Expect
the unexpected. It's a common enough saying, but one I think that's especially
true in this business.
Take for example an incident that occurred not too long ago at a high-profile sports bar in Florida. A young man seated at the bar was beginning to show signs of impairment, so one of the two bartenders on duty refused the man further service. He became suddenly enraged, withdrew a knife from his pocket; and with all deliberate force, impaled his own hand to the bar top.
Regardless
of the time of day, or number of empty bar stools, using a laptop at a bar is a
faux pas comparable to gabbing on a cell phone in a restaurant. It's rude and
screams of a psyche disconnecting with humanity. The bar top is a civic center,
a social thoroughfare where people of all heights interact and exchange
molecules. It's where dreams are incubated, and artistic types go to sip and
wonder.
As an author I know a thing or two about what it takes to write a
book. While talent and command of the subject matter are helpful, passion and
dedication are absolutely essential. Fortunately for mankind, F. Paul Pacult
has an abundance of it all.