Elektra

Today my imaginary mistress and I went to see Elektra, with Jennifer Garner. Not a great movie, but a really good one, I think. Beautifully filmed, with an interesting if not captivating story. Garner was great as usual. At home, I watched a rental of Hellboy, which had some amusing bits but overall was just fair.

In other news, I've learned that the company that laid me off last year is going out of business. I've worked for a lot of startups, and as I consider the many companies I've worked for the last ten years, I realize that they've all gone belly up. Now, I suppose there are two conclusions that you can draw from this. On the one hand, you could say that hiring me is the kiss of death for a startup. Every place I've worked at is gone. On the other hand, though, you could say that it's my departure that spells doom to a company. Lay me off, and die!

Or, I suppose, you could just realize that it's not about me, that 95 percent of startups fail in the first five years, and my contribution to their failure is not consequential. I prefer to think that they failed because I left.


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