Picking Up $370 Million Little Pieces
Published: March 8th, 2007
By: Michael McGuire

Picking up $370 million little pieces

New Jersey and Georgia. Only now is the shocking and awful truth setting in that my Mega Millions ticket was purchased elsewhere.

Hopeless. Distraught. Angry. How would you feel if you took one shot at $370 million, put everything on the line, and lost. You’d be devastated, just like me. But it’s like my Parole Officer always says, “when the get-rich-quick train to early retirement gets derailed, hop back onto the track and keep dreaming.”

So, let’s give the long road back to easy street one more try!

First things first. There isn’t a more painful Mega Millions-induced e-mail than the one where you grovel and beg for your job back. Suck it up, take it one keystroke at a time, and pretend to be sincere.

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