Born Standing Up by Steve Martin Subtitled “A Comic’s Life”, this book is the autobiography of Steve Martin. As someone born in the late 70s, I primarily knew Steve Martin as an actor and was vaguely aware that he’d been a comic. In this book, he details his upbringing and the decisions that propelled him... Continue Reading →
“So, did you have a good week?” my mom asked. “Eh, it was OK,” I replied. “Just ‘OK’? Did something happen?” “No, nothing happened. I mean, it was just a normal week,” I said. “Oh. And it was just ‘OK’?” That was it. Nothing monumental. Just an innocent question my mom asked during a casual... Continue Reading →
“Hello?” “Hey, bud.” “Hey, man. How goes it?” “All good. So, I’ve kind of got a situation at work.” “Excellent. Let’s hear it.” “It wasn’t my fault and it wasn’t on purpose.” “It never is.” “So, our office has one of these ‘modern’ layouts where the individual offices are all internal and there’s open glass... Continue Reading →
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall Subtitled “A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen”, this book is the amazing story of the author’s journey to Mexico’s Copper Canyons to study the Tarahumara Indians, who were renowned for their legendary running abilities. More specifically, this tribe was known to have... Continue Reading →
My first job out of college was at a mortgage company. This was in the early 2000’s when interest rates had fallen to all-time lows and everyone in America was refinancing their home loan. The market demand at the time far exceeded the supply and there seemed to be an endless flood of new customers.... Continue Reading →
“Hello?” “Hey, man. What’s up?” “Nothing. What’s going on?” “So, I had a weird situation the other day.” “You don’t say.” “I do say.” “Let’s hear it.” “Well, in short, I had to run from a fart before someone saw it was me.” “Wow. That’s quite an opening.” “So, at work, our office is on... Continue Reading →
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