How Optimistic Are You? Meet Mr. Mellows. His a man of great success, strong opinions and bold decisions. But who is he really? A young reporter sets out to find out the answer with a surprising result.I hope you enjoy reading "The Optimist", which recently won the [...]
Mr. Mellows squirms his 6-foot 5-inch hulk onto a flimsy wooden chair. The low tabletop presses down on his knees. A bare 40-watt fluorescent light in the center of the ceiling flickers from the ceiling in the barren room; brown stains mar the blond, dusty hardwood floor. The gray paint on the walls is [...]
The reporter clenches his jaw. “You asked for a neutral site without publicity. You didn’t want me to come to your house or office or restaurant. A commercial real estate agent let me use this place. It’s a dump, but it’s the best I could do.” “I like it,” responds Mr. Mellows, who finally [...]
The reporter doesn’t answer. He asks, “Didn’t that create insecurity for the senior people?” “Are you kidding? Equality is a great thing. It gives everyone the same opportunity.” When the reporter hears “equality” and “opportunity” his eyes shine. Mr. Mellows continues. “Everybody wins. I coordinated the show, like a…a….manager of a baseball team. Yes, [...]
“Good question. I always had a weak spot for science, I guess because of my father, but mainly I saw it as another way to make a buck. I figured I could get support for anything scientific if people thought they would benefit from the results. They forget about the gap between the science [...]
The reporter is quiet, distant. His gaze turns to the print of the girl milking the cow. “She is lovely, isn’t she? I mean the scene and everything,” he says. “Yes, indeed. Wouldn’t it be nice to live among the aspens, milking cows and chasing butterflies?” answers Mr. Mellows. He looks past the framed [...]
