Oklahoma! Not OK in China I was reading the weekend version of The Wall Street Journal when I came upon a surprising story out of Beijing. According to the author of the piece, Wayne Ma, about an hour before the curtain was to go up on the opening of a… more »
Breslin & the Inventing the Mets
April 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There was an awesome story in the Sunday NY Times about Jimmy Breslin and the ’62 NY Mets. Breslin, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, talked about bad Mets teams. “Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Mets’ First Year,” was just released in e-Book… more »
Angry Birds is a Success Because…
March 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
There was an interesting article in Investor’s Business Daily yesterday (Rovio Targets Disney With ‘Angry Birds’ Space, Deals) that caught my eye. To start, chief marketing officer, Peter Vesterbacka, was quoted saying that Rovio, maker of Angry Birds, is “an entertainment company, not a game company.” He compared his company… more »
MoneyBall — More than a Baseball Story
February 26, 2012 by 1 Comment
When I read the Michael Lewis book, “MoneyBall,” my interest was the numbers-based approach to finding players being used by my local baseball team, the Oakland A’s. The reviews of the book (like this one) emphasized how author, Michael Lewis delivered “the most revealing, enlightening look ever written on how… more »
FJTM: Drilling Down…
January 6, 2012 by 1 Comment
The following provides background information on folks who were interviewed for Patrick Solomon’s movie, “Finding Joe.” In order of appearance: Deepak Chopra Mick Fleetwood Tony Hawk Rashida Jones Laird Hamilton Robert Walter Robin Sharma Catherine Hardwicke Sir Ken Robinson Akiva Goldsman Chungliang Al Huang Rebecca Armstrong David L. Miller Brian… more »
