I haven’t been particularly excited about leaving marketers’ “most coveted age bracket” (although this guy thinks the boomers are changing that). I like knowing companies spend millions of dollars trying to figure out how to please me and how to catch my attention. It’s like dating a Rockefeller. But not any more. Tomorrow I hit [...]
Here is the email I wrote a close friend who turns 40 tomorrow. Shane and I deployed to Iraq together in March 2003 and slept in cots a few inches apart for 5 months in a tent with no air conditioning, showers, or running water. Embellished yarns, smuggled alcohol, and illicit affairs were the only [...]
My brother flew in from St. Louis last night and delivered the above card and wooden figurine depicting a young boy taking a crap. I’m planning to take it with me to work, so that every morning, I can carry it into the latrine with me and ward off the evil turd burglar.
I just had a birthday, which made me wonder what I was up to on birthdays from years past. I went back into the closet and found the following: —————- Tuesday, June 7, 1988: Today I turned 13. I had to take exams on my birthday. That is the 1st time I have had to [...]
