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What really happens when you call in sick.

From: Gene
To: Kenny, Mitra
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:49:39 -0700

Ahhhhhh…..Sick Days….is there really any better way to spend a Friday afternoon….sure at 9:00 I could have gone into work today…I’ve only got a small case of the brown bottle flu….but really there is nothing better than a good old fashion sicky

So I though I would share with you what I’ve done so far with my day and my plans for later

8:00 Alarm went off….fck that shit
9:00 Sent the old “I’m working from home as I’m ill” email which is really code for “You can suck my ballz mothafckers cause I ain’t coming into work today”
9:30 Me time……..and just to add a little spice to the event….I did it in Mitra’s bed….(Don’t worry Mitra, I pulled the old catcher’s mitt)
9:34 It was time to deliver a couple of mud monkeys…..again I did this in Mitra’s bathroom…it’s like a vacation for my arse
10:00 Had breakfast at the Dirty Dinner
10:20 Walked to blockbuster to grab some movies (Note that on the way I had a rather amusing conversation with a bum…yes believe or not there are bums in Santa Monica….He basically explained how diesel busses have become more efficient than regular busses thanks to the Shah of Iran……followed up with “Gum tastes good”……yeah, but he wasn’t eating gum
10:39 Writing this email……

Now for the rest of the day’s plans

11:00 Watch Movie
12:00 Me time
12:04 Lunch (Perhaps some spicy chicken wings are in order)
12:00 More movies time
3:00 Me time………
3:10 It usually takes a bit longer to recover after the third time in one day…I’m not as young as I used to be.
4:00 Beer time…need to warm up prior to happy hour
5:00 Happy Hour
10:45 I’m getting lucky tonight….or should i say some lucky lady is getting a shot at the title…one way ticket to pleasure town ….All aboard the Pale Express

Well that’s my plans for the day…I hope all you suckers who are currently consumed by the drudgery of work can picture me doing the following….

Right now I’m writing this from my wireless laptop as I sit buck naked on Matty’s bed and I’m using his pillow as floss on my arse crack,,,,,,it’s quite soothing actually

Carne Asada

Google Sky View Rocks

I downloaded the newest version of Google Earth this morning because I learned from our pals at Gizmodo that they had incorporated a function to view the stars (and really, wasn’t this an obvious progression?). It works pretty well but there are some kinks that need to be worked out..

..I guess when they say Forbidden, they really mean it.

Nobody walks in L.A.

It’s long been my goal to simply my life and also do things that enhance it in the process so I figure the next logical step is to focus on a goal that does both: I’m going to start riding a bike to work.

Now, I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t spurred on by a few other changes in my life but really, the more I think about it the more sense it makes. No gas, no traffic and exercise all wrapped up in one nice little package. Anyone who knows me knows of my hatred of crossing intersections (due to an unnatural ability to draw moving vehicles to myself) but that is only going to be about 1/2 mile of my 13 mile (!) commute. The rest of it will look just like this:

Of course there are downsides to this plan, but I think the overall goodness will overshadow them. I am really looking forward to having an hour or two to myself everyday (when I come up with my best ideas) and I’m fairly certain that the beer belly I’m currently nurturing will only be a faint memory. It’s not going to be an easy transition but ultimately a worthwhile one.

The only problem in my plan right now is finding a bike- at 6′3″ there aren’t a lot of frames suitable for me on the used market so I’m trying to find something new that won’t break the bank. To be continued..

Age and the entrepreneur

While I understand all of the knowledge presented (the nutshell that Marc describes) my knee-jerk reaction is that Age & Entrepreneurship (today) isn’t based merely on creative peaks and valleys- in fact, I’m a little shocked that throughout his research Dr. Simonton doesn’t take any outside factors into consideration.The bottom line is that age has no factor in entrepreneurship- it’s the entrepreneurial lifestyle that must factor into age. You can’t spend 24/7 on a startup when you’ve got a wife and kid at home, nor can you bet the farm when you’ve got little Jimmy’s college fund to look after. You can be at a creative peak throughout your lifetime, but I guarantee you won’t get as many at-bats as someone who is fresh out of college (or even still in college) and has absolutely no attachments or debt.

Of course, if you have one big payday early on you’re obviously going to be out of the above group for the most part- the Andreessen/Cuban effect. Your time is even more crunched but you now have ‘life capital’ that allows you to multiply it in various forms. Creativity doesn’t wane, it merely learns to thrive via different channels.

The gist? Take away the resources of time and money and you can’t be a successful entrepreneur.. at any age.

http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/08/age-and-the-ent.html

..and now for something completely cute.

50 is the new 20 (or “My mom can beat up your mom”)

My mother decided to take a few days off and climb Mt. Whitney (starting in the dark no less) which just happens to be the highest point in the lower 48.

I figured you guys might enjoy some images- taken by a woman 30 years my senior who could apparently kick my ass. Last month she did Half-Dome at Yosemite (while I struggled to make it up a flight of stairs).

Sigh.

HotKnock.com

After a brief incubation period (about 4 hours to be exact) I have launched my latest experiment on the web:

HotKnock.com

The idea came about when I realized that there is no way to share / discuss real estate property on the web via a social network. Sure, if you know what you’re looking for (in a specific area) you usually don’t have a problem.. but how many of us do this? Personally, I’m not tied to any particular area and I don’t really want to have to jump from site to site to view them all.

It’s reverse-engineering the process of the real estate search process- you bring it to me, I don’t go looking for you. Check it out and let me know what you think!