Dear LinkedIn, you’re not going to believe this…
Monday, October 6th, 2008…but this is a true story. I swear on a stack of Facebooks.
The other day, Sarah Hines, Our Creative Services Coordinator, after much prodding, linked to me. No big deal, right? Well, when browsing her contacts I came across Glenn Skutt. Glenn is someone I used to know more than a decade ago when I worked at Virginia Tech. His wife and mine were in the local community band together; that was the (very slender) thread that linked us.
I linked to Glenn, telling him I was now in Maine and was building Web sites with Sarah. He replied saying he went to school w/Sarah’s mother, and was starting a new startup company called VPT Energy Systems which, by the way, needed a new Web site. Kudos, to you, LinkedIn, I guess your system really works!
But wait, this is where it starts to get really weird.
Glenn mentioned that his partner, Jack Lesko, was vacationing in Maine that very day. To make a long story short, we found out he was old college buddies with the neighbor RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET!!
Sarah and I rushed over to the neighbor’s and asked for the guy from Virginia Tech. I thought they were going to choke on their coffee.
A truly amazing day, a truly small world, and a truly unbelievable set of coincidences. Timing is everything, but this is incredible.
Sincerely,
Rob Landry
Pemaquid Communications, LLC
p.s. Yes, we’ve launched a modest new site for VPT Energy Systems - more on that soon.
