I slept for most of today. Not sure why, figure it could be a mixture of many things, but sleep I did. Woke up around 4pm to a tweet from David Cohen about a fire in West Boulder. Jumped in my car to go run errands, and there was a large cloud of smoke.

Here is an easy punchline: It was 4/20. Yes, it was smoke day.

To this, I say the following links are on FIRE!

Video: A Look Inside Lijit Networks: Yes I work there. Yes I am in the video (pre-haircut). And yes, Tara is always that gleeful.

Our Cup of Elijah - For those that know Michael, the snarky pompuous style is real. What he doesnt like people to know is that it covers a good person, who is part of a loving family. Our sedars are similar in my family, but we actually try to read the whole Haggadah, at least until my uncle gets drunk. Then all hell breaks loose, and I, when there, make fun of the whole thing. What? You thought I was pious?

30 Seconds of Sunrise - I was recently introduced to Jeff Pulver through my friends Chris Brogan and Laura Fitton. Jeff is a highly successful guy, who understands that true success comes with 1) taking 30 seconds to watch a sunrise; and 2) to share it with friends.

PodCamp DC Review - Aaron writes not only about the DC Podcamp, but Boston’s and Philly’s as well. If the DC tech community is this involved, it will be fun to go out there this week for TechCocktail and the Lijit sponsored Hangover Breakfast the next day…

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“I am a slacker baby, so why dont you kill me?”

Ok, I am paraphrasing Beck, but I havent written this post in a couple of weeks. Yes, I am a slacker. To make up for it, I got several:

Announcing the iWear Fund - Brad is a funny guy. Sometimes.

Frontier Airlines, The Greyhound of the Sky - My friend Matt wrote this long before Frontier declared bankruptcy. It seems that their customer service backruptcy finally met their financial bankruptcy. I hate that airline with a passion. True story: Met a woman at a club and everything was going extrememly well (read: Micah was going to get some!) until she told me she was a flight attendant for Frontier. After a quick diatribe on why I hate that airline, her interest waned. C’mon, like there is any wonder as to why I am still single?

I drink Mahalo’s Milkshake - Christina, who literally disappears, except for her boobs, when she turns sideways, pounds a milkshake in a clear pander to be considered to be the co-host of Mahalo Daily now that Veronica Belmont is leaving. Personally, her intelligence, energy and humor should make it a slam dunk, but we are talking about Jason Calacanis after all…

Tango Blue - I have had the pleasure to get to know Paul, who is a member of Lijit’s board, and a long time friend and collegue of our CEO, Todd Vernon. So much about whats written on startups is in the kumbyah beginning stages, that its often hard to think about what happens if you are flat out wrong. Paul writes a post here about the thought process behind pulling the plug on the Zenie Bottle. Read it. Its that good.

Australia’s Powerhouse Museum Joins the Flickr Commons Project - Justin helped bring all the Library of Congress pictures into the Flickr fold, and they are awesome. I expect these to be equally amazing. Nice catch, Justin.

Venture Files Joins Technosailor - Aaron and Steve Fisher (who I hope to get to know one day) have pulled Venture Files into Aaron’s Technosailor blog. Some great stuff there, and, of course, completely searchable through the Lijit widget Aaron has installed. Yes, that was a double plug. Learn it. Love it. Live it.

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For those that didnt know, I spent the weekend at Startup Weekend Boulder 2, and really enjoyed myself. Check out Ronald Lewis’ livestream of the event when he was there, and the many video interviews at Pulver.tv.

On to the posts:

Happy 70th Birthday Dad - There is probably nothing more important to me than family, and nothing more impressive than somoeone who is unfraid to be open and public about the importance of their family. Brad is no exception.

She Said YES! - Congratulations to my good friend Eric. ‘Nuff said.

nine things - The great thing about the social media is the ability to meet people you would never meet otherwise. After reading her blog for awhile, Meg and I have had several conversation around multiple topics, and in each case, she challenges my ability to express myself with the written word. Read this post, its just a good exampl of good, solid writing.

Help a Reporter Out - Ryan is another person I met through social media. Peter Shankman is someone I have become friends with, and who’s ability to generate buzz and personal interaction between many people has always inspired me. Both are really interested in the transition of Old Media to New Media. I introduced them on Twitter, and now Ryan’s project ReportingOn.com and Peter’s project HelpAReporter.com are now connected. How will be fun to watch.

The Power of Personal Leadership - So, this week seems to be the week of calling out people that inspire me. Metal Head Chris Brogan is no exception. What is personal leadership? Read this.

How United  Saved My Air - Ryan, its great that they saved your Air. They did the same with my iphone flip phone…

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