NYC mannequin

NYC Mannequin, New York City, New York

Bald mannequin

Bald Mannequin, New York City, New York

Midtown mannequin

Midtown Mannequin, New York City, New York

Mannequin in window

Mannequin, Chicago, Illinois

One-armed mannequin

One-Armed Mannequin, Shanghai, China

Kitchen mannequin

Kitchen Mannequin, Chicago, Illinois

Improv

Mannequin, Chicago, Illinois
Recently, I took an intensive improv class at Second City. I pretended to be in a rocket ship going to the moon. I should probably write about that.

Scenes from my life as a freelancer

Mannequin, Chicago, Illinois
I finished up my "How to Get a Freelance Job in 5 Days" series on Forbes with this post:

You think reading advice is the same thing as taking action on advice that has been given.

You think being inspired by watching a TED talk is the same thing as being inspired by creating something no one has ever seen before.

You think writing Facebook status updates for $100 an hour is impressive.

It isn’t.

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Head

Head, Chicago, Illinois

Mannequin man

Mannequin Man, Chicago, Illinois

Mannequin close up

Mannequin, Chicago, Illinois

Mannequin Daydreaming

Mannequin Daydreaming, Chicago, Illinois

Guts

Anatomical Model, Chicago, Illinois

Agent

Mannequin Thinking, Chicago, Illinois

Hey, doll

I took this photo today when I was walking around downtown, but it reminds me of the prostitutes I saw in the windows in Amsterdam.

You have to wonder: What goes on in the minds of mannequins?

They never say.

Smile

Porn Convention Mannequin, Chicago, Illinois

The top 10

Here are the all-time top 10 posts on my Forbes blog, if you're interested in that sort of thing.

1. The Business About My Breasts (156,202 views)
2. Adult director Max Hardcore released from prison (102,011 views)
3. This Is Why Your Employees Hate You (90,220 views)
4. How to Get Married (72,198 views)
5. 9/11 Stories: 'No One Talks About That' (70,187 views)
6. The Worst and Best Advice I've Ever Gotten (66,306 views)
7. The Hardest Thing About Being A Male Porn Star (62,467 views)
8. How to Get a Job If You're a Twentysomething Woman (61,585 views)
9. Why I'm Unemployable (60,654 views)
10. A Porn Star Book Is Selling with a Bespoke Twist (54,293 views)

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Gang

Mannequins, Chicago, Illinois

The man with the legs

There was an old guy riding a bike pulling a cart at the Fourth of July parade. In the cart, there was a very old merry-go-round horse and a pair of upside down mannequin legs with a giant plastic fly on the crotch and a giant plastic cricket on the inner-thigh.

I asked the guy what he had going on there.

"This is my float," he said.

Hustler

Hustler Mannequin, Chicago, Illinois