What happened to everything?

I haven't written in a while, but that's okay because nobody reads this anyway. Mixed feelings about Anna Nicole passing - on the one hand, should I feel bad? while on the other hand, why would I feel bad?

It's good to see Bob Nardelli taking some heat in his departure from Home Depot. I don't like Home Depot because a) there's never any help, b) I'm always afraid something is going to fall off of the pallett racking and kill me, and c) it's over priced. I can get a three pack of fuses at ACE for less than one fuse at Home Depot. They bullied out the knowledgable, helpful, little guy in many markets to replace him with a business model tailored for contractors.

Anyway, I'm glad that Nardelli's departure is again bringing some attention to overpaid CEOs. You look at his story and you're like, "this guy really didn't do anything all that special during his tenure, and yet he's walking away with MILLIONS!"

Nobody's here but me at work today, and I wonder if they have all quit. I am definitely not qualified to run my own business.

The price for terrorism

The whole fiasco in Boston did more for Turner and his networks than he could have imagined. The word of mouth spreading because of this is, the morning after the super bowl, giving Turner and his brands as much as if not more water-cooler-talk-time than any of last night's advertisers. Extinding the 15-minutes of fame by agreeing to pay Boston $2 million was a terrific decision, and well worth the investment.

It's not about Aqua Teen Hunger Force, or the Cartoon Network, with this one. It's about building equity in the Ted Turner brand.