Seems to me this DavidP guy that we asked to host the forum for Seahorses, is quite the celebrity of his own right!
Dave, you worked hard on the research to start your own pony tank, and look at what you've accomplished!! We are certainly proud to have you as a member & staff member as well. I can't help but ask you....... Did you happen to plug Captive Reefing when you did the interview? My goodness, If you did... people will be flocking here just to talk to the expert that they heard on that radio show. Not to mention the traffic YOU would draw to the site!! Oops, did I say that out loud? Seriously though, I think humans have a need to feel like they know someone who is special. It tends to make them feel better about themselves somehow. There will be some people that really get into "talking to the expert", and to have access to you....wow....you may have to quit your job to keep up.
I see book deals & signings, more radio & TV talk shows, then your own specialized TV show rated #1 on all the networks, Dave can be your agent and handle that end for you. Then you could just sit back, take care of whatever size tanks you've ever dreamt about having, not to mention the coolest of sea creatures living inside your "glass tank walls"! People will of course want to tour the mansion, and Dave and I promise that we'll keep our wing is kept properly. We'd really like the glass tank walls on our wing too, if you don't mind. I'm really getting excited...uh...for you of course! I'll set up your public appearances at Reef Organizations all over the world. We'll tour with you to make sure no one takes advantage of you! Of course, all your airfare, hotels, the finest wines served in the most expensive crystal (not purchased on EBay either!),7 course meals made by the finest chefs just hoping that you grace them as their personal guest! Red carpet will roll out at you step out of your limo anywhere you go & you'll be stylishly dressed in good jeans and a Captive Reefing T-shirt. The sales on
T-shirts will go through the roof since you are the fashion trend setter, and we'll be able to live off the profits from the t-shirt sales. Think of the servants willing to give you what ever you need at the blink of an eye (of course they'll be all beautiful intelligent women....only the very best for you by all means! If you want, I can lay it on even thicker, and add some more polish if you'd like!
In all seriousness though, the greatest thing for many people is to feel that they've actually talked to someone like you, and you've got a personality that makes people feel like they're important to you. Those who meet you, and those of us on Captive Reefing who have the privilege of knowing you through chatting and sharing your tanks great successes and even the low points. People have a fond respect for you, and are confident with any knowledge you pass on. That's sure is a great way to be thought of, and whether you realize it or not, there's many here at CR. To mushy....yeah I know. That's me, the book style way I post...yamma, yamma, yamma...I do send to be that way, sharing all those feelings all the time. Soon we'll be hearing that YOU are going to be the guest speaker at reef conferences all over the place. You can plan on all of us here at Captive Reefing to support you all the way! Please tape the show so we can make it into an mp3 to put on the board so everyone can listen to that interview, and any future ones too?That would be awesome to really "hear" you speak all that you know!! Knowing you, you're probably thinking that having the opportunity to do that interview was the luck of the draw. Maybe it was a case of you being in the right place at the right time, but you were asked to do more? Now that just didn't happen on it's own. As for your upcoming interview.... you don't get asked again unless the first one was pretty darn good!
Everything good in life starts like a small grain of sand. Some sand blows away, some stays with the rest of the sand where it originally lay, and then there's sand that grows, bumps here and there but, little by little...and then becomes a solid rock that has the ability to keep growing, and perhaps be a boulder one day! Congrats Dave! Keep up the great work and ROCK ON!
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