Wow. Again with a redesign. Again - with a whoops - that we are changing again message to a large customer base.
Again with an identity crisis and a lurch from idea to idea. Facebook is scaring me. Who is in charge over there? Do they have a strong point of view of what they want to be when they grow up or are they just moving from idea du jour to idea du jour?
I have been working on a book concept for a while now and decided to get serious about it earlier in the year.
I was fortunate to meet some terrific literary agents and management reps who decided that my concept was worthy and they signed me up. The firm is called Folio Literary Management. Click here for more details.
If the Devils were playing the Wild it would be boring, like a sleeper hold in wrestling.
Ron Wilson is a very good coach.
He plays a trap, a system we would play when he coached our team when we were short-handed due to injury.
This would be great! A celeb dumping over Twitter. 
No one really cares. I am overwhelmed with one friend’s Tweets:
1. I am up and on way to shower.
2. Out of shower about to drink coffee.
3. Getting dressed - black or grey?
4. In the car – traffic – avoid 66
5. At office and already bored. Boss is fuming about something.
6. Help me – save me - these guys are lame
7. Lunch - pizza in or sushi out?
…and on and on.
Save us all.
“Cheap is the new black.”
“What if it doesn’t come back, then what?”
“We want a commander-in chief not a comedian-in-chief.”
“Fewer things, better things.”
“If you don’t want him to celebrate, stop him from scoring.”
This film is about families, faith, culture and true love. Check it out. It’s a very moving and meaningful film. Brother Born Again on SnagFilms.com. Click here to enjoy.
One of the best causes in town is having a major event and is honoring some terrific folks like Sheila Johnson and me as well. Anytime you can be in the company of a Maya Angelou or a Quincy Jones, it is a special day indeed. Details here.
Malcolm Gladwell, former Washington Post writer, has written another terrific book called Outliers:The Story of Success.
When you read it, you will find it ironic that I have a January birth date and was born in the same time frame and cluster as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, Bill Joy and Paul Allen. Weird coincidence or is there something to this theory?
The Shriver family is very special. Mr. and Mrs. Shriver have helped more people via founding the Special Olympics and the Peace Corps than perhaps any other couple in US history. Their son, Anthony Shriver, founded and still leads Best Buddies, a charity we have supported for a long time. I also have a long standing relationship with Big Ken Holden, my e-Buddy. We email and talk every single day courtesy of Best Buddies.
Tim Shriver runs Special Olympics. Bobby Shriver founded RED with Bono.
Maria Shriver is the first lady of California and a best-selling author and journalist. We were classmates at Georgetown University together. I remain friendly with the entire family. There is no family I respect more than the Shriver’s.
You can imagine the collective groan we all made when our President made a joke – at the expense of people with special needs - last week on the Jay Leno show.
I know the President called the Shriver family afterwards to offer his apologies and to also re-commit to spending stimulus dollars to help drive better educational programs in public schools for families with these one of a kind needs. For all of that, we are grateful.
Words matter. Words can hurt and I bet any one of a dozen Special Olympians could beat our President at bowling to boot. Check out how you can help Special Olympics today. Click this link.
Lost in all of the noise over a goal scoring celebration is that Alex Ovechkin is in historic company scoring 50 goals in three of four seasons. He is one of only three players to ever have achieved this milestone. This is truly amazing consistency from Alex. In his ”off year”, he scored 46 goals. He leads all goal scorers in the last four years.
Mike Green is closing in on a big mark too getting 30 goals for a defenseman is simply amazing in today’s NHL. Mike has as many goals as Sidney Crosby as an example. It also puts into perspective how gifted Bobby Orr was as a player. Can you imagine in today’s NHL having a defenseman lead the NHL in scoring?
The Caps are closing in on a 100 point season. To me, 100 points garnered is a big milestone for regular season play. I would love for this team to get to a 50 win milestone as well. We have 45 wins with 8 games left to play.