I’ve never had a “desk job” per se. I have a desk here that I work at after my time on the air, but I’m hardly “chained” to it. I don’t know if I could be because I’m a bit to AD/HD . If you’re looking to escape the cubicle culture, Yahoo Jobs had an article today on “Five Lucrative No-Desk Jobs”. I’m not sure they are all that lucrative. Nurses can do pretty well in the pay department as can Vets and construction managers. The other two listed in the article I’m not too sure about. Teachers generally don’t make enough for all they do. I know from personal experience that the fifth and final example, Flight Attendant, is not the way to riches. They have taken a hit in salary in recent years, especially the ones who fly for formally bankrupt carriers like United. But if you like to travel and are friendly, flexible, tactful and endlessly patient with cranky frustrated passengers you serve in a tin can at 40-thousand feet, go for it. Read the full article here.

Who does the orchestra turn to when they need a tune up? Fred from Sunnyvale, an amateur violinist, knew it was the oboe so he is off to enjoy the Stravinsky Project at Stanford next Friday the 7th of March. You could win Friday in the Commuter Quiz at 6:30am

In our Blind Date year forward thinkers were flying to South America in zeppelins while Ottorino Respighi was looking back a couple of centuries for inspiration for his Ancient Airs and Dances. That all collided in the year 1932. Another Blind Date puzzler every work day morning at 8:30am.

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