April 19th - "15 Minutes of Fame -or- Brush With Greatness"

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15 Minutes of Fame -or- Brush With Greatness

Galactic Goat has mentioned before, he’s lived quite a bit of life in his relatively short visit to this planet.

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In some of his previous lives, the Goat has been in the position to experience 15 minutes of fame (more like 15 seconds) and has had a brush with greatness more than a handful of times.

What is meant by “brush with greatness”? Well, an encounter, or interpersonal relationship with a person of some notoriety.

For example, a few years ago the Goat was physically assaulted by the Hoff in the lobby of a Laughlin, NV hotel. It’s not really that obvious when seen on TV, but David Hasselhoff is an imposing figure at 6’4" tall and 200lbs. When all that comes at you in drunken aggression it’s a bit intimidating.

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Other brushes with greatness include meeting the WoZ at the Apple campus in Cupertino, CA, then later that evening having a beer with Alan Thicke while watching a '49’ers game at a local pub. Introducing John Stamos and R. Lee Ermey at a… World of Wheels (or was it Autorama?). Galactic Goat has had the pleasure of meeting a handful of musicians like Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins, Michelle Branch, Flea, Stevie Nicks, Etta James, Bobby Blue Bland, Ruth Brown and the incomparable BB King.

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Of the personalities Galactic Goat has had the pleasure of making an acquaintance, he would have to say BB King and R. Lee Ermey were the most obliging, cordial, genuine, warm. R. Lee Ermey was completely without pomposity and was exceptionally accommodating. Mr. Ermey stayed nearly 90 minutes beyond his contracted schedule (and without additional pay) to make sure he was able to meet and greet every single person who stood in line to have his autograph.

The Goat’s (literal) 15 seconds of fame occurred when he was a software engineer and press rep for a tech company. While attending a Macworld Expo trade show in Boston, Galactic Goat was interviewed by a producer from NBC Nightly News. About 8 seconds of the interview, along with 6 or 7 seconds of B roll demonstrating his company’s product appeared on NBC Nightly News (with Jane Pauley filling in for Tom Brokaw).

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So how about it peeps? Share your tales of 15 minutes of fame or brushes with greatness!