Partying takes work

A few months ago, I pontificated on how things in Web 2.0-land were starting to feel a little, well, frothy. A different take on this came today in this Techcrunch post ; while not necessarily vindicating the degree of frothiness that I'd feared, it does vindicate my marathon-esque search for the "right" startup:

It’s so cheap to create Web startups these days that we are going to be seeing a whole lot more of them. Many will be inane, redundant, or half-baked. But a few will rise up from the froth and create something lasting. Bubble or not, it’s worth keeping an eye out for those game-changers. We just might have to wade through a lot of junk to find them.

Of course, that concept of "weeding through a lot of junk to find the right one" sort of plays into my other theory....

"Impressive"....

Last year, I posted a bit about euphemisms (love that word). In addition to that instance, the same aforementioned physician had earlier referred to my feet as "advanced"....a term which should normally evoke pride but, when coming from a surgeon, connotes something a bit different.

Monday night my should-be carefree visit to Burke Williams Day Spa (thanks to the infinite generosity of my dear friend Jessica) was slightly irked by the comment from my masseuse: my back is "quite impressive." Of course, initially my mind leapt to "yes, of course I'm buff" but alas, she was referring to the "impressive" degree of knots she barely had time to scratch the surface (so to speak) on....ok, on to the burning question: does a knot positively impact body-fat composition?

I knew I had a good eye

Did I not rave about the love of my life in an earlier post? The press is affirming my keen discernment - Halo is famous!

Something that could damper the party spirit

Alas....

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/17/opinion/edvarzi.php

Are we going to party like it's 1999?

A few weeks ago I posted a question on LinkedIn asking how the current Web 2.0 "bubble" is different than the first one. Many respondents feel the lessons learned 7ish years ago won't be repeated and took issue with me calling our current market activity a "bubble."

I won't argue....I'll simply instruct them to go* here and see if they still disagree!



* ok, maybe not "go" but you know what I mean

**Extra Extra: I've found love at last!!**

Thirty-eight years of searching and at long last, where I'd least expect it....

HALO THE GUIDE DOG!!

(and I'm a cat person! :)









As you may surmise, Halo is all about physical contact. But there's more to this dog that Bill from Schwab brings in to work once or twice a month: Bill "adopts" dogs like her for a limited period of time to get them trained to be guide dogs for the blind. Dogs like Halo (name is apt, in my opinion) are trained to always look out for their master and to have a heightened sensitivity to the environment rather than meet their own needs first. So not only are dogs like Halo selfless, but people like Bill - who take them in and grow attached to them, only to release them later to benefit others less fortunate - are equally selfless.

I'm not that selfless. I couldn't let Halo go if I had her!










Halo's sad pining look as I leave tugs at the heartstrings

That "I just got towed" feeling

You know, that feeling that you have to pay a whole lot of money to simply maintain the status quo...this has occurred twice in the past 24 hours:

First, in "upgrading" my cell phone account. Translation: after being hit with a frightening $166 bill, I have the option and privilege of paying even $15 MORE per month to avoid paying MORE in the future (or something like that). Even though it made fiscal sense, I gotta say it doesn't feel good to call up a company that just ...er...."hit" you with an exorbitant bill and say, "hey, I'd like to pay you even MORE - on an ongoing basis - because I just paid you so much this month!" Is that counterintuitive or is it just me?

Second, in paying $80 for a locksmith to spend 3 minutes doing some primitive jimmying to get me back inside to progress with my morning routine as usual. No, I don't know how the back door "locked itself" after my run, but I'm sure the really great guys who came to the rescue this morning don't care. Once they were gone, all was back to order....the only difference being a larger VISA expenditure for this month....for life as status quo!

But God Bless America for cell phones and locksmiths!