From Chapter 4: "Preparation: When the Wind Blows" in Ingredients of Outliers The Brown M&M Caper I have a confession to make: I’m a frustrated rock star. Save for my lack of any musical talent (I have lost friends after singing Happy Birthday to them), I could be Bruce Springsteen. I once went to see Van Halen, a band fronted at that time by David Lee Roth. You may remember him. He was the alleged “nut-job” who insisted on having a large bowl of M&Ms provided to him backstage before concerts. He had one clause in his contract which required that no brown M&Ms were allowed … [Read more...]