Monthly Archives: October 2007

I’m about to head down towards the Art Institute to dine at the Russian Tea Room with Dondi, Ted, Adam and others. While many of the people coming have blogs, this is not a blogger meet-up or a geek dinner. … Continue reading →

Got a call from Ronnie tonight. “Are you on Yahoo Finance?” Um, Ronnie, am I ever on Yahoo! Finance? Turns out the company he’s been working his tail off at for the last couple years sold for $44M this morning. … Continue reading →

Taking advantage of some free wi-fi at the Las Vegas airport to get online for the first time in three days. By online, I guess I mean using the internet on a computer, because I was on mobile internet all … Continue reading →

My friend Dave down in Atlanta is a hardcore Oakland Raiders fan. Hardcore. So he made a bet a couple weeks ago with a friend who was a Chargers fan. The fan of the losing team had to make a … Continue reading →

I wrote in the past that I was looking for fundraisers that are high ROI for the effort. Bake sales, dinner swaps, candles… I’m kind of over that. I don’t want to bring in nickels anymore, I want to bring … Continue reading →

Last night I was disoriented at 9PM when a friend called and totally confused by text messages that arrived at 9:30PM. Ah, this is what Benedryl means when it says I might be drowsy. Tonight I’m took a break from … Continue reading →

Yoshi, the cat we got when the summer between 7th and 8th grade, left my parents house last week. She was 18 and did the elephant thing of going off to die alone. What did she leave behind? Fleas. Blood … Continue reading →

Sam & Diane An old habit of mine, that I broke a few years ago, was to fall for bartenders, waiters and other men in customer service roles. Tommy was my last “Sam” and when I finally realized that I … Continue reading →

I’m trying to find a place to host Thrill The World in Chicago. It is on October 27 with the nobel goal of being in the Guiness Book of World Records. Chicago web site. International web site: Facebook group: Come … Continue reading →

Tonight Dubi and I were going to see The Darjeeling Express and meet Jason Shwartzman. Apparently everybody in the world had the same idea and we weren’t able to get a seat. Instead he made an excellent suggestion. We should … Continue reading →