1.   Being the manager means running my own office, using my ideas and thoughts.

2.   On the Reservation, being a medicine man meant literally that these days.

3.   To be a Vestal Virgin meant both to be a guardian of the hearth and to be absolutely pure.

4.   Being alone meant being abused, threatened and beaten up.

5.   And being careful means carefully choosing new venues.

6.   And being president means living in the White House, which is in Washington, and the second-graders would not be thrown off that fact.

7.   And being there means that Darren gets to hear the comparisons.

8.   At Genentech, being second meant being second rate.

9.   Being a vegetarian means no barbecue, no fajitas, no chili, no chicken enchiladas and no joie de vivre.

10.   Being cautious will mean that you will know all your wines and can deploy them intelligently.