I didn’t used to know about stage names. I figured you were born with a great name related to what you would end up becoming great at. Then I learned about nominative determinism, the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate
How many people were in on the decision to drop the Amber? I hope it was your and yours alone. Executive decisions are important, as an album I wrote indicates. The refusal to make a choice, no matter what it
We all know about cloning sheep, but with the destruction of the ecosystem and all that, we need to focus on cloning the loveable, bumbling honey bee. No doubt about it, the bee is the most interesting insect around. A
What do you think happens when you die? When it’s my turn, my entire body will be donated to some well-meaning group of people, since I’ll be finished with it. Being buried or cremated is a waste of money and
I didn’t used to know about hard work positively correlating with success, and my head and its contained narcissism only saw one way out of my noteworthless path. I would dream about running into the right sequence of people, increasingly
When I think of you, I dance like a flamingo. There’s got to be that one bird who wakes up all the other birds in the morning, before they want to. Every other bird you hear is yelling at the
When did you add “the Chef” to your name? You think any actual chefs do that? I don’t know any other Raekwons. We used to call this guy Ronnie in my class “Weak Ron” which is almost like your name
Happy Birthday Julie Chen! I like the way you asked questions to the Big Brothers like they had important things to say when really I’m not so sure they did, and I’m not so sure you think they did either.
Happy Birthday Joel Zimmerman! My friend wore your head one time. I’ve never said that to anyone else. Remember when Bill Gates was the only one who could control his thermostat with his voice? With the robots having taken over,
Happy Birthday Dave Foley! I bet at this point you’ve heard every “in the hall” pseudo-joke people have to offer, and you nod along smilingly waiting for it all to be over. If you haven’t done so in a while,
