This is the donald at his finest. Seriously. You MUST watch it. Whether you agree or not, super-entertaining. And, on balance, I agree with my boy, Mr. Trump.
Watch DT on CNBC.
Agree:
- Oil companies are just having a field day and making a freaking killing. There was a reason why we had public utilities at one […]

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Background: Phone call from a magazine fact-checker for an article having to do w/ex-reality TV people…
Him: spell your name
(me): S-u-r-y-a Y-a-l-a-m as in monkey-a-n as in nancy-c-h-i-l-i
him: can you confirm that you were on the TV show, The Apprentice?
me: yes.
him: can you confirm it was Apprentice season 6.
me: yes. The Apprentice LA…also known […]

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I want to share a musing on The Apprentice. But only because it ties together nicely with a personal reflection I’ve been thinking a lot about lately.
I’m still amazed at how similar main elements of The Apprentice rival every day life. The Apprentice was all about simplicity. I’m not talking about the tasks, but the […]

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How did I end up on The Apprentice? This story is as interesting as anything that came after.
It’s the first Thursday in the eight month of 2004 in Cincinnati, OH. I’ve been working for a little over a year, and I happened to stumble upon a newspaper article. The article mentioned that the hottest show […]

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So I’ve seen Europe. Or 4 amazing cities in Europe anyway: Berlin, Barcelona, Rome, and Paris. And they were, in a word…amazing!
Part of the reason I wanted to take the trip was a little known fact. While I was traversing the continent of Europe, almost exactly a year ago, I was filming The Apprentice. I […]

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I’ve now been through my fair-share of interviews. They’re actually a lot of fun. But I’ve also managed to come up with good answers to questions that no one ever asked me. Well, they’re not that good. And in fact, this whole ?’s I wish had been asked is a pretense for a random blog […]

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When you’re on TV you put yourself out there for “public consumption.” And consume the public does! The judgments, leaps of logic, mocking, and undue praise, all of it is really a trip. The beauty of the Internet is that all of these thoughts, “observations,” and judgments get posted for the world to see. But […]

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It’s raining in Cincinnati, and I’m kind of cranky from typing into a spreadsheet all day (don’t ask). So this is a quick entry.
For the past 2 weeks, a very interesting phenomenon has occurred. And by “interesting”, I actually mean “terrible annoying.” When strangers come up to me these days they call me “Sanjaya.” You […]

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What was my favorite memory from The Apprentice? There were actually quite a few really sweet moments, where I caught myself thinking– is this really happening? But the first time I was asked the question and had to give an answer was on a radio interview a few weeks ago. Once I thought of […]

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I’ve got a series of thoughts on the Apprentice that discuss a (emotional) reaction to my fellow contestants. I won’t write about any of that stuff for at least a year. Until then it’s tainted by being too close to the event, and so it lacks credibility. But one of the questions I’ve gotten the […]

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An Introduction
I want to start off by publicly thanking my friends and family. I couldn’t ask for better. And frankly, you’re all better than I deserve. Your kind words of support (and your anger at your TV’s!) really helped me escape this bizarre experience relatively sane (or as sane as before anyway).
I write this for […]

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