3 December 2015
I am officially Famous! There are published articles about the Grand Diversity Launch Event (da-da-da-DAAA!!!), and they have my photo in! The interview I did the other week has also been published, and in it I sound almost articulate so I think the nice journalist must have made a few things up afterwards. The article refers to me as “Brewster”. Like “Cameron”. Or “Mussolini”. I would rather it said “President Brewster”, but I guess you only get that kind of reverence if you’re looking after a whole country as opposed to 2,500 cantankerous but essentially harmless patent attorneys. I am proud to be officially Famous. I consider sending my mum copies of the articles but then I remember my mum can’t do hyperlinks because of her stupid computer which is always on the blink, especially on the days she isn’t wearing her glasses, so instead I will give her a framed copy of my Presidential business card for Christmas. Of course, being officially Famous has its downsides. I confess I’m a little scared to go out in case I’m mobbed. I imagine the paparazzi are clamouring at my front door even now. I take a little time off from the emails to practise my autograph, just in case. Meanwhile, at CIPA HQ the main downside is that Mr Lampert, our Chief Shouty Person who has not yet finished his new Social Media Policy on account of I keep distracting him, now lives in a perpetual state of terror that I am going to say something unwise or undignified which will be published before he can do anything to stop it. These are some of his worst fears:
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