Last night was the big open house event at the new Linford & Company offices. It was a very nice time I think. Lots of friends and colleagues came, everyone seemed to enjoy meeting others in the diverse crowd, and there were a couple of bottle wines left over that we got to take home! While I am personally not great at “networking”, I sure did talk to a lot of folks, met new people, and caught back up with some I hadn’t seen in a long time. Out of all those conversations however, one sticks out in my mind still this morning.

This story involved a company that was buying services from a friend of ours. The details of the story aren’t all that terribly interesting but lets just say that the outcome was someone having to ask another professional person outside the organization what their birthday was. This wouldn’t be that interesting except the reason was that they wanted know this person’s birthday so they could give it to the company’s Corporate Astrologer so they could determine what the best date would be this action they were considering.

Now, my business, just like theirs, could use a little luck. I don’t buy into the astrology deal myself but to each his own I guess. The only thing I really kind of want is the Corporate Astrologer’s job! Can you imagine the looks you get at cocktail parties when you tell people you are actually a gainfully employed, full-time astrologer in corporate America?! AND… how hard could being a corporate astrologer possibly be? It has to be totally cushy.

I wonder if it would be dangerous job to have though, sounds like something that could easily be outsourced to India (or Sedona, Arizona).

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