Inbox Zero
The new American dream.
Apologies that I still owed some email responses as I write this—I am working to make that a past-tense thing by the time this message goes up, but I might have to settle for catching up this morning. I’ve cleared my schedule of all distractions—
—hey, “Inbox Zero” would be a pretty good name for a band. Or a Deadpool-like comic-book super-assassin. Or just a devastating insult. Although, really, that could be true of almost any phrase that ends with “Zero.” “You absolute moron! You worthless loser! You utter Coca-Cola Zero!”—
—any distractions except the ones coming from my own brain, that is. But I’m used to those.
ZERO MOSTEL --"There are several explanations for how Samuel Joel Mostel came to be known as Zero. One is that his mother coined the nickname because of his poor grades in school – but one bio notes that he was a “A” student. Another explanation is that a press agent once said of him, “Here's a guy starting from nothing.”Apr 6, 2023