I had no where to go. I was sleeping on the couch of a friend. I was almost finally making money again. It was still a struggle. I was talking to a friend of mine, “I need a place to live, a room to rent”. He was standing next to a mutual acquaintance who wasn’t…
Author: Paul
The Real Reason We’re Doomed When It Comes To Global Warming
Bill Gates said if he could have just ONE WISH, it would be this. Ted Turner said if we don’t do something about it that we’re going to start eating each other. John Doerr, a prominent investor said he feared for what his daughter was going to inherit if it wasn’t fixed and he cried…
Mark Cuban And The Art Of Pivoting
I used to talk to Mark Cuban once a week or so. He might not know me now but in 2001, we were frequent email friends. I had met a guy named Jim Griffin. He started a listserv called Pho. Pho was all about the entertainment business. Books, music, movies and TV. It was a…
The Life And Times Of Frumpy Doolittle
Frumpy Doolittle. That was the name of one of my cats. It was a stray in the neighborhood that I happened to feed. Frumpy got it’s name because its hair was frumpy. And if there’s any creature on earth that can make a sloth look lazy, it’s a cat with not a care in the…
How To Go From Hero To Zero In 2.4 Seconds
I had 15,000 fans of my radio talk show on Facebook. I was popular. Everyone knew me. I was on TV all the time. The news mostly. I ran the largest entertainment venue in southwest Florida. Hosted the largest and most out of control parties anyone could ever imagine this side of Mardi Gras. Thousands…
What To Do When You’re At A Dead End
I lost my cable in my house. Internet was gone. I went to McDonald’s for a month and sat there all day using theirs. After 4 weeks of piecemeal work, enough to eat everyday but not enough to pay the bills, they shut off my water. I went to McDonald’s in the morning and to…
Being In A Hurricane
I’ve been in a lot of hurricanes. About 12 or so. I live in southwest Florida, the greatest place on earth and practically Heaven on earth. I’ve seen them all. My first experience with a hurricane was at a hurricane party. That’s how they do it down here. They throw a party. They blow it…