Give Blood

I keep getting e-mails from the Red Cross asking for blood. There seems to be a shortage in Southern California. While I'm not a big fan of the Red Cross (political debates not allowed on Revenews so don't start), it is the only (or best?) game in town for blood....

My Super Ex-Girlfriend

I'm going way off topic today but it is the weekend and we can all use a break from the news and business. My friend, Don Payne had his first movie released this month. Go see My Super Ex-Girlfriend. I saw it last night (babysitting problems stopped us from seeing...

Nearly Naked Nic

I saw a great picture on the Revenue magazine blog and thought I would share it with you. Of course, the intriguing aspect is not Nic Smith in the bubble bath naked (you can ask Brian Littleton and Carolyn Tang of Shareasale, the hosts of the soiree if he really...

Party on My Cell Phone

I've been getting invitations to parties in LA... on my cell phone. They come as text messages. I don't like text messages. I have a Sidekick. I like "traditional" text messaging. Give me e-mail and IM. I don't get texting (except from friends at sporting events). I use a Sidekick...

Happy Festivus!

That horrible lull is about to set in. Shoppers will realize that they cannot get guaranteed delivery in time for their religious holiday and must fight their way into and through their local Westfield Shoppingtown. Our servers will get a needed vacation for a day or two and be well-rested...

Veterans' Day: Support Our Troops

Today is Veterans' Day. A somber day in history. Many men and women have given their lives defending our country. No matter how you or I look at wars, this is exactly what our military personnel signed up to do, defend their country. Today there are thousands of men and...

Election Day: Red vs. Blue

Today is Election Day. In honor of our democracy, I thought I would relate politics to online commerce. This morning I received an e-mail with the subject "Consumers Plan to Spend More for Holidays With Tucked Away Money". Great for us, right? What is "tucked away money"? Amercians are spending...

Revenews to Become Westfield Bloggingtown

OK, Revenews isn't changing its name but I thought Jim might like the idea of Westfield buying the site and branding it. I'm all for branding but Westfield has taken it too far. In LA we no longer have malls... We have Westfield Shoppingtowns. How do I know? Westfield puts...

BCS: Another Hit

I'm going way off topic today. I'm a lifelong Cal fan. Call it a character flaw if you will but my vains run blue and gold. My kids can sing Cal fight songs and if you say "Hey [child's name]... GO!" they will respond "BEARS!" You can imagine the mood...

Folklore: Alan Dundes Is Telling Jokes in Heaven

It has shocked me through my career and life in general what courses starting in elementary school through high school, college and grad school wound up being useful. They say that education is everything you remember years later. It seems to me it is those things that you haven't forgotten...

Cell Phones: The Cigarette Lighters of This Century?

I saw Elvis Costello last Saturday night at the Wiltern LG in Los Angeles. The show was amazing. Elvis played for 2 hours and 40 minutes non-stop. At one point late in the show in what usually would have been the 3rd or 4th encore, 4 people in the front...

David Byrne's Blog

I just found out about David Byrne's blog. (OK, he calls it a Tour Journal but I hope he starts blogging. I would love to read his daily thoughts on the world.) He's on a book tour and was in LA yesterday. I missed it. Last year we made it...