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Rollercoaster.   Missed SGC rehearsal to service an emerging future.     

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My father's birthday today.  Idiot son.

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Some excellent mail today, not necessarily sent for public consumption, but I trust the sentiment so much, that I think cvb will forgive me for posting it here:

-----Original Message-----
From: cvb
To: sb
Sent: 7/17/00 8:49 PM
Subject: Anchors 

Dear S-

I drove home thinking about the anchor analogy...although I see it's a startup company tendency to refer to things in analogies that have more than their fair share of mixed metaphors, I really like this one as it applies to the sea.

You can carry the thought to ideas like "getting your sea legs", "falling overboard", "walking the plank", and seeing dry land on the horizon after a long journey, etc etc etc.

My earlier thought about the importance of the anchor remaining steady in terms of a corporate philosophy was incorrect. I see the true anchor of the company lies within the executive staff whose have a responsibility to "the crew" to provide safety, direction, and leadership. The seas change, but good officers navigate the ship to port. The only constant should be a fine ship charting a course to the future (OK mixed metaphor)...

This looks like rambling. Suffice it to say, I'm looking forward to the journey wherever it takes us.

cvb

CVB - an inspiration.  Thanks for stepping onto and guiding this ship.  

Navigation into some new territory today.

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Ultra-long day.   Exhausted.  This must get boring to hear the same old story.   Making great traction, however.    Spoke with Janet Goodwin this evening, an old friend from High School.  Going to meet her and her husband this weekend before seeing very old friends on Saturday. 

My email seems to be down.  Nasty mail to my ISP to get this going again.  Sorry if your mail is bouncing back.  Try again tomorrow. 

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Great conversation with Tom Redmond today.  We are going to compare start-up notes in more depth on Friday.  Nice to hear his voice, and some great insights pouring across the country today.  Hope to see him in Seattle in August... 

Long day, blah, blah, blah.  

So much to say, but it's so very inappropriate for me to say anything of substance here.   Increasingly my role prevents me from speaking without seriously considering the repercussions across many levels.  Those who know me, know that I beat this horse regularly: this is all a great performance.  The challenge is to look around the room and consider the audience, then deliver what is needed.  

But for this diary, who is the audience?   

From this stage, I cannot see the audience, so I must consider my words carefully, and generally, edit out most of the relevant details. 

BillR and ChrisC came to visit BTV office today, as did my fave indie band on the planet, the Rosenbergs.  I did not have sufficient time or energy to say more than short hellos to our visitors today.  Nice to see Chris again after almost 2 years...

Hope ChrisC signed the famous visitor's table.  

Inspiring and intriguing email from JoyceT in my box today.  My sb.com email has been down for four days.  Apologies to those who may be trying to reach me via this account.  Not that I could answer you anyway...  Persistent calls to my ISP have gone unanswered.  

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Today was the beginning of the end of an era at BootlegTV.   Can't say much more except that on Monday at 9am, we will be entering a new phase.  The analogy that I keep using with those who ask is that we are transforming from a caterpillar to a butterfly.   Okay.  Lame-o analogy, but the spirit of the analogy is accurate.   Perhaps a better analogy: we are transforming from a rickshaw to a jet.  Okay, okay.  Equally lame-o.  But it is happening.  

Great hire today.  More surreal than anyone would ever believe.  

12:40am now - another "Rockslide" night before a 6am flight.  I suppose I should begin packing soon if I plan on making this flight.  Looking forward to seeing the place I grew up, 20 years later.  

Oops.  Dating myself.  Oh well - no one else to date... uh...   

Feeling young, able, and full of energy this week, despite my age.   No more diary entries again until next Tuesday, post-HS-reunion, and post SF meetings.  Should have some interesting things to report next week...

20th High School reunion.  Spent most of the evening with JanetG and MaryR.  Wow.  Full of mixed emotions in seeing these people.   Many, many families.  Many surprises regarding who ended up married to who.  Some David Lynch scenarios...    missing feeling "home."    

I realize I don't really feel "home" anywhere anymore.  Not sure why... but I have some ideas.

Too much to report here, now.

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Flew to San Francisco after spending two hours with Kathy, Pete, and Pat Lawes.  Met them in the church where I grew up, and then went to their house to catch up on 20+ years of lives led in different worlds.   My family used to spend every Christmas eve at the Lawes house with our best friends from church.   

Feeling and feeding my roots.  

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Important meeting tomorrow morning.  Not much more I can say in public. 

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