He sighs. He walks as if his feet hurt. He is 58 years old. He needs to lose 50 pounds. The fact that his audience has paid a huge sum for the privilege of adoring him gives him little comfort. As far as he is concerned, he is only as good as the next meal he makes.
Treasure that bit: "only as good as the next meal he makes". In Europe, it seems every damn business card has degrees on it. My dentist is in her late forties, is well established, and has a reputation as a good (and more importantly, nearly painless) dentist. Yet her new sign has BDS (NUI) after her name, indicating her dental degree and where she got it, as if that should matter at this point in her career. At a university, where the rank of professor is fairly uncommon, a good guide to a low talent professor is a business card that says Dr. X, Professor of Y. In other words, pay attention to his mediocre Ph.D. rather than his absence of professional accomplishments.Posted by sjostrom on August 19, 2006 02:52 AM
