I threw a party for failures and it was a success?

This didn't go the way I thought it would.

We threw a party.

Accomplished friends were invited to take the microphone.

They were not allowed to talk about their successes, though. Instead, they could only share about failures. The idea was for this to be like the TED Conference, but terrible.

I wanted stories of mess-ups! Fiascos! Flops! Professional and personal embarrassments you’d never post …