April 20, 2003
DAILY SHOUTOUT: Beth Millett
I want to take the time to acknowledge someone who recently took the time to save my ass. Beth, this Shoutoutís for you!
Last Friday, the 18th, I had plans to take one of our authors out to dinner (for those of you who are new to my Blog, Iím an Acquisitions Editor for a book publisherÖ which means ñ in-part ñ that I'm responsible for finding the best authors to write books for the categories I manage). This particular author ñ whose name needs to remain confidential (at least until we start promoting his book) ñ was a well-placed State Department foreign affairs officer, and an analyst in the department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research during the 1990s. He's now a program director at a Washington, D.C.-based research organization, and I recently signed him to a contract to write a very compelling and first-of-its-kind book for my company.
I was supposed to pick the author up at his hotel between 5:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. for a short ride downtown for drinks and dinner. My plan was to leave the office between 5:00 and 5:15, take 465 East to 465 South to I-70 West, but somewhere along the way I missed 465 South (which Iím now told is nearly impossible to do, but I did), and I ended up on this road called Binford Blvd. Not knowing where in the heck I was, I called my friend Beth ñ who, incidentially, or so she claims, figured Iíd get lost, and therefore was already sort of expecting my call.
Beth, with map in hand at her home (not three miles from I was lost) got me resituated to the point where I found myself back on 465 East. But as fate or destiny would have it, five minutes later I was right back on Binford Blvd., with no appetite whatsoever for getting back on the highway. The long and short of this story is that Beth took another look at her map, and miraculously helped me get to the authorís hotel via roads I didnít know even existed.
Thanks, Beth. You saved me, big time. I owe you, bigger.
Oh, incidentally, Beth recently introduced to me an organization here in Indianapolis called Indianapolis Ambassadors . If you live in Indy, and youíre looking for a simple way to find a wide variety of volunteer opportunities (from volunteering to hand out giveaways at an Indiana Pacers game to serving food at a local shelter for the homeless), the Indianapolis Ambassadors is a great resource.
Posted by Mikal at April 20, 2003 1:30 PM
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Beth...here's the sad part...he owns a GPS that he received as part of a gear review. Said GPS is the street variety with very detailed maps. Ask him how he integrates that wonderful piece of technology.
Hey, Belicove, how's that GPS doing?
(Just bustin' your chops champ! Nuthin' but love.)
So...is that really a picture of Beth???
I finally had a chance to check the 'Beth' link and found a picture...hmmm. I like the powder blue, Pata-Gucci zip-neck tee. Oddly, if that is Beth, you look like a redheaded version of my 6th grade algebra teacher, Mrs Walker (I think that was her last name). I used to babysit her child, Brad (little hell-child).
BTW, can I sit on Santa's lap...or should I be Santa's little helper????
