Carpe diem appears to be dead (unless the new meaning is seize someone else’s day, as a vicarious experience, of course — not hands-on or anything that dangerous). I say this because recently I was sitting in a restaurant where a young woman and some friends were...
I’ve been using that “hook a brother up” line for the past couple of years, ever since I heard a witless dolt say to an apparent acquaintance, “Hook a brother up with a beer.” We were happy-houring in the fenced in confines of an insanely crowded outside bar at a...
Chapter 1 Tenth Installment Now I Are One Because here I am sitting across the desk of Mr. Mac McGlinn once again. “Do you know why you’re here today?” Mac asks. “Because I want to work for your company selling yellow pages...
Chapter 1 Ninth Installment Down and Out, Part 2 Then he tosses me a cheap, blue pen. “Sell me this pen,” he challenges. The sales puke had prepped me for this situation. He told me that interviewers will sometimes hand you an object from the...
Chapter 1 Eighth Installment Down and Out, Part 1 Okay, so that’s not exactly how I put it to Mac McGlinn, word for word, but it’s the gist of what I said. “Is that a true story?” Mac asks. “Yes, it is.” “Interesting,”...
