59.1. Dig Your Own Hole

Why you must be a shameless self promoter

Here is a dark hallway - a dark hole - I recently walked into.

Give me a quiet place with windows looking out at trees with little birds tittering around in the morning. I make a quiet place quieter with noise-cancelling headphones, which I fill with noise of my own choosing.

Just to the right of the keyboard there is a cup of steaming hot coffee; in my dreams it never cools. There is a plate with a square of coffee cake or a bowl of something crunchy: chips, cheesy popcorn. If this snack leaves a residue, then there is also a napkin for the fingers. There is a notebook with a pen: my current favorite is a ballpoint blue one with a gnawed-up cap that I took from a government office. It chose me, I will not apologize.