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1:04 p.m. - 2005-08-29 A weight has been lifted. I now have free time with which to read and exercise and socialize. But just for two weeks until I become an after school tutor and general chaos minimizer at the local after school program for low income kids... I have a file folder titled "prospects" that holds business cards, flyers and scribbled pieces of paper containing information about people I am in the process of getting to join the chamber of commerce. When I have down time, I pull out the file folder and make calls to these people and say things like "Hey Suzie, great to talk to you...well, we are really pleased that you've decided to join the chamber...if you could just send in the check I can go ahead and get you started here so you you can begin enjoying some of our best member benefits...." Well, I pulled the file out today, bracing myself for some good old fashioned bill collection conversations ...and inexplicably, in the pile, was a small photo and bio blurb about....Kevin Costner. Frankly, I think he'd make a fabulous addition to the membership services committee.
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