Conaway: Genius both honorable and despicable. We’ll take it.
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
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There’s an old joke you may have heard.
A man finds himself stranded on the roof of his house during a big flood. The water still rising, now just under the roof’s eaves, a boat comes by. “Hop in,” says the man at the outboard motor, “I’ll take you to safety.”
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