I’ve met some famous people and some semi-famous people in my life. I would say this makes me lucky, but seeing as I have yet to get the hookup from one of these famous people I think I’m still in the same boat I was before meeting them. What good are famous people if they don’t hook you up?

Nonetheless, the thing I realized after meeting Murray Waas the other day is that NICE semi-famous people talk about YOU not them! They ask you about your thoughts on stuff instead of going on and on about their fabulous careers. N.T. Wright didn’t do that so much. Not that he was mean, he just wasn’t as nice as Murray Waas. Isn’t that quite a statement about the Bishop of Durham? Maybe it was just an off-day.

And that’s just it. We were talking to Murray about Obama and McCain, and I told him that I don’t really cut politicians slack for the communication flubs they make while behind the podium. After all, they ARE going for the President of the United States, they gotta work for it. Sure, they’re always under the public eye, constantly being scrutinized, but this is the price to pay for being a household name. Is that such a tough price to pay?

My suggestion to mean famous and semi-famous people? Talk about them, not you. And go hire a good PR firm.

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