If you haven't heard, Mr. Grin, aka Ben, along with his business partner Josh, won the Babson College’s 2008 Business Plan Competition. It's a very prestigious award, one that comes with instant acknowledgment from the business community at large and one that causes judges of the competition to ask if they can invest in the project. Hells yeah! And it's not just a fancy plaque that they put on your mantel, or one of those plastic trophies from your little league days (this one features a man with a briefcase); it comes with CASH money. Ask Ben for the details, but as quickly recalled from our g-chat last night, it's a big 20K or so cash investment, free office-housing on Rt. 128 in Boston for a year, bank accounts, accounting services, and free, legal services from a stripper named Pepper Hamilton - 1500 dollars worth! (Sorry, Ben, couldn't resist). So if you see Supermoneymakerman any time soon, tell him congrats, because he is apparently kicking all kinds of izass up in the northeast.
Unfortunately, this morning I received a letter from Ben and Heidi's lawyer initiating a cease and desist process w/r/t the unauthorized use of Heidi T. Dog's image in artwork. (No word from Malcolm's lawyer, aka "dad," as of yet). I have heartily protested and filed a grievance with JOBU (Jackasses Official Blogging Union), noting that a previous post had already used said image AND that I was the one who had taken the picture anyways, so phbbbbt. Beck ignored the seriousness of this situation and questioned whether a dog's lawyer would have to also be a dog. I don't know the answer to that question (though last week on the craptastic-but-addictive Eli Stone, two human lawyers represented a monkey. So maybe that serves as precedent, especially since Eli Stone looks vaguely like Ben):
You can see it, right? Anyways, you may have missed it the other day, but Beck recently developed a brutal obsession with the teacup embedded in the wall of the 51 here in Phx. So it turns out it's not just a case of construction with ignorance as to the location of giant humans' dishware; it's a public art installation that caused quite a stir back in the day. Apparently Beck is not the only person to have uttered something along the lines of "What the hell is up with the giant teacups?" Only in the past it was more along the lines of "why did you spend half a million dollars of my tax money on teacups??!?!?" Ah, sunny AZZ, last in education, first in quirky art. And it seems that they haven't had their fill, as another potentially controversial sculpture is going up in the near future.
I kid, I kid, I do appreciate the attempt to aestheticize the infrastructure that accompanies this unholy urban sprawl. And I personally enjoy the non-sequitur of a giant cup embedded in the wall of the highway. Maybe next time we will actually catch a picture of it (and for the record, I was going 50 on a highway. Fast is, um relative. WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!).
Dogs are off and getting shaved at PetSmart this morning - took 'em around the corner instead of up to Beck's work in an effort to lower the stress of the experience. Pictures forthcoming, of course. And hopefully they took my, "No, you don't understand, Sparkle kicks ASS" comments seriously enough to keep her away from the other pups. (Actually, they were quite nice and understanding of our fluoxetine-addled dog's less spark-tacular moments). So I'm gonna go grab them in an hour or two.
That's it for the time being - potential Ultimate tonight, we'll see if I feel like rendering myself sore again. Until next time.
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