- August 29th, 2008 -
Right now they are on top of the world and nothing is gonna stop them. Yup. Sure. I can’t wait to see these fools get thumped in November.
Category Archive *News*
- August 21st, 2008 -
I love the power of the web. Stories can fly/grow so quickly. Here’s one I came across today. Meet Curt Bramble, Utah Senate Majority Leader. He’s from the Provo area and If I remember right I hung out with some of his daughters (Timpview High School) back in the day and probably made out with them. Anyway, I digress…
So earlier this week Bramble ordered some pizza and when the delivery girl was there to drop off the pizza, Bramble freaked out when he found out that he couldn’t write a check. He pulled the whole “Do you know who I am” speech and she didn’t give a rat’s booty. Anyway, an interesting interaction ensued. Bottom line is that Bramble acted like a complete douche-face.
Funny thing is that the delivery girl had a blog. She blogged about the experience and the story has spread like wildfire in Utah. This politician is being exposed for the type of person he really is: a jerk.
I hope the blog post is still there. Read it here. It’s a good read. She’s got a sharp wit and a lot to say about the dude. It’s pretty funny.
The whole Bramble fiasco reminds me of a story I once read about Bill Bradley, shared by Harvey Mackey. Mackey is a syndicated columnist who writes on business (my dad always cut those columns out and gave them to me. Thanks dad). Below is a story i’ll never forget and a lesson i’ve hopefully learned.
U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley used to tell a story about an experience he had while ordering dinner at a Philadelphia restaurant.
The busboy came up to him and put a dinner roll and a pat of butter down before him. The New Jersey Democrat looked at the busboy and asked for another pat of butter.
“One pat of butter to a customer, sir,” replied the busboy.
Bradley looked at him. “Don’t you know who I am?” he said, to which the busboy replied, “No, who?”
Bradley proceeded to rattle off his credentials: “My name is Bill Bradley. I graduated at the top of my class from Princeton University … Rhodes scholar … an All-American in basketball … drafted by the New York Knicks … elected U.S. senator.”
The busboy replied, “Those are very impressive credentials, Mr. Bradley, but don’t you know who I am?”
“No, who?”
“I’m the man in charge of the butter.”
It’s a great story with a great lesson. Treat the pizza girl the same way you’d treat your campaign’s top financial contributors. I wonder how Curt Bramble feels now. I’d imagine pretty bad.
Harvey Mackay puts it best:
When you are good to others, you are best to yourself. I make it my business to get to know the managers and servers of the top restaurants in town, just as I do the bell captains, and so on. Similarly, I let them get to know me. It doesn’t take a $100 tip for someone to remember you. But I will guarantee you, the minute you are rude, demanding, arrogant or otherwise dismissive, they will remember you — for all the wrong reasons. Don’t even think about asking for a second pat of butter then. From my perspective, there are way too many people who are so arrogant, they have chapped lips from repeatedly kissing the mirror.
- August 14th, 2008 -
A dude on Yahoo Answers is very concerned.
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- August 12th, 2008 -
I really like this idea. It makes perfect sense.
Can’t find a hotel for the next conference you are going to? If you don’t mind roughing it, try AirBed and Breakfast. Anyone with an airbed (or couch) can “post a room” and how much it costs. Thrifty travelers can make reservations on the site and pay for the stay.
TechCrunch has the story.
- August 12th, 2008 -
Obama straight up sucker punches McCain. I don’t really like it.
- August 12th, 2008 -
Spain has had such a great summer (Euro Soccer, Nadal, Tour de France, etc). It’s really too bad their basketball team makes their country look like a bunch of racist idiots with this picture below making fun of the Chinese. I love Spain. But I don’t know what these guys were thinking.
Spain’s Olympic basketball team have risked upsetting their Chinese hosts by posing for a pre-Games advertisement making slit-eyed gestures.
The Gaurdian has the story.
- August 11th, 2008 -
Asked about if he’ll return to coach the US mens volleyball Olympic team after his father-in-law was brutally murdered a few days ago, Coach McCutcheon says:
“Volleyball is my job. My family is my life. It’s an easy distinction for me to make.”
It’s still unsure whether he’ll return. But he definitely seems to have his priorities straight. What a tragedy this all is though. New York Times has the story.
- August 6th, 2008 -
So i’ve been following the recent events over on k2, 2nd largest mountain in the world. So sad. Really is. Anyway, Nicholas Rice, an American climber on the mountain at the time of the events, blogged about the events that unfolded…day by day (not sure how he had internet but he did). It’s a very interesting account because it’s all coming from someone right there. Here are his blog entries starting from the day before it all begins (july 31, 2008) up until today. I read it earlier today and found it very interesting, yet obviously very unfortunate.
Day 62: Summit Push
Day 63: Summit Day-Tragedy Begins
Day 64: Climbers stranded on Summit
Day 65: The Aftermath; Wilco helped down
Day 66: The Final Cost
Day 67: Gloomy Day in k2 Basecamp; Gilkey memorial
Seeing the experience through the eyes of someone who was actually there makes it that much more real and sad. Also, here is the New York Times Video.
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