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To describe Las Vegas as hot in August is a bit like saying Mt. Everest is a kind of tall mountain. It’s a colossal understatement, to say the least. Saying it’s hot doesn’t even begin to cover the sensation of being hit with a hair...
Flora and Fauna, Part 1: Perspectives From Wandering Downtown Las Vegas
August 3, 2012 in It is what it is - opinion column, News & Events, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (1)
It Takes a Village to Raise a City
August 2, 2012 in News & Events, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (0)
Downtown Cocktail Room - by day the offices of The Downtown Project
Next on the agenda after returning from the Zappos tour was a meet-up with Andy White from the Vegas Tech Fund and one of the leading players driving The Downtown Project.
Returning from Zappos about...
When Company Culture Isn’t An Oxymoron – A Zappos Experience
August 2, 2012 in News & Events, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (0)
First impressions, they say, are lasting ones, but if there’s one thing that becomes abundantly clear after spending a few hours in downtown Las Vegas it’s that of another old adage – things are not what they seem.
While there is no question that certain streets...
Everything That Happens in Vegas…
August 2, 2012 in Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (0)
For the record, I don’t really like Las Vegas.
It’s a dry, hot, mostly nocturnal place pervaded by an array of things that I either don’t do or don’t find interesting. At least that’s how I’ve categorized it to-date. I suppose that’s a pretty strong view...
Political Animals … The Real Kind
July 30, 2012 in Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense, Personalities & Profiles, the conversation | Comments (0)
The other day someone asked me if I would ever consider working in politics.
Once I stopped hysterically laughing I paused, gasping for breath, and said … “Um. No.”
The reason for that, frankly, is that by and large I find politics utterly and completely distasteful –...
A “Perfect Ending” to a Crowdsourced Start
June 18, 2012 in Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (0)
Jessica Clark & Barbara Niven
As the saying goes it takes a village to raise a child … and apparently today you also can fund a film that way. When Nicole Conn (Claire of the Moon, Elena Undone) and Marina Rice Bader came up with a...
June is Bustin’ OUT All Over
June 11, 2012 in News & Events, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (0)
When Rogers & Hammerstein wrote Carousel in 1956 I’m pretty sure that they weren’t referring to June being Pride month; but since it is, it feels appropriate to reference the fact that June is bustin’ OUT.
Over the next several weeks I’ll be penning a...
Never Forget – The Lessons of a Decade
September 11, 2011 in It is what it is - opinion column, News & Events, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (0)
Twin Towers, Circa 1999 - Courtesy of @JoanBrady
I did not intend to write this post today. In fact I didn’t intend to speak of what happened ten years ago. My plan was merely to include those whose lives were shattered and who lost their loved...
The SXSW 2012 Cattle Call: Panel Picker Voting Enters Its Final Week
August 31, 2011 in News & Events, Other Than That - news, business & other nonsense | Comments (2)
Image Scraped Lovingly From the Blog of CC Chapman
What? What’s that you say? It’s only August 2011, so what on earth am I doing talking about an event that doesn’t take place until March of 2012?
Simple. It’s SXSW – the annual rodeo of all things...
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