{"id":5845,"date":"2008-12-04T03:20:05","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T10:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=5845"},"modified":"2008-12-10T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T23:29:05","slug":"stirred-but-not-shaken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5845\/stirred-but-not-shaken\/","title":{"rendered":"Stirred\u00a0but not Shaken"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s probably no pressing need to own up to this right now but I’m isolating in front of my laptop at 3 AM and anything but<\/em> Facebook and internet Texas Hold ’em seems like a heart healthy idea. So I peck away into my imagination. There’s a dull pang of ungratefulness sticking in my side this holiday season. Wait… better make that a thorn. No, a twinge. A twinge of Fate<\/em>. (Or should that be a twist?) A twist of Fate. No, that’s Dylan. Man, all the really good sayings are already taken. Anyway, here’s what I’m copping to; my short, snapped-off end of the turkey wishbone:<\/p>\n

As a kid, I never daydreamed about growing up to be {whisper}… a Realtor<\/em>. There, I said it—almost out loud. Scurrying about my parents’ postage stamp backyard from bush to tree and back again dressed in full army combat uniform, cowboy boots, football helmet, with Secret Agent Man attache case tucked safely away under the old National Geographics (and pictures of half-naked female Aborigines) in the work shed, I was always a little whimsical about which distant star I might hook my future prospects on to. I didn’t start daydreaming about growing up to be a Realtor<\/em> until I’d already been in the Insurance business for 15 years and one dark day discovered myself scurrying about my own<\/em> postage stamp backyard as a salesman with almost nothing tucked away except some nickel and dime house equity and no naked ladies of any kind to be found. And an insurance salesman, no less. A life insurance salesman…(I think I’ll stop there.)<\/p>\n

I wanted a career where I could ditch the suit and wear boots everyday if I cared to. And shave my already<\/em> mostly bald head. And stay at home whenever I pleased. And never have to say “God forbid” unless I really meant it. It pretty much boiled down to those few requirements plus, of course, the potential to make some decent dough and drive a Mercedes. And when choosing a path to comfortable living based on such thin orders, symptoms like Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s probably no pressing need to own up to this right now but I’m isolating in front of my laptop at 3 AM and anything but Facebook and internet Texas Hold ’em seems like a heart healthy idea. So I peck away into my imagination. 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