November 24, 2010

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“Well sir, if you’re going to bring nice, leather luggage, you’re going to get claw marks.”

There’s this hotel M and I love at the coast – which  I suppose right there gives away a sense of my geographic location… People don’t really talk about going to the “beach” in Oregon.  It’s not just idiomatic, it’s just that going to the “beach” carries a set of expectations with it: bathing suits, […]

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November 12, 2010

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Oh, Mike Score Was The Lead Singer Of A Flock Of Seagulls

Many years ago I tried to take a new approach to first dates.  Instead of dancing around the “getting to know you” questions, I tried to come up with some fun questions to just throw right out there.  Full disclosure: these questions were only field-tested once in an actual “date” capacity, and it was a New-Coke-level […]

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November 8, 2010

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The First Post: Come on in and have a seat. Thanks for being here. Everyone comfortable? Excellent…

So, here we are then.  Congratulations all around, everyone’s done a bang up job, and it’s going to be a great time, I’m sure, and I hate to be a “meeting guy” but, first thing’s first: some basic foundational points. Yes, look, I know we’re all excited to get going, but there are just a […]

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