Man At Work
To this day, I still worship side one of Men At Work’s Business As Usual. Side one, wow! Can somebody get my walker. From the first drumbeat of “Who Can It Be Now?”, I was hooked. I’ve always been a little bit of non-conformist, so for me tracks two and four -- the ones that did NOT get much airplay -- were my favorites. I must’ve listened to that cassette more than 1000 times. Well, this morning at the gym, with my ipod on shuffle, two different songs from Men At Work came on and within seconds, I was back in my high school bedroom dreaming of what will be. Of course at 17, those dreams included girls, money, girls, a job making money and a family. Here we are 25 years later and I have it all -- except the job. A great wife. Three great kids. Money in the bank. But no job. I believe it was Meat Loaf who said two out of three ain’t bad, so by my calculations, three out of four is even better. And it is. For the last year, I’ve been at home with the family, with all th...