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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:04 pm
I think I'll be hanging out in here to hear more of Maris' stories. I don't know any billionaires, but I do know some relatively famous millionaires and they all tend to be teh cray-zay. Drug addled, entitled, no reason to adhere to social norms, narcissistic, you name it. I can't imagine multiplying that times ten and the person that comes out on the other side LOL. Mocha, pass the popcorn.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:11 pm
I am guessing your boss' initials are HH. Or DT. That is a riot. Oh, I called him a name I thought would work, but got red-dotted. Heh. You must have a great deodorant, some kinda emotional constitution . . . and good drugs.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:18 pm
The funny thing is when I interviewed for this job, I never heard of this guy-- but apprently he is well known down south and out west. Ladies love him......if only they knew
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:20 pm
oh did I mention that he was a guest on the LKL live show when Anna Nicole died? yep .....he went out with her.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:25 pm
The only thing I can think of to compare (in a teensy way) was discovering peculiarities of the CEO of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield--who was taking over as the CEO when Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware merged with them. He (Merger now dissolved and CEO in question GONESO) arrived at our facilities for a breakfast meeting following earlier-arriving assistants. They laid out a cloth tablecloth on the conference room table, set out fine china and silverware, a special glass, and his own juice and food. (I was in the Corporate Communications office and, though a writer, got involved with all kinds of event preparations. So that is how I got to witness that little bit of royal behavior.) This from the head of a non-profit corporation. He's a tall, good-looking black man. His office at CareFirst (in MD) featured a desk whose legs rested on 2 bricks each, and a silver-framed picture of his beautiful ex-model wife--clad only in a mink (subtle, but clearly nude under it). I remember asking why he didn't just get a custom desk made to fit his body. Everyone told me the bricks were there for a reason--to intimidate others. (I actually found him very smart and personable, but those foibles put him in a clearly royal-psychosis category.) I also know his secretary had to learn how to use a blackberry so she could teach him how to use it. How would you like that assignment? She learned! Oh, and he and his wife were married only after each tallied up the pros and cons of their merger. True. He bragged about it.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:26 pm
Not the father of AN's baby? Or the lawyer?
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:28 pm
no herck, defintely not the lawyer or father of her baby. God knows he has enough children littering the globe. Apparently he was on larry king, interviewed as a "friend".
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:32 pm
Hmm. Diggable, I think.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:38 pm
and closer than you think
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:43 pm
Maris hugs to you. I sent you a pm.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:44 pm
First name Peter or John?
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:48 pm
Rofl, Peter
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:54 pm
Well, he is good looking! So he is unmarried? What a lifestyle! Too bad all that money (inherited or earned) turned him into a self-absorbed tantrum-thrower. Is Alia his wife or his dd?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:56 pm
Well Maris I hope he's paying you well lol.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 4:59 pm
she is one of his dd. never been married and we think he has 17 offspring. He aint payin me enough!!!!!!!!!!!RoFL
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 5:09 pm
Well, evidently the girls are being taken care of nicely. Hope the other 15 are, too. You mean you employment didn't hinge on being added to his will?! 
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 5:13 pm
roflmao. I keep telling people that his offspring are dreaming if they think they are getting their hooks into his billion dollar empire. My bet is his will states that it has to be sold to XYZ and all the proceed will go to the building of a museum in his honor
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 8:05 pm
Maris, it sounds like your life is very colorful right now, and I love to hear that. Characters make the world go round, and while they're not very fun to work for most days, they still make a good story and one helluva life to reflect upon. I hope you love your job and the vagaries your boss brings to the table, as unpleasant as they may be at times. I've found (from a few freakish bosses) that the ones who have the WORST tendencies also have the best hearts. Also, some of the funniest moments I ever experienced in court were from misdemeants who marched to the beat of their own drummers. My buddies hated it when I quit prosecuting because I wouldn't have anymore stories about the prostitutes/gloryholers/drunks/thieving toe-suckers whom I would encounter on any given day (the thieveing toe-sucker was one of my first prosecutions in a particular county - we only got him on a felony when he finally swiped a ring on his way out the door. Up to that point, he'd break into houses just to suck toes - a misdemeanor. I was reminded of this case by a recent case in the news LOL).
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 8:08 pm
OMGoodness, Gal and Maris don't have to watch reality tv - they live it!

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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 9:51 pm
I agree - I want to watch reality shows about Gal & Maris. Bring it on.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 11:32 pm
ROTF, a museum in his honor! Sounds like 'The Donald's' ego.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 2:28 pm
I actually did a take this job and shove it today. I got into a huge fight with the chairman and quit. I couldnt take it any more, the verbal assault, dealing with the hookers, his manic episodes, unreasonable demands, and that is only the tip. So if anyone knows of any jobs in NYC.... cant believe it first time in my life I walked out on a job. smart thing to do at 52 dont you think???? Hitting the pavement tomorrow, first thing look for new job, second look for good lawyer. I have a list of about five so far who want to join in a class action suit. This stuff would hit the front pages of the NY POST.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 2:41 pm
Wow, Maris. Good for you. You go girl! I never would've survived at a job like that.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 3:54 pm
Good for you, Maris. Life is too short for all that nonsense. Since we spend so much of our lives in the workplace, it's good to find people who aren't toxic. I'd say working for this guy was tantamount to swallowing toxic waste each day.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 3:57 pm
Best of luck to you, Maris! Sometimes you just gotta say "screw it" and move on 'cause sometimes the grass really is greener. I did crack up reading the account of your surreal day shepherding models about and so on though. But as entertaining a story it might make, that type of craziness might be a bit much after a while.
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