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And last, but not least, the love of my life

And marc and kristen!

Landmarc at Time Warner Center

... With 5 of my favorite people ... Jason and chloe (pic above), kristen and marc.

At the facebook hackathon

I LOVE geeks!!!!!!!!!!! Mainly because I am one.

Amazing Day

Today was an amazing day.

First, a little background. Regular readers of Lazerow.com know that I take the boys every Saturday morning. And as soon as her sleeping schedule syncs with mine, VIv will come along. We usually start at breakfast (Sarabeth's, Manhattan Diner, Good Enough To Eat are our normal spots). If it's nice we hit balls at Randalls Island and play a round or two of mini golf. Or we wander aimlessly somewhere in the city. Or we hit a park. Sometimes two or more of the above. We meet Kass for lunch and then spend the day together as a family.

What you don't know is the flipside of this deal. Kass takes the kids on Sunday mornings. I usually sleep until 9 a.m., wander out into the living room in my underwear as I clean the lint out of my bellybutton and other orifices, cracks and crevices, have a cup of coffee and read a paper as the kids hang.

So I get up today around 8:30 a.m. Actually, Myles jumped on my saying Kass needed help with the bacon (the hidden Jew in her hates touching raw pork products ... insert joke here). I go into the kitchen and Kass has made a ridiculously large breakfast for the kids and me and James and Eileen and Lucy who are in town visiting.

I eat, then sit down for the next 4 hours to watch the British Open. This was the first year of the new millenium that I haven't been glued to a computer watching server logs, tracking ad impressions and making sure GOLF.com is alive and kicking. One of the best British Open finishes in a while (I watched the entire round, Tivoed the playoff and then watched Padraig win after we had a late lunch at Artie's with the gang.

The rest of the day was great -- played with the kids, went to the park, visited with MIke Sloan, hung with the kids and Kass more and then put the monkies to bed. The great part of Mike's visit is his interaction with Myles. Myles calls him either MIchael Jackson or "Michael Sloan." Never the Michael without the Sloan.

Another great day. Life is good.

Saturday at Manhattan Diner

Just another Saturday with the dudes. Breakfast. Gym. Park. Nap time. Love it.

I have inspired someone!

It only took 33 years. But here it is ... Jon is and has always been a super smart dude. I expect great things out of this blog. My prediction for his blog -- few posts, since he's actually saving lives, but killer posts when they come. In-depth and they'll make you think.

On a related note, if you're a friend or colleague and blog, let me know. I'm putting together a blogroll and will include you.

Technology & People

Great technology brings people together. I truly believe that and I've been living it since 1994, when I started U-Wire. Back then, the idea was simple. Why should college media run standard AP stories? We should get together, share our stories and run stuff in our papers from other campus media outlets. Well, the rest is history. I graduated, grew U-Wire by signing up 800 campus papers (thanks Beckwith and Kelly Bare and everyone who helped!) and U-Wire is now owned by CBS.

Since 2002, I've been posting pictures of my immediate family -- first Kass and me, then Myles and now friends, family and more. I always lived far from the rest of my family and most of my close friends. So technology was the only way to really stay touch without touching traditional communication devices (phone, USPS, etc.).

So I started blogging about a week ago. (I'm hooked. I admit it. I have always loved to write. My brain works in strange ways.) In one of the first posts, I mention in passing my campaign to rule Landon's 8th Grade and how I opted out of the presidential campaign to let Jon Slotkin win. Well, a week later, Jon reads the post and we're now back in touch after years of falling out of touch.

Great technology brings people together and breaks across geographic and other barriers. I can't talk about it just yet. But I have a killer business that I'm about to launch that is founded on these principles. My partners are super smart (much smarter than me) and great people who I really look forward to working with. I'm hoping to be able to announce it next month.

Until then, start a blog, sign up for Twitter, open a Facebook or LinkedIn account and start using technology to connect to others. You'll get a kick out of it.

Thanks for getting in touch Jon!

The Awesomes

I was really fired up earlier this summer when Seth told me about a new animated series he's developing for the Sci Fi Channel called The Awesomes. Despite what he was telling me, I just assumed it was going to morph to be about his awesome group of college buddies. But now that it's been announced, I see that my hopes to play the voice of Crazy Legs Lazershow are shattered.

But like all things, what's bad for me is great for America. Sci Fi announced Seth's new show Sunday. It's being billed as SuperFriends meets The Office.  It's a really clever idea about a team of past-their-prime superheroes looking to get back onto the justice enforcement A-List. As the announcement states, formed in the 1940's, the team has gone through a revolving roster of the world's top heroes, gradually losing popularity as other, cooler superhero teams come into favor. The Awesomes, funded by a long-standing U.S. Government contract, may be forced to disband when the current administration requests bids from other teams. Can this motley crew of has-been heroes reclaim their glory days?

Congrats Seth! I'm sure America will follow you up the cable channel ladder. Why NBC didn't bite on this blows me away. This is a perfect multiplatform, licensing play. The Sci Fi Channel is lucky to have you on board.

Enough of Seth. Back to me. While I didn't make the cut for this show, Seth has promised that I'll be cast in animated form in his next series, The Averages. I'll play a slightly overweight, and getting more so by the day, father of 3 and husband of 1, whose dream was to be the drummer for a rock band only to find himself starting internet companies that help people waste time when they're supposed to be working.

Speaking of which, back to work ...

Who said you couldn't eat potato chips with chopsticks?

Sunday night chinese. Cole somehow manages to tackle potato chips with chopsticks. An amazing sight.

(P.S. Don't ask why he was eating potato chips at a chinese restaurant.)