Dealing with a celebrity co-worker may tell you stuff no one else knows.
About Mervyn Kaufman
A consumer-magazine writer, Mervyn Kaufman is the author most recently of The Shamrock Way, the history of Arizona's biggest and most enduring food-service company, and coauthor of the Gary Stevens memoir, The Perfect Ride.
The Termination Doctrine
April 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Released. Replaced. Let go. Phased out. Sacked. Canned!
A Humiliating Brief Encounter I’ll Never Forget
April 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It’s moments like this that can make life in the business world perilous
Was Harry Reems a Hero or a Chump?
March 21, 2013 By 2 Comments
The male star of Deep Throat was paid little, used by porn hustlers and then dumped.
What We Wore
March 18, 2013 By 7 Comments
Dress Left, Dress Right: What We Once Wore to Work Said Who We Thought We Were, But No More
A Business Dinner Gone Bad
March 4, 2013 By 8 Comments
“Men Succeed More Ably in Business When Women are Involved”
That Three-Martini Lunch Wasn’t Just for “Mad Men”
February 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
One Man’s Adventures into the “Office Lunch”
OUTPLACEMENT (It’s Not Like Having Your Balls Cut Off, Maybe Just Nicked a Bit)
February 4, 2013 By 1 Comment
One Man’s Journey Through the Forced March of Outplacement
Do You Have to be Tall to Make it in Business?
January 28, 2013 By 5 Comments
For men, height may still be a factor when career-making jobs are on the line. Merv Kaufman tells his story.
My Beemer Is 40—I Hope Someone’s Giving It Good Care!
November 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
“That wondrous car, despite its flaws and failures, has always been in my heart”, writes Merv Kaufman.
“The Clock is Dick-Dick-Dicking”
October 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
Merv Kaufman reviews Thomas Mallon’s novel “Watergate.”
The Cornbread Mafia: The Outlaw Pot Growers In the Bluegrass of Kentucky
September 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
Mervyn Kaufman reviews a book about the biggest Marijuana bust in American History.
Surviving a Death Sentence: 27 Years With HIV
August 19, 2012 By 2 Comments
When you prepare for death and it doesn’t come, you’re left asking “Why me?”
Damnit, Why Don’t Doctors Communicate—With Each Other?
March 12, 2012 By 9 Comments
One hand doesn’t seem to know, or care, what the other hand has done, gripes Mervyn Kaufman of his physicians, and he is sore about it.
That Time I Wanted to Kill the Woman Inside My GPS
February 26, 2012 By 3 Comments
What would’ve happened if I’d thrown Lady Garmin out the window?
I Turned 50, Hit a Wall, Fought Like a Steer
February 12, 2012 By 5 Comments
Merv Kaufman approached psychotherapy as he would a real estate scam — kicking and screaming. Fortunately for him, it helped anyway.
“These men did not expect to live, and now they are learning how to try and live again.”
This comment is by Adam McPhee on Kile Ozier’s post, “Good Grief”.