I Think My Voice Just Got Deeper
By William Melater | May.15.12 | No Comments
Legal puberty is real. I am not referring to one of those laws in the South regarding 12-year-olds getting married and when you can buy alcohol. I mean that, just as in your real[...]
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Fantasy Football … er … Lawyering
By William Melater | Apr.04.12 | 1 Comment
I have served as the commissioner of my fantasy football league for a decade. I've also never won. Perhaps I am a masochist. Or maybe insane. Regardless, I remain in charge of a[...]
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By William Melater | Feb.23.12 | 1 Comment
In the Initiation episode of "The Office," Ryan the Temp asks top salesman Dwight Shrute to take him on his first sales call. Instead, Dwight escorts Ryan to the Shrute beet farm[...]
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Did You Say ‘Yoots’?
By William Melater | Jan.26.12 | 3 Comments
I arrived early for the deposition but somehow, in his mind, I was late. I was also young. This angered him. I went to shake his hand, but his arm never moved. Rather, he looked me[...]
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It’s All Downtown, George
By William Melater | Dec.19.11 | No Comments
“Here is the file. Be sure to get me a breakdown by 4 p.m.” That's it. That was the assignment, and I had no idea what it meant. Before I could even think of a question, my b[...]
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Interviews: Just Stop Talking
By William Melater | Nov.15.11 | No Comments
Eddie Izzard, the famous British comedian who dresses in drag, said that success in life is premised 60 percent upon how you look, 30 percent on how you sound, and only 10 percent[...]
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