I was on the Mancow radio show this morning. It was a wild and bumpy ride. He is quite the personality and he seemed to really like my book even if he couldn’t remember how to pronounce my last name.
Here is the website and the audio file for those who are interested. Thank you Mancow show for helping me to shamelessly plug my book The Business of Happiness.
Here is a story I just stumbled upon in the Wall Street Journal. It is highly complimentary to Alex and his skill set. I thought you would all enjoy reading it…well, maybe not all of you.
Check it out. Here is a great write up about DC’s VC community and LaunchBox Digital. Well done and what an important local incubator.
I have received many emails that my book “The Business of Happiness” is sold out and not available at the local Barnes and Noble book stores.
That is very nice of you and thank you for the heads up. Our publisher is working on getting the book shipped in bigger quantity to the stores in Tyson’s Corner and in Reston in particular. As well as Books-A-Million stores in stores in Mclean, Virginia.
Until then here is the listing for “The Business of Happiness” at Barnes and Noble’s website. You can order it here. It is also available on Amazon.com.
Tonight I will miss the first period of Russia vs. Canada hockey game as I will be at a book signing for Politics and Prose in downtown DC.I believe a few tickets are still available if you want to come and here me speak.
Oscar Wilde said the two great tragedies in life were “not getting what you want AND getting what you want.”
Both Canada and Russia got what they want, the chance to play one another.
This will be a great game. A great rivalry continues. The place will be rocking. Both teams look great in Red and the tension will be palpable.
Here’s to hoping for a great game with no injuries.
Here’s to hoping for great TV programming and for the game to help us grow the interest level in our game around the world.
Gee- I bet that Canadian blue line would be a bit faster with Mike Green on the ice.
Just saying.
Read this one. And I agree with the writer.
And speaking of “Boom Goes the Dynamite”, here is the video that ties up all loose ends and shows that we as Americans love comebacks and happy endings! Click here to see for yourself. Way to go!
Way to go SB Nation. Check out this world class reporting here. Click on the video. I love this kind of stuff. I think it works!
SB Nation is rocking too. Great growth for viewership and for building a blogger network. Up to 240 bloggers now. Click on the video and smile for the day.
VUDU is a digital movie streaming and downloading service. Consumers more and more want to watch films on their computers or on their HD televisions sets in their own living rooms. TV’s and PC’s are merging and blurring. When Wal-Mart enters the market it has certainly gone main stream.
One of the reasons I created Snagfilms was to take advantage of this convergence and to make good work film ubiquitous to large audiences.
I think we have positioned Snagfilms quite well. In 18 months of service we are now streaming literally tens of millions of minutes per month of films to millions of consumers. We are helping Indie film makers. We are helping charities and we are helping consumers and bloggers to self express.
We are an independent company that is trying to do well by doing good. We have a double bottom line and are competing against giant corporations.
Support us today by watching films on Snagfilm and by grabbing a film widget and showing films to your friends. Help us be David to these Goliaths. Small is beautiful.
Brandon Tartikoff was once head of NBC. He was a great man and a great friend.
He told me all dramas have 3 acts.
1. Young kid comes out of nowhere and captures everyone’s attention and heart and is a big winner.
2. Young winner loses and has a gigantic public fall from grace.
3. The comeback- big sweet victory. We all love fallen heroes that pick themselves up and get back at it and win.
NBC is positioned in this 3 act drama now with the Canada men’s hockey team at the Olympics.
Read this article.
This tournament has a long way to go. It will have multiple story lines with lots of twists and turns and lots of drama.
New heroes will be born and some heroes will fall only to reinvent themselves in a different venue.
Olympic hockey is fantastic. I am hopeful that NBC can embrace these moments and do great work in communicating the power of sports on a nation’s psyche. And capture how individuals and teams cope with adversity and how great the state of play of this game is. These games are like All Star games with so much on the line.
We all so look forward to the next week of hockey and never count out the Canadian men’s team nor Russia, Sweden or USA. What a great tournament. What a great ongoing drama. NBC make us proud.