Brian L. Colbert

Archive for January, 2010

Health breakfast of oatmeal, a bike ride and a phone call under my belt. time to relax

taking a break and watching the kite runner.

Getting ready for a trip to the dentist. Need to get back and install Quantcast

Heading to the airport.

At the semantic meetup #svst

Getting ready to attend the Semantic web meetup http://bit.ly/8yhAs6

CALICO, was in full force at The Boardmatch 2010 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco last night.

The Boardmatch is a job-fair style event featuring Bay Area nonprofits whose leadership was on hand to talk to interested candidates about serving on their organization’s board of directors.  It was great!!  CALICO’s contingent was led by the BDC (Board Development Committee), which is led by me, your tireless and intrepid reporter.  The entire BDC battalion was there, Gloria, Holly and Patricia.  Joining in the cause was Vicky, CALICO’s Executive Director and Mark (a fellow board member).  It was great opportunity to talk about CALICO’s mission in a relaxed setting.  We met some really exciting candidates and are  looking forward to following up with them in the near future.

If you are interested in getting involved with CALICO, as a possible board member, sponsoring our Spring Gala or just volunteering,  get in touch with CALICO or drop me a line; these kids need everybody’s help.

• Bill Belechick is a liberal-arts major from Wesleyan, and I’ve always had a certain appreciation for his coaching skills, but the Patriots got killed today.   And I went to Oberlin, not Wesleyan.
• Played around with some AV equipment to see if I can embark on a video blogging project.    The Oscars await.
• The most precious commodity an entrepreneur has is time.  If people haven’t started a business,they tend not get the idea.

Came back to the apartment to find the third notice in the last two months from the San Francisco Housing Department taped to the wall next to the door.  Not entirely clear what’s going to happen but I read the words “public nuisance” and “unsafe.”  Not sure about the possible outcome, but it seems there is more than a slight possibility that I’ll be homeless in the very near future.

Watched the Wrestler the other night.  I’ve always had a soft spot for Mickey Rourke, every since the days of Barfly and Johnny Handsome (with Ellen Barkin).   The wrestler was ok, Rourke’s performance was certainly watchable, but the plot was sooo predictable.  If you ever watched “professional” wrestling as a kid, or still do, you’ll enjoy the backstage antics.