#NerdsUnite: A tale of three acid trips (& one very true story)
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#NerdsUnite: A tale of three acid trips (& one very true story)

I ate a dinner cooked by none other than Patti LaBelle. Independently an AMAZING sentence to write, but to be served soul food from a soul singer while in an EXACT MOMENT I was doing some soul searching ... that was awesome. (It's turkey leg and lima beans ... I'm not sure what else was it in, but it all ended up in my belly.)

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#NerdsUnite: Hi @Britneyspears ... We heart you too.
#NerdsUnite: The cost of "whatever it takes" ... is it actually worth it?

#NerdsUnite: The cost of "whatever it takes" ... is it actually worth it?

"So what has Jen Friel been up to?" she asked as we sat down for an impromptus happy hour (my office happens to be across the street from her building).

With a straight face, and little to no emotion I said, "I've experienced a fundamental shift in the last 30 days, I'm ready to get married and have babies."

YAY!! She said super excited.

My actions weren't mirrored, and without an actual mirror, I'll just have to assume that my face looked something like this ...

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#Fetish: I had read this one on Urban Dictionary, but yep, it's actually "a thing!"

#Fetish: I had read this one on Urban Dictionary, but yep, it's actually "a thing!"

If someone had to play him in a movie it would be Eric Dane’s tanner cousin from South Africa (+1 for the accent, swoon!). He had a squint in his eye that could mean 1) he’s been in the sun for too long, or 2) he was attempting to be aloof.

Focusing on my own bottom lines (and not his), I asked if he could tell me more about his world. I grew up fishing, I admitted, but know nothing about commercial fishing and the business models of charters; I want to learn.

Why don’t you come by at 4:30 tomorrow morning. I have a charter, and we’re going out to catch tuna.

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