Gary Halbert · whole document (64)
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That's not false modesty either. It seems to
me I am a rather ordinary individual. I live an interesting
(but not intensely interesting) life. I just happen to have
the ability to write extraordinarily effective advertising...
and... a more or less "tell-it-like-it-is"
newsletter.
Even so, it seems many people have a tendency
to "deify" me. A few others seem to consider it
proper to "villanize" me. In truth, neither am I
especially god-like, nor am I worthy of serious "villanization"
like Saddam Hussein, Adolph Hitler, Osama Bin Laden or almost
every American politician or televangelist.
But, people are curious about me and so I
thought I would use this issue of my newsletter to...
De-Mystify A Few Details About Myself!
Let's start with my screen name. As you can
see in the letterhead, it is [email protected]. The reason
this is my screen name is really quite simple. When I got my
first computer, I was having a steamy affair with an extremely
sexy woman who was a Practice Management Consultant to
dentists. Her name was Sally and she, through her evil
machinations, was able to keep me in an almost continuous
state of hyper sexual excitation. Then, of course, at the peak
of this pleasurable relationship, she dumped me like I was
nothing more than one of the millions of disposable Dixie Cups
that litter American highways.
When setting up my e-mail account, AOL asked
me to type in what I wanted for my screen name. I typed in a
name I thought nobody but myself would have. To my amazement,
AOL said that name was taken. So, I typed in a different
screen name. AOL said that name was taken too. I kept trying
different screen names and AOL kept telling me each of those
names were taken.
Then, the thought crossed my mind (as it did
approximately every 45 seconds) that I wouldn't be having sex
with Sally ever again. So, just for the hell of it, I typed in
"NoSexGary". And guess what? AOL accepted it! I've
kept it ever since and nobody ever forgets it.