My friend Micah is on a world-wide quest to become closely associated with the word “douche bag”. As of today he’s #156 on Google when searching under that term. Even though I know that my mom is reading this, I still think it’s important to help my friends.
So, Micah, you Douche Bag, here you go. I’m praying to the Google Gods for you.
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I’m in a nice hotel on the beach in Santa Monica, and I see this. Is Steve Wozniak really staying here too and is he on the same wifi network as me? Neat, or a good joke.
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If you think this is funny…
…check out my friends Ben, Theron, and Brian (some of the TechStars guys) on Halloween.
Girls Love the Yip Yips from Brian DeWitt on Vimeo.
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A crowd of friends gathered at MadKast mansion recently for one of their famous “it’s a day of the week” parties. One thing led to another, which then led to various minor acts of arson. Such as…..
The “Coors Box Hanging from Tree” Fire
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All of this was of course augmented by an aerosol spray can.
The “BBQ Grill” Fire
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Oh, and mom, don’t worry, I was just the photographer. 
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Nice. Really nice.
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Our (relatively) new friends Patrick and Maureen live in Martin Acres in Boulder. Once in a while they randomly have an outdoor theater set up. So far, Jil and I have gone to see Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (always fun) and The Graduate (very good).
It seems that our job is to bring way too much ice cream for the group. This time we brought way too many Klondike ice cream sandwiches.
Patrick doesn’t seem to mind much.
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Today is a fine day.
Once in a while I google my name to see what comes back.
Today is the first time I’ve ever noticed being first on the list of all the David Cohens in the world, according to the wisdom of Google.
Cool.
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Just finished an hour “workout” over at Ben Casnocha’s place. I think we played 6 games of ping pong, and somehow I managed to split with him, including one clutch comeback (down 17-20). I like to think that he didn’t let up, either, but maybe he did. I had predicted “shock and awe” in a late night email flurry last night, but it turns out that Ben is mentally tough.
After I saw his post about another epic ping pong battle, I asked if I could come give it a shot. I play alot of tennis so I naturally “get” racquet/paddle sports, but don’t get to the ping pong table very much. But when you’re playing somebody else who’s good, it’s pretty fun.
Playing against Ben is tough, because he can reach literally anything. If you challenge him, my advice is twofold. First, hit into his body and let his wingspan work against him as much as you can. Second, when you really need a point, float an easy serve to his forehand once in a while and he’ll sometimes overhit. His backhand is too good, and he’s expecting it on most serves.
Thanks Ben. Sorry to give away your secrets.
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Just finished watching the Colts great comeback - one of the better football games I’ve seen in a while. During the game, there was a commercial for “The Number 23” (remember, I don’t time shift football games). If you know me well (the number 23 is always occurring in my life), you would probably realize that this freaks me out a bit.
The number 23 has always been big in my life. It shows up at the most random times, and always has some strange meaning. I won’t get into all the random stories about the number, but suffice it to say it’s ever present and always seems to signal something for me.
Recently, the number 23 has been everywhere in movies and TV, especially the ones I like. I’m a huge LOST fan (yeah, I know it’s strange, but if you watched it from Day 1, you’d understand). 23 is of course one of the numbers in the lottery ticket, but that’s no big deal (some people get way too into this). What’s a big deal is that it’s the most prominent and obvious of the numbers. The plane left from that gate, and 23 was a huge part of one of the season finales. It’s the only prime number in the LOST sequence. In the Matrix, every time I watch it I can’t help but notice that the hotel room where the final scene takes place is #23. I fully expect that “24″ will soon rename itself to “23″ to take advantage of this momentum.
So, I’m thinking that something is going to happen with me relating to TV/Movies in future. I have no idea what. Maybe I’ll go to one.
Only recently did I discover that the 23 enigma was a thing. I don’t think I suffer from apophenia, but of course logically I recognize that it’s most likely just a coincidence. But then again, coincidences shouldn’t happen over a period of 30+ years, should they? Why isn’t it that I haven’t noticed other numbers? I understand why I wouldn’t notice 1 through 9, since they occur regularly. But why wouldn’t I notice 11, 13, 17, or 32? Maybe because I’ve noticed it so much in the past, I notice it more now?
I need a theory here. I’m not a superstitious person, and I am by training a scientist of sorts (at least I know I normally think this way). So, am I looking for 23? Or is 23 looking for me?
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