don’t quit your day job
Soap and Hope Since 1959
I’m sitting in a darkened ballroom, waiting for a client presentation to go up on a big screen in front of two hundred managers from around the world. There’s two actors onstage at the moment, going through a mock version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (complete with a celebrity lookalike for Regis). Everything [...]
Cards and Cats
It’s late and Vincent is lying on the couch snoring. I just finished up a long night trying to solve the problems of the world, with a little help from Steve, and now I’m going to go wander for a bit in the Underworld. (Meaning, it’s time to write for a while — no matter [...]
And then he guessed my weight…
Sitting in an early morning meeting this morning with five salespeople I’ve never met before in my life, I mentioned being from out of state and someone asked where I was from. Before I could answer, one of the other guys at the table said “You’re from Virginia.” Which is, of course, entirely true — [...]
Conversation
“Well, if need be, I’ll just step out of the conference call early. I don’t think their feelings will be hurt. They probably know by now that I have no meaningful value to add to the meeting.” “Oh, I don’t think so T.M. — I don’t think they know that yet.” Ouch. (The ache in [...]
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