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rurallib

(62,423 posts)
Fri Nov 14, 2014, 01:39 PM Nov 2014

Iowa native enjoying job as marijuana critic

Okay - this made me laugh

http://www.radioiowa.com/2014/11/12/iowa-native-enjoying-job-as-marijuana-critic/
November 12, 2014 By Pat Curtis

Jake Browne
An Iowa native, now a longtime resident of Colorado, is getting paid to smoke marijuana and write about the experience. Shortly after the drug became legal in Colorado in January, the Denver Post hired Jake Browne to become the newspaper’s first pot critic.

Browne, who grew up in Cedar Rapids, says he never dreamed he’d land — what many of his friends and readers call — “the best job ever.” “I always thought I was going to be a lawyer and now I just hope I don’t need one,” Browne told Radio Iowa, laughing. After graduating from Metro High School in Cedar Rapids in 2001, Browne moved to Colorado and enrolled in college, but dropped out. He eventually became marketing director and general manager of a friend’s medical dispensary and opened a “pot consulting” business.
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I have a friend who is a photographer for ESPN. He gets into all the big events free. He always says "It's work, you know" I always said he had my dream job. He has been demoted to #2 dream job.

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Iowa native enjoying job as marijuana critic (Original Post) rurallib Nov 2014 OP
Not for me. I'd weigh 420 lbs in 3 months. BlueJazz Nov 2014 #1
never thought of the occupational hazards rurallib Nov 2014 #2
I'd probably miss all my deadlines. cyberswede Nov 2014 #3
 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
1. Not for me. I'd weigh 420 lbs in 3 months.
Fri Nov 14, 2014, 01:50 PM
Nov 2014

"Hi: my name is Bluejazz...do you have my pallet of Chocolate Chips ready to go??"

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