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For the past six years I’ve had the honor of representing my peers as a United Adworkers Board member. Over those years I served under three different Presidents, three different Directors and too many fellow board members to try to remember. It’s a group I’ve been proud to be associated with and will truly miss. Probably not a whole lot, though. One thing I know about being on this board for so long is that old board members never really go away, they just don’t have to attend the meetings.

Summer is almost gone and I’ve heard rumor that people thought I took the season off since it’s been nearly that long since I’ve posted a new letter. I apologize; perhaps I just wanted to see if anyone actually read them. Am I that needy for acceptance and validation? Well…

For those of you who felt your brain is above knowing the Skipper’s real name is Jonas Grumby, opting not to attend our Team Trivia Night, here is a brief recap: Team Martindale, Ludden & Rayburn, also known as Nonbox, took first place. What they lack in clever team naming abilities they make up for in useless knowledge. Boelter + Lincoln took second, followed by Purple Onion and The Factoids (bvk #2)-side note: “Purple Onion & The Factoids” would be a good band name. Truth be told, it was a three-way tie or 2nd so easy on the bragging rights B+L, you just happened to guess better at your final score. For those who didn’t attend, prior to the start of the event, every team had to write down what they thought their total score out of 64 questions would be. Incidentally, just in case you needed further proof of the egos in this business, every team guessed way higher than they actually scored.

Sometimes I use magazines. There are plenty of Web sites too, I suppose, but there’s something about having the piece in your hands, you can almost feel the textures and the color. Sometimes I pop in a movie from my stash… sorry, that’s as far as I’m going to go with this lame Three’s Company-esque, misunderstanding set-up. Of course, I’m referring to things that…

I grew up in a pretty small town. Two little “main street” areas with local shops and restaurants, parks with gazebos, it was a regular Frank Capra soundstage. Daly’s Shoestore was the local cobbler. Well, I don’t know how much Mr. Daly actually cobbled, but he did sell shoes. It’s where I got my first pair of…