Yesterday began my long journey from the most isolated mid-size city in America (Boise, ID) to our nation’s capitol. This is my first time on the Potomac.
Traveling from Boise to D.C. means first stopping in SLC, then in to Chicago to change planes to get to D.C. Kudos to Southwest Airlines, with whom LGM has […]

It’s amazing sometimes the lessons you learn in ways you’d never expect. I had that experience over the last couple of days while kicking around my neighborhood with my scary Pit Bull. You know Pit Bulls. These are the out-of-control dogs that that kill as easily as they pee. They maim for fun. Rape and […]

In my new line of research on Idaho’s wine country I discuss the development of wine regions in Caldwell and Eagle, and the problems and opportunities associated with wine tourism in both places. Wine is becoming a big deal in Idaho, in case you missed it.
Anyway, last Saturday the 3 Horse Ranch Vineyards in Eagle […]

Today, at 2:15 pm MST, three Ph.D.’s will decide my fate - at least where graduate school is concerned. Yes, today, I defend my thesis.
If all goes well, I’ll have my M.A. in hand, and I can go gently into that good night somewhere here in the academy, live long and prosper and all that. […]

Dave I hope you don’t mind the props, but this is a story we have to tell.
So our inimitable business partner - attorney, and chef, Dave Haley - has just been hired as the Executive Chef at what will be one of the largest events centers in Idaho. After a legal career spanning over 20 […]

It seems like only yesterday - no, no, it doesn’t. It seems like I have been in graduate school FOREVER. I actually knocked out several units as a senior, and then started officially in the Fall of 2005. Then, that was interrupted by the founding of Pronetos (very cool), and divorce (also very cool only […]

It has been a long time since I went to web dev school, in fact they don’t even offer my program anymore. BUT, even when I went to school WAY back in the days prior to .NET, no one put this much text on the screen:

I hate to bag on my home institution, Boise State […]

I am still confused. So a couple weeks ago John McCain said that we could be in Iraq for 100 years. Look it up - it’s all over the Internets. Anyway - now he is out there clarifying his statement by saying, roughly, “yeah - we’ll be in Iraq for 100 years like we are […]

Ok so its not BIG fun, but Google Alerts, not only useful, can be pretty amusing. We use Google Alerts to get notified whenever Pronetos, our competitors, or industry leaders are mentioned in the press. It’s just one more way to keep abreast of the business landscape out there. But there are also some fun […]

If you have been paying any attention to the media, you’ve heard how Obama got the African-American vote, and Hillary got the Hispanic vote. We’ve heard all about race, and gender, and a little about class. But what I heard about class on NPR, was that Obama apparently got the rich, white vote. That’s not […]