Random comments of the day

Sometimes, my job just makes me smile. Especially when I get to talk to sources who will tell me random things.

For example, in working with the Moffitt story today, I had one superintendent tell me he was “tired of getting jerked around by the legislature.” This is not surprising to me, coming from his mouth and some of the humorous things he’s told me before, but it’s something which makes me giggle.

I also had a college president today tell me his institution focuses more on finding commencement speakers who will inspire the graduates and not serve as, basically, a publicity opportunity for the college. If you know anything about my coverage area, you know that we have two private colleges of comparable size within 15 miles of one another, and there is a longtime rival between the two.

The college officials try to play all nice, but when something ripping on the other college in a veiled manner (College A is having a state senator as a commencement speaker; College B is having a very powerful woman in national and international politics and had a former president last year) comes from the highest person at the institution, I smile.

For all the frustrations I put up with thanks to my job, it’s the little things which count.