March 2012
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February 2012
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Now, if you'll excuse me...
…I have to go introduce a giant ram mascot to a group of 400 unsuspecting grade schoolers.
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Cure for cancer...
B.O.B. will turn 12 years old in September. There still is nothing quite like the first 2:30 of that song, and this comes from a guy who is old (and very close to being older), but who really tries to always move forward on music and everything else.
There is no more go-to song for me, when I need a pick-me-up/kick in the ass. Listening right now, as I power through a Sunday night of...
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WatchOscar is hungry.
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These are not tears of joy
After a months-long run that was blessedly free of tears (as a manager, it was sort of my Glorious Revolution of anti-drama), we are now close to matching last summer’s streak of seven consecutive business days of someone crying in my office.
First look: Olympic hoops, track uniforms from... →
I think Day 2 of this summit (tomorrow) is going to be big, and very tech-focused. Little birds here tell me so. We’ll see.
Thanks!
There are few things more irritating that spending a day getting absolutely mauled at work, then collapsing at your desk to retrieve eight voicemails, six of which include the very helpful heads-up: “Um, hey David. First, your out-of-office message is from last week, so you might want to change it. Ok, um, anyway…”
I WILL CHANGE MY VOICEMAIL GREETING AT A TIME OF MY CHOOSING.
Report: Top Chef looks at Portland for 10th season... →
As irritated as I’ve been with the current season of Top Chef, I would straight-up stalk any production done here in Portland. In fact, I already have a plan to coerce them into featuring my company.
PADMA: “Chefs, I’d like to introduce you to today’s guest judge, MISTER DAVID ROY.”
DAVID: “HELLO CHEFS PLEASE MAKE ME DELICIOUS FOOD.”
Portland, Target unveil plans for City Target at... →
There is no way this store will not be crazy-busy, every day it’s open. Downtown workers and shoppers/tourists, Pearl residents nearby, close-in eastsiders who can’t or won’t drive out to the edges, and West Hills snots who would not be caught dead in Beaverton or Jantzen Beach.
How Companies Learn Your Secrets - NYTimes.com →
This is fascinatingly creepy.
Fatherhood as seen via an email thread with a nine...
3:59 pm (Hannah)
hi daddy!!! if you have any of things at work, BRING THEM HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Something i can use as a tree;cool and small twig,brown clay…
-Something i can use as apples on the tree;little red beads,red clay…
-Blue clay for a river
-Moss,leaves…
-Pom-poms
-Blue foam,green foam…
4:05 pm (Hannah)
RESPOND NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4:06...
WatchAnd now, an actual PSA (but don’t sleep on that last post, because I really mean it: don’t EVER chair a school auction).
This is a rough cut of a spot that will begin running in a couple of days. We’re going to do four this year, and each one will focus on one of our community partners (each of those, like the Children’s Book Bank, is in the early literacy space).
Our...
PSA
Don’t ever chair a school auction.
Been offline all day, but FYI...
…when you call into a giant meeting for which I am responsible, and you don’t mute your phone, and my absolutely brand-new ceo has to hear your dog barking, I want to murder you hard.
Only three Kettleman's bagels will be saved? Say... →
thethirdshift:
Given my need to avoid certain starches, it’s nice to know that Einstein Bros. is ensuring that I’ll never eat a bagel from them again by eliminating most of Kettleman’s recipes.
If your bagel ain’t boiled, it’s a roll with a hole in it.
Went there today with the fam, pre- parent/teacher conferences. I savored every bite, knowing it was likely the last time for me. It’s...
Why David Letterman Is Hilarious: A Video... →
This is gold.
This Happened Yesterday: Part Three
Stacey and the girls were at Hoda’s, again for the auction. The Khouris are a school family, they feed All Saints kids four times a week at school, and we asked them to cater the auction last year. They are doing so again this year, and Stacey was talking with Hoda about this year’s menu.
Hoda and Hany are multilingual, and each speaks Spanish and Lebanese. The girls were talking to...
This Happened Yesterday: Part Two
I was talked out of responding to a particular email thusly:
Dear <redacted>
GFY.
Best,
Stacey’s husband
As overwhelming as chairing our school auction was last year, it’s so much more thankless this year. I’ll shut up at this point, but “AUCTION” is going to be one of the best chapters of my memoirs. And, God bless Stacey and our friends, Kelly and...
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This Happened Yesterday: Part One
Our dear friend, Alice, texted Stacey and me to tell us that she and Lew are having a second baby. HUGE news! But when the text came through, I only saw <ICE Stacey Roy> and <Great news—I’m 12 weeks pregnant!> Did I mention that Stacey happened to be at the doctor at the time, and that she had texted a bit earlier that she was having blood drawn?
After coming to, I thought...