Comments on: Are You Playing Restaurant? http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/08/14/are-you-playing-restaurant/ Thoughts for leaders where new media meets public life. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Russell Kaye http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/08/14/are-you-playing-restaurant/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Russell Kaye Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:08:06 +0000 http://blog.bradrourke.com/?p=1372#comment-320 Speaking of playing restaurant, I vividly recall you showing up in our kitchen in late March of 2002 to whip up a tasty meal to celebrate the birth of Rufus. That was shortly before ya'll swang off on another vine. Thank you for that meal and this post - R Speaking of playing restaurant, I vividly recall you showing up in our kitchen in late March of 2002 to whip up a tasty meal to celebrate the birth of Rufus. That was shortly before ya’ll swang off on another vine. Thank you for that meal and this post – R

]]> By: Angelique http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/08/14/are-you-playing-restaurant/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Angelique Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:04:48 +0000 http://blog.bradrourke.com/?p=1372#comment-319 Look at your bank account. Is there money in there? There are four ways money will appear in your account: 1. Big inheritance 2. The Lottery 3. Someone paid you 4. Elves It's easy to figure out which one is going on. First, call all your relatives and ask if they are alive. If they are, you have not received a big inheritance. (Be diplomatic, or you won't get an inheritance in the future.) Next, look at the website of your local TV news. Look at nightly broadcasts from the last few days. Do you see yourself on there holding a really big check? If not, you did not win the lottery. Finally, go to your bank's website and look at the checks you have recently deposited. There should be images of them. If they say something like: To: "Brad Rourke" Memo: "For writing stuff", you know that someone has paid you for your services, and you therefore are not just pretending to work. You did actual work at home and got paid for it, just like the people who do actual work in offices. (Keep in mind that people can make cheese sandwiches in offices and still get paid for it. The inability to do that is a disadvantage of working for yourself.) I do not know how to check for elves. Look at your bank account. Is there money in there? There are four ways money will appear in your account:

1. Big inheritance

2. The Lottery

3. Someone paid you

4. Elves

It’s easy to figure out which one is going on. First, call all your relatives and ask if they are alive. If they are, you have not received a big inheritance. (Be diplomatic, or you won’t get an inheritance in the future.)

Next, look at the website of your local TV news. Look at nightly broadcasts from the last few days. Do you see yourself on there holding a really big check? If not, you did not win the lottery.

Finally, go to your bank’s website and look at the checks you have recently deposited. There should be images of them. If they say something like: To: “Brad Rourke” Memo: “For writing stuff”, you know that someone has paid you for your services, and you therefore are not just pretending to work. You did actual work at home and got paid for it, just like the people who do actual work in offices. (Keep in mind that people can make cheese sandwiches in offices and still get paid for it. The inability to do that is a disadvantage of working for yourself.)

I do not know how to check for elves.

]]> By: bradrourke http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/08/14/are-you-playing-restaurant/comment-page-1/#comment-318 bradrourke Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:26:55 +0000 http://blog.bradrourke.com/?p=1372#comment-318 Thanks so much, Andrea! Thanks so much, Andrea!

]]> By: Andrea Jarrell http://blog.bradrourke.com/2009/08/14/are-you-playing-restaurant/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Andrea Jarrell Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:10:03 +0000 http://blog.bradrourke.com/?p=1372#comment-317 Brad, I love this. Great, great insight for the "solopreneur" and just such a delight to read. Last line a stunner. Brad, I love this. Great, great insight for the “solopreneur” and just such a delight to read. Last line a stunner.

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