Breeders back? (via Tom). This is good news, unless they pull an Elastica and put out a crap record years and years late. In related news, I heard the new single from Steven Malkmus, formerly of Pavement, and I liked it.
Author: James McNally
Safe Arrival
News that my shipment of chocolate arrived safely. Denise and Chuck are stuffing their faces. Heck, with all my international candy shipping experience, I’m jealous that I was left off the Candyland guest list. Oh well, maybe next round.
First Snow!
We just got our first serious snowstorm of the winter, about 20 centimetres (8 inches) yesterday and last night. It’s actually still snowing, and I can’t believe I made it to work today. I might not get home, though! Send me your warm wishes today.
The Freakin’ CFO!
Sorry for my silence yesterday. I was out of the office at an all day seminar on Finance for New Media companies. I was only there because my boss is in Florida and we needed to send somebody. It was actually really enlightening. Now that I know all about EBITDA, and Current Ratios, and Betas, and ROI, and VC, I think I should become the freakin’ CFO!
I am contemplating putting up a new series of stories, sort of autobiographical things. One of the quirkiest episodes in my life occurred three summers ago when I moved to a smallish town in Ontario called Waterloo for 19 days. It felt like I was being swept along in a flood, and then suddenly I was plucked to safety. I’m considering putting up some of my diary entries and just changing the names. I’m still mulling it over. If you’re one of my friends reading this, and you think you’ll be implicated, let me know what you think. I’d love to eventually record “My Waterloo” for posterity.
Gimme Permission
Ok, ethical dilemma. I ordered my boss the Criterion DVD of “Gimme Shelter,” the story of the Rolling Stones concert at Altamont in 1969. He’s a big Stones fan, and I love the film. Now, it’s a combination birthday/Christmas present thing, but I wasn’t going to wrap it. He would have received it just as it got here. Now, it’s here. And he’s in Florida on vacation until Monday. Do I pop it into the DVD drive on the office G4? Just for a few minutes? What would Brian Boitano do? What should I do?