I was once having lunch with a well-known journalist in New York -- not because I'm important but because he and I are old college friends -- and when leaving the swanky mid-town restaurant, I ran into the then-president of a large TV network. She recognized my friend first and then her eyes went to me, and the recognition hit her, and so I after I made the introductions, she turned to me and said, "So, are you still....are you here now?"...