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Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
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so kev... reading the jokes about the Met's GM job... what are your career aspirations... where do you see yourself 5 years from now? Is your gig something that grows into GM or something someday?I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert...Comment
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In terms of strategy and vision of how to build a successful organization, player evaluation and development, and assembling a roster, those are things I enjoy and am good at. But there are some parts of the GM job that I don't think I would enjoy or be good at-- dealing with the media/PR, handling the business/financial side of it (not so much the payroll/contracts part, but the budgeting and accounting side), spending time with donors and rich supporters as a face of the franchise, and basically being on call and responsive and available 24/7. Also, I have seen that successful GMs have a deep network of connections around the game that they can draw on for advice, for references, and for hiring. While I have a deeper network now in the industry than I did a few years ago, I don't have anything approaching the network that my boss does.GM is really tough job, you have to be surrounded by really good people to be successful."Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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I'm not sure I _want_ to be a GM. In fact, I'm pretty sure I don't. The demands on your time and your life are too great. There is a reason that job gets paid what it does, because they're basically asking for all of you. I want to enjoy my children growing up and actually see my wife and sit down to dinner with all of them. And I don't do well when I have to run at 100% all of the time. I need periods where I can pull back and reflect and not need to be accomplishing anything. I also see that the fame is tempting in a way that isn't healthy for me."Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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Overheard from my daughter who was playing some kind of video game: "Dude, if the real Titanic was this irresponsible, half of the people would have died before it even hit the iceberg!""Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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I just got my kid started up on Dungeons and Dragons. Man, I haven't played this in like 30 years - it's so fun. We spent most of the day creating characters. I also just learned that one of my buddies runs some sort of campaign for his kids and a couple other kids, lol. I'm so in!More American children die by gunfire in a year than on-duty police officers and active duty military.Comment
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"Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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my brother and I played our own D and D game based on our limited experience from lord of the rings and rumors of Dungeons and Dragons. . We only had six sided dice and just made stuff up until we got what is probably an early version of the game. Just a gray booklet with some rudimentary rules. Then I think "advanced " D and D came out with fancy hard back books and we spent many late weekend nights playing. Later on we played another version and he ended up actually creating a book.---------------------------------------------
Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
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it was something like this which is now worth hundreds of dollars
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Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
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and here is the book my brother wrote...kinda cool that I can find it on the interwebs.
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Champagne for breakfast and a Sherman in my hand !
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The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
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