American literature has produced a lot of memorable first lines. From Moby Dick’s “Call me Ishmael. . .” to The Adventures of Augie March’s “I’m an American, Chicago born. . .”  opening salvos like these draw readers in and compel them to read on. Everyone has their favorite, but for me, nothing tops this:

“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like “I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive….” And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas.”

Of course, that’s the first paragraph of Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo classic, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I don’t have anything that manic or memorable to use in my sales pitch for our “Proxy Disclosure & 22nd Annual Executive Compensation Conferences” to be held on October 21-22 at The Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, but I can promise you a timely & topical agenda and a terrific group of speakers who will provide you with the critical information you need to do your job during these turbulent times. That beats “fear and loathing” any day of the week.

So, be sure to register for our PDEC Conferences today! We hope to see you there in person, but as always, we have a virtual option for those of you who are unable to travel to Las Vegas for the event. You can sign up online or reach out to our team to register by emailing info@ccrcorp.com or calling 1.800.737.1271. In the immortal words of Raoul Duke, “buy the ticket, take the ride.”

– John Jenkins