6 Ted Talks by Mark Leidner

[pacing TED stage] [can’t seem to think of anything smart to say] [sweats] [baleful, sotto voce] I’m a fraud [faints] [applause] [pacing TED stage] we can’t have our cake and eat it too [sips water] but we can always not have it and never eat it either thank you [applause] [pacing TED stage] batman? brexit? bitcoin? bubble? britney? [sips water] bridgegate bilbo baidu babylon benghazi thank you [applause] [pacing TED stage] [spends 30 mins reenacting gandalf vs the balrog, performing both parts] [catching breath] the balrog was apathy thank you [applause] [pacing TED stage] a goatee is a podcast for your face [sips water] and a full beard? a full beard is an audiobook thank you [applause] [pacing TED stage] you don’t need a formal education anymore [sips water] but you do need it… to know you don’t need it thank you [applause]

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Mark Leidner writes poetry, fiction, and screenplays and lives in Oregon.