First, the cool stuff. The Blogenberg legion knows that I believe in making money and doing right. This may be the coolest project to help make this happen that I’m yet to come across. The Hitachi Foundation has just launched the Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs program. Young people (very young to me!) ages 18-29 who started their business to both generate revenue and help people in this country who are being economically left behind could be awarded up to $50,000 over two years. Plus they get other support, of the non-dollar kind, to help build the business. The first-round application deadline is March 22nd. (Disclosure: The Hitachi Foundation is a client.)
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The weird stuff. A good-looking young woman whom I don’t know asked to friend me on Facebook. Turns out all of her friends are guys whose first name starts with Jeff. (That’s my given name though I make my dog call me Blogenberg.) She’s collecting Jeffs. She’s got some sort of Jeff Fetish. I mean, I know that science has documented a direct link between the name Jeff and virility, but I turned down the friend request.
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Because of the snow that has turned Washington, DC into a ski vacation destination, my wife is still “stuck” in the Caribbean visiting her mother. And school has been shut down since last Friday, and will be through next Monday (a holiday). My house is being run by teenagers — my kids and their friends — and a dog who is trying to steal and eat every bagel or snack I bought for the longest snowstorm. Send help.
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At least I am eating healthy. Last night, my son, his friend and me cooked dinner. We put nacho chips in a platter. Grated cheese over it. Poured leftover chili (my wife makes the best chili in the world) over it. Grated more cheese on top of that. Microwaved it. Then more chili on top. Dinner!

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