fish yesterday in
retaliation for something like that 
>
>But then, there's drama, and then there's politics.... tygress
>
>Sometimes the latter thinks it's a valid substitute for the former.
>
>Veloci--the line is blurry, but that's just my vision--raptor
>
Laurie happens to me when I take off my glasses, too Phoenix

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