Senator Kennedy has died

[DrPhil]

It was so cute when his former aide (was it his aide?) this morning talking about Kennedy's old briefcase that they called "the bag." If you wanted Kennedy to read something personally and sign it, you put it in "the bag" so he could take it home. He would go home with 20-30 things to read.

The next day he would return the paperwork to them with his scraggly handwriting and "ugh..," "go for it," or "come see me" on it. That sounds SO MUCH like my mentor--must be a generational thing.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

It was so cute when his former aide (was it his aide?) this morning talking about Kennedy's old briefcase that they called "the bag." If you wanted Kennedy to read something personally and sign it, you put it in "the bag" so he could take it home. He would go home with 20-30 things to read.

The next day he would return the paperwork to them with his scraggly handwriting and "ugh..," "go for it," or "come see me" on it. That sounds SO MUCH like my mentor--must be a generational thing.

I think it's definitely a generational thing - I've worked for a couple of different people from that era who had the same type of system. They were also the ones who resisted getting Blackberries because they were afraid of becoming "disorganized."

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I think it's definitely a generational thing - I've worked for a couple of different people from that era who had the same type of system. They were also the ones who resisted getting Blackberries because they were afraid of becoming "disorganized."

Definitely. My parents and my mentor are among the least technologically savvy people ever because they don't think it's necessary and it can't be trusted. Email is the most that they will do and that's mostly to quickly answer your question or to say LET'S MEET.

I think that's why I'm not big on most forms of technology. I got a Blackberry months ago and use the Internet. That's enough.

[MysticCat]

I was saddened to see the news this morning, especially following so close after Eunice Kennedy Shriver's death. It truly seems like the end of an era. (I remember watching Bobby Kennedy's funeral on TV.)

Whether one agreed with his politics or not (sometimes I did, sometimes I didn't), I don't see how it can be denied that he spent his life doing his best to serve his country and its people -- especially those who so often had little voice among the more powerful.

Requiem aeternam.

[epchick]

RIP Senator Kennedy

[deepimpact2]

I'm struggling with this one. I don't even know what to say...

[33girl]

This makes me feel far older and far more grown up than I ever wanted to feel. R.I.P., Senator.