“The world is crazier than a shithouse rat.” ~ Mac Davis Dear subscriber, Quick story for ya. A sleazy-looking man was creepily following an attractive young girl around at a shopping center. The young attractive girl was with her father, but she left him for a moment to
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Dear subscriber, In the late 1990s, the tech company Apple was in a world of hurt. Apple’s stock price was dropping like a rock off a cliff, and rumors were swirling that they were about to go tits up and join the ranks of the tech dinosaurs. It was
Dear subscriber, Yesterday I had two different interactions with some very seasoned citizens. These folks must have been pushing a buck and some change, if ya know what I mean. Here are those two interactions: Interaction #1 I’m out walking (I do that between writing sessions) and this old
Dear subscriber, Once upon a time, there was a middle-aged man who owned a video game store in a small town in Texas. He was miserable. And rightly so. You see, this man was drowning in debt, he couldn’t pay his bills, and his business was bleeding cash faster
Dear subscriber, On February 11, 1990, in Tokyo… … Mike Tyson fought Buster Douglas. Now, for those of you who couldn’t care less about who’s throwing punches at who, lemme give you the gist of it. At that time, Mike Tyson was the king of the ring. He was
Dear subscriber, Persuasion is like money – it’s not good or bad in and of itself. It’s the person wielding it that makes it either a force for good or a tool for evil. Just like how a CFO can use the corporation funds to help the company or
Dear subscriber, Much like today’s subject line… … the following topic may make some of you wince. It will have others shaking their heads in disgust. And some of you are gonna bail out faster than a squirrel on a power line. And you know what? All those responses would
“Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson Dear subscriber, Ah, Hunter S. Thompson. The bad boy of the written word. What can I say about the magnificent bastard that hasn’t already been said? Probably nothing.
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