Category: General

Sitting here at the cafe. Almost 9pm. Ron is on his way to Amsterdam. I’m my father’s son: I spent my walk around Lakeview (to Home Depot) calling everyone I could think of. My dad usually does this on Sundays when the coming work week is approaching (granted, he’s retired now). Had a fantastic slice […]

Another type of attraction: A few weeks ago, when we first reported about a nauseating Manhattan speed dating event that would require male participants to meet an annual income threshold of $500,000 (with at least a million in the bank) and females to submit five pictures to prove their hotness, we wondered, "What kind of […]

This is one of the funniest swatches of The Family Guy I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve watched it at least five times already.

Yes all the white girls are boring as hell – and half of them look like variations on a theme: fried hair, vacant eyes, affected cuteness and faux-quettish. Lakisha has a powerful voice but lacks charisma. Stephanie is doing good but I just don’t know why I don’t graft on to her. And that Antonella […]

From the grapeinve, a link to the mastermind Science of Getting Rich package: In fact, a sequel to movie – The Secret: The Next Step will begin filming in Jan 2007 with a release in August/September 2007. The course includes 10 CDs, an MP3 with 15 hours of audio, plus a ‘generous two-tier affiliate program’. […]

Everyone’s starting to wake up: Oprah Winfrey is one of the richest women in the world, and one of the most influential. Her imprimatur has helped the authors of “The Secret” sell 2 million books (and 1 million DVDs), putting it ahead of the new Harry Potter book on the Amazon bestseller list. In the […]

From LA Times: In his memo, Schultz noted that increasing the scale of Starbucks had led to a number of necessary corner-cuts: For instance, the introduction of “flavor-locked packaging” that has caused stores to lose their distinctive aroma, or the decision to install automatic espresso machines. “We solved a major problem in terms of speed […]

Big thanks to Anne Fisher for featuring Blogwild and me in her advice column in the most recent issue of Fortune Small Business. (it’s ‘and me’ right? not ‘and I’?)

Pam on the difference between glamour and purpose: Keeping clear with my life purpose and business vision, which I call drinking wheatgrass juice, will give me long-term physical, emotional and spiritual satisfaction. It is not a fast high, it is a lifetime of making smart, healthy choices. Succumbing to the seduction of a high-powered consulting […]

Imagine a government agency, in a bureaucratic foul-up, accidentally gives you a copy of a document marked “top secret.” And it contains a log of some of your private phone calls. You read it and ponder it and wonder what it all means. Then, two months later, the FBI shows up at your door, demands […]