Michael Palin has my job

I was at an “informal interview” the other day and one of the interviewers asked me what my dream job would be. I hate those questions generally because I find it forces me to admit that if money were no option, I would be doing other things that were totally unconnected with the interview the question was asked in (in fact, part of the reason it is taking me so long to get another position is because I’m trying to realign my life along lines of finding a dream job for me that still looks like a career on paper).

Without thinking, I blurted out, “Well, Michael Plain has my dream job.” Sadly, neither 2 of the people who were interviewing me had any idea who or what I was talking about which is a shame. Michael Palin is the comedian much beloved from Monty Python who has made an incredible success of travelling around the world on these great themed journeys for the BBC. His Around the World in 80 Days was so popular that he took on going from Pole to Pole and then Full Circle around the Pacific, crossed the Sahara and continues to embark on envious adventures.

OK, admittedly, it’s travel pr0n, but if I can’t be ED or IT Director of some kick ass NGO or charity making a difference in the world, that’s what I’d love to be doing with my days.

If you haven’t seen the series, I highly recommend them. Seeing the first part of Sahara last week made me so travel sick to go back to Morocco, I could literally taste mint tea in my mouth. Of course, I could just be getting itchy feet from being snowed in up here on the mountain.