Cal.E.'s Korner

C.: Hi, d.c., I was just calling to ask you if we could write the blog early today so that I could do my

Charity work later.

d.: I’m afraid not, today, Cal.E.

C.: So, your a frazzled rope today?

d.: No, I mean that I’m busy doing something important. You'll just need to have a large dog chase you around Wayne Manor another day.

C.: What, may I ask, is more important to you than writing this blog?

d.: Well… a lot of things, but the one that I’m doing today is interviewing people for an important position.

C.: ???

d.: When I saw T.’s videographer yesterday,

it gave me an idea- to hire my own videographer.

C.: So, how are you going to pay for this videographer?

d.: I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it, as long it’s not a drawbridge that’s letting a boat go under it.

Anyway, you’re on your own today, Cal.E. Your workout with your dog trainer will just have to wait until later, I suppose.

C.: (Little does he know that I left a recorder on his desk. I’ll write the blog based on what these interviews involve). Okay, d.c., can do. I’ll talk to you later.

Later that same day…

d.: I see on your resume that you don’t have any experience as a videographer, so what makes you think that you’ll be a good one for me?

Have you ever had a videographer before?

d.: Well…no.

 I’m sorry I couldn't come to your house for this interview, Mr. scot, but I’m glad you called. I’m at my son’s Little League baseball game. I sponsor this team of underprivileged kids who have medical problems. After the games, I take them all out for ice cream. In my spare time, I take them to their doctors’ appointments if their parents or guardians are too busy to do that. We can do this interview over the telephone, if you don’t mind, though.

d.: Okay, sure.

 It sounds like we’ll both be starting fresh with this idea. That sounds like the ideal situation. That’s especially true since I used to have a job as a correctional care nurse, just like you.

d.: Used to?

Yes, until I gave the one person in the world who’s allergic to acetaminophen Tylenol. He said that he could take it, but I suppose he didn’t realize that the active ingredient in Tylenol is acetaminophen.

d.: And the only ingredient. It has so many different names, though, I could see how he could get confused. 

It does sound like you have some knowledge that may help with this job, but I cannot take you to work with me. How will you document that part of my life?

I’ll use my memory and my imagination, like you do. I know that things don’t actually happen at The Kennel. the way you tell it in your blog, because that would be illegal. I have a good imagination, though, and I’m good with a camera, so that should help.

d.: That’s good, what about creative writing? Do you have a firm grasp on that?

I’ll email you something that I wrote. I think you’ll like it.

d.: Wow! This is really good. I’d like to start doing this as soon as possible, but my budget is a little tight right now.

That’s okay. I’ll work for a percentage of what I make for you. It will be a lot of money, I’m sure.

d.:   (ring) Hey, Cal.E., I found the perfect videographer on my first interview, so I can help you with the blog today. He’s so good I’ll sell hundreds of thousands, no, millions of books a year! I’ll be rich beyond my wildest dreams, and I can retire from The Kennel and not need to worry about money!

Eudora: Dear, please wake up. You aren’t making any sense when you’re talking in your sleep. You have this dream almost every night, and all I can understand are “Rich” and “Cal.E.” I know that she married a meow-illionaire,

but you don’t need to obsess over it. We’re doing okay, even though we aren’t as rich as the Tuckers.

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d.: Darn, it was just a dream,.... or was it?