The summer so far--in a nutshell:

- When a small hole opened up in my schedule, I was able to submit to LifeTwo, the internet's number one site dedicated to midlife issues.  Check out my article on the Top Ten Midlife Crisis Movies. 

- I found myself in Sears recently.  What a waste of linoleum.  They're getting crushed by Target and Wal-Mart because they don't have carts or checkout lines.  At Sears you clutch what you can, like some wildfire evacuee, and go off in search of a sales clerk - and those weasels hide behind clearance racks when they see you coming.  Carts and checkout lines, that's my free advice to Messrs. Sears and Roebuck.  That's how Best Buy crushed Circuit City. 

- HelloRocky.com was once again rated highest in initial quality by J.D. Powers and Associates.  Actually, while Mr. Powers likes the site, his "associates," a bunch of MBAs, dismissed the whole concept of HelloRocky.com, calling it "overwritten and under-edited." Screw them!  If they were top-tier MBAs they would have gone to work for Goldman Sachs or Nabisco. 

- Our ObamaFest site is still rocking the political world.  We earned Barry the Democratic nomination and we're ramping up our staff for the general election. 

Epiphany - I'm the most wonderful man in the world.  Look how I spend my time: helping baby boomers transition to their golden years; advising struggling corporations; answering questions from a befuddled public; and changing the course of world history by propelling Senator Obama over a man who napalmed Vietnamese children.  I'm not saying I'm ready for sainthood, but I'm feeling venerable.