Saving Private Rollins

I also considered "BJRzilla", "Mama said knock BJR out, hunh", "BJR Impact" or "Whoomp, There's the BJR" as titles for this month's newsletter, but in the end they lost out . I think the last time I sent out a newsletter I was just starting the 8th grade, so I'll have to catch everyone up on everything up to that point. Actually, not much has changed. For those of you who are new to the BJR newsletter, the first one is free and the rest start to annoy you. I even had a friend mention off hand to me that he really found newsletters annoying. I have added his email address to the list two more times.

For those of you who have gotten used to cynicism, sarcasm, and anger in my newsletters, you won't find those three here. You'll find cynicism, sarcasm, and smug complacency instead. I'm really happy right now, and that makes me extremely dangerous. You might ask "Why all this new happiness?" I might ask "Why do you have to analyze everything? Why can't you keep quiet during MY newsletter?" Why does it matter? I'm probably lying anyway." 

This Bay Area's summer's heat wave has brought along a lot of heat, in waves, but it has also brought along it's share of weddings. People seem to think that by getting hitched they can avoid the heat. Speaking from the experience of my first three marriages, it did not help at all, in fact, it only made it worse. Now, instead of getting married, if you bought an air conditioner, then you're thinking. Or maybe one of those giant sombreros.

I'm getting back into the Bay Area music scene right where I left it three years ago. Unfortunately it seems like my tastes in music have regressed - the last concert I went to looked like a pep rally and I felt like a chaperone at a dance. Two of the kids seemed really bothered when I pried them apart and gave them a warning. Then I realized that they were Siamese twins who were permanently attached. Wow, I may go to prison for that joke.

Reactivity (thanks for asking) is still fantastic - flying by the seat of our collective pants and doing an incredible job of looking like professionals. Several companies have even mentioned interest in acquisition or merger - however each offer contains an "everyone except Rollins" clause, so we're holding out. Recently, we acquired a fax machine and several cases of beef jerky.

While most people think the Asian stock market dropped due to banking instability and a general recession, the truth is that I've announced a trip to Japan and Korea and the market reacted accordingly. In fact the whole High-Tech stock plunge this week came about because I couldn't find my laptop for three hours. But, I am heading to Korea for a friend's wedding (once again, a refrigerator would have been cheaper and cooler) and jumping over to Japan just to sign some treaties and play hoops. Look for the words "International Incident" in the papers over the next few weeks.

Okimas!