Friends, I have been carefully constructing a rather complex travel itinerary for August and September, and one of my prospective clients has gone rather dark on me. As a result, I have ten days of time available that I would like to offer to you at cost. You read that correctly: you can hire me to help your organization between September 1 and September 10 at the unusually low rate of covering reasonable travel costs for Sarah and me. As you might expect, some conditions apply.

• I will be in Amsterdam, Netherlands on August 31 and I need to fly to Chicago, USA on September 11, so you could hire me in the period in between for up to 9 days, as I’d prefer to have Monday as slack in our travel schedule.

• I would like to work out a fixed travel budget for our travel expenses, rather than submit receipts.

• We don’t need a fancy hotel, but prefer someplace with a kitchenette so we can prepare our own meals in the room.

• We need to eat well, so we prefer a hotel near a local market or good-quality grocery store with fresh produce that is either less than a 15-minute walk or easy to reach with public transport.

• I want fun work, which means a multi-disciplinary opportunity, including all aspects of your software delivery system, from the boardroom to the bullpen.

• If prospective client gets back to me by Friday and wants me during this time, then I need to give them priority.

If this interests you, please send email right now to the address in the top-left corner of the page with the subject “Crazy Joe’s September 2008 Consulting Special” or something like that, and I’ll get back to you.

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