We tell our students looking for jobs to have their elevator pitch at the ready. But we need to emphasize it needs to be about “why it matters.” That’s how you hook people. Many people frame their pitch abt what they’ve done bc “why it matters” is obvious to them, but it won’t be obvious to others

Next law: if you see someone who has less money than you, you are required to kick them.

It’s a secret hiding in plain sight that although publishing (books, newspapers, whatever) might be a tough way to make money, it’s an unrivaled way to SPEND money for impact. Imagine spending a billion to set up an org that can run almost indefinitely, as long as you don’t demand big profits.

Joke is on them—I never stopped referring to it as simply”HBO.”

Waiting for the rest of the world to just mosey itself over to my way of thinking, too.

Apparently he COULD shoot somebody on 5th avenue if the only hope for justice or punishment would be that the republicans in congress would impeach him.

Sounds good. Have you ever had a *grilled pb&j*? (Done like grilled cheese, in the frying pan)