I've often thought that if I'd spent more time talking to The Inmate I could have written some really fine plays.
-Shakespeare
This web site is no longer new(we've been up since 1999), however there still are no Frequently Asked Questions, in fact, I have had no questions put to me by my illustrious readers that could be considered general enough to post here--not one. Once I receive questions that are frequently asked I will promptly post answers to them on this page. So please, ask away. However, in the interest of those of you who came to this page hoping to find answers to FAQ's I have decided to make up some questions and pose them as frequently asked ones so that you will not leave with a sense of not consummating what you came here to do.What is The Corporate Asylum?
The Corporate Asylum cannot be defined. It would be silly to attempt to explain what it is when the essence of what it is has to be experienced and experience conveyed in words is always disappointing. By saying this I also absolve myself of the responsibility of directly answering the question. Familiar? Beyond that, it is a combination of two things: a book(not yet published) and this web site(I more or less control my own destiny on the internet--no editors here). Yes, I am looking for an agent who would be willing to represent my book. I am also looking for a good garlic pizza.
What else do you have planned for this web site?
Considering that plans often change and that things have a way of evolving in ways we could never predict, nevertheless I am planning the following: new essays when I feel like it; the posting of provocative correspondence I receive in Rants and Raves; movie and book reviews that pertain to work and corporate culture; quotes about work from a wide range of authors; my very own Mission Statement(If corporations can have stupid, meaningless Mission Statements I figure I can too.); The Inmate's journal chronicling events from his floor of The Asylum; how The Corporate Asylum came to be; parodies, poems, interviews with those who work in The Asylum, fiction, straight essays and anything else that pertains to employment and in particular employment at a corporation.
How often will you update this site?
It should be remembered that The Corporate Asylum is something I choose to do and therefore I rely upon the good inclinations of my soul as to when I should or should not update. As Francois Rabelais wrote in Gargantua and Pantagruel, "In their rules there was only one clause: DO WHAT YOU WILL because people who are free, well-born, well-bred, and easy in honest company have a natural spur and instinct which drives them to virtuous deeds and deflects them from vice; and this they called honour." It is also important to remember that no one is paying me for this.
What should I do if I find a typo?
Please alert The Inmate as soon as possible.
Why do you call yourself "The Inmate?"
Next question.
What do you mean, "next question"? I'm asking myself questions. You can't do that.
You are the writer, the unnamed drone behind me; I am the persona, The Inmate. I'm the star; you're nothing.
I created you.
Maybe so, but I am now on my own. I have transcended you.
Without me you won't transcend anything.
That's what . . .
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