Almost Famous
On being famous without the money, entourage or orange hair.
I always wondered what it would be like to be famous. Not just known by the barista at Starbucks that knows your regular latte order but famous. Like really famous. Think Taylor Swift famous. Elon Musk Famous. Michael Jackson Famous. Donald Trump Famous. (well, maybe not that last one because that’s a special case of famous and not the fame I would want.)
Besides the constant cameras aimed at you at all times or having all your flights tracked I bet it’s well…kind of cool. But what is considered famous? Is it measured by clicks? money? Instagram followers? Facebook friends? Are only artists famous?
How about automotive designers, or I dunno - packaging engineers? I wonder if there’s a famous packaging engineer that is known by all other packaging engineers? Is there an Oppenheimer of packaging engineers? I have questions!
Then there’s the fame you don’t want. Mugshot famous is not the fame I would want. I don’t want to have an inmate number. That’s not fame.
All the above to say that fame has brushed up against us this past week, but without money or jets or orange hair. Folks, I present to you…
The Brush with Fame
This isn’t exactly about me. In fact this isn’t about me at all, but beautiful wife had a tweet liked by no other than Elon Musk! (or artificial AI or one of his minions but don’t go bursting our bubble.) but still. Check this out!
We’re still waiting for the space outfits to show and the odds are pretty iffy but hey you never know. And, If the space suits do show I will model them.
My fame this week was a little less thrilling: I was told I looked like Nicolas Cage. I was also followed by a creepy old guy in a Hyundai Genesis but that’s a story for another day. My first stalker.
Hey! Maybe I do know what it’s like to be famous after all!
This is far from the fame we would want. Having some rich guy like your tweet while doom scrolling on the website he bought and owns might not be the fame we thought we might have - but that’s as close as we’ve got so far.
Oh. That and I have 16 subscribers with this newsletter so far. What else could a guy want?
Autographs are available on request.
Until next time..
TH and Co.
