Harmon Leon

Harmon Leon has a level of charisma that I, one day, hope to achieve. How gutsy do you have to be to apply for a job at a fast food place and then try to get fired as fast as possible? VERY. Harmon Leon is an infiltrative writer. I suppose he's the only one, since I've never heard of one of those before. He creates fake identities, then worms his way into places he's not supposed to be, then writes about it. He generated some press a few years back when he infiltrated a major Scientology center as Dieter Lietershvantz, the German frontman for Nein! Nein! Nein!, a band that has dug out a niche for itself with its gothic-syntho-industrial-rock stylings. Honestly, it's a wonder the man never gets caught, or at least loses track of his own outrageously fake stories. Anyway, you can find a listing of his articles here, but a lot of the links are broken. Here are the best ones: The Armed Farces, an exposé of the substandard hiring policies of the Marines, Army and Navy; Survivor With Apes And A Robot, where Harmon pitches three of the worst show ideas he can think of to some Hollywood studios (and actually gets one approved before he panics and quits); Get Fired In Three Hours Or Less, which is pretty self-explanatory; and my favorite, Major League Jackass, where he spends an inning as a major league mascot. If you're only gonna read one, make it that one.