* was a guitar prodigy in my teens

* almost got booted from college for publishing the president's dirty laundry on Paul Schrader's dime

* had 3 top 40 songs with my band on the radio (alt top 40)

* founded a pr agency at 26

* had my own newspaper column before 30

* got a client 25 minutes on cnn int (valued at 6 million us)

* was the first to publicly attack the junta after the coup in thailand in 2006

* was interviewed on live tv for an hour without a script (hellish)

* taught myself a handful of computer languages and secured early funding for an internet startup

* got to brag about it all on hn =)