for some reason, i’m having another one of those nights. i got up for some reason and my thoughts wouldn’t quiet down enough to let me go back to sleep.

one thing of the things that disturbed me was an op ed piece by Crain’s Chris Thompson about Cleveland�s fortunes being left to luck. In his words, “A new model of civic involvement is needed to keep city from dismal fate”. The big problem, Chris points out, is that the local organizations who are trying to improve the city’s fate are ” having their efforts hampered by a civic culture that distrusts public discussion, abhors serious debate and insists on doing things the way they were done 20 years ago.”

i know. why worry about the fate of the region that i work in? i can’t help it. i care. what really bugs me is the lack of leadership in this area. kudos to chris for having the balls to shed some light on the issue.

rough out a page this morning for the company that i work for reflecting on the events of September 11th.

i love this. chris pirillo has this post - Grounds for Dismissal - on his blog. It’s about a guy who’s about to open a coffeeshop, but then pulls the plug before it opens. he says “We just felt that Peet’s was a far superior coffee. Hell, even I’d drink it. And that’s saying something - because I don’t like coffee all that much.”

you know your coffee’s bad when you buy the coffee you drink from your competition.

i love cyberpunk stories - William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and Neal Stephenson.

this story sounds exactly out of one of their books - The Drone Armies Are Coming - In what sounds like another improbable Star Wars defense system, the Office of Naval Research is working on a drone army that it hopes will be operational by 2020.

I read this headline - Starbucks Tasks Hacker for Encore Acquisition Effort - and thought it meant something completely different.

1. What’s your favorite piece of clothing that you currently own?
i’ve got this really cool symantec long sleeve t i like
2. What piece of clothing do you most want to acquire?
a really nice navy blue blazer
3. What piece of clothing can you not bring yourself to get rid of? Why?
most of my old concert t’s. nostalgia
4. What piece of clothing do you look your best in?
jeans and a flannel
5. What has been your biggest fashion accident?
i bought a shirt on sale, and failed to notice there was a stripe through the middle where the fold had faded.

well, i knew it would happen. i’m using one login to manage both my blogs. i was in a hurry and i posted one of my personals to the business one. oops! at least i caught it.

the cross post was - this is what i’d like to do instead of getting a master’s degree (for now) - the weatherhead school of management’s affliate program

DMA: DON’T E-MAIL OR CALL ON 9/11 - Citing conflicting consumer studies about marketing on the anniversary of Sept. 11, the Direct Marketing Association this week urged members to refrain from e-mail and telephone marketing on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The DMA noted in a statement that several companies, particularly those that use broadcast advertising, already have announced their decisions to pull ads on Sept. 11. While direct mailers and catalogers have difficulty controlling the exact time their marketing material reaches consumers, e-mailers and telemarketers enjoy more control over the timing of their marketing messages and should respect consumer sensitivities, the DMA said.