DailyCandy for $125M?

PaidContent.org reports that DailyCandy has been sold to Comcast Interactive Media for $125M — down from what was supposedly the $130M post-money valuation from a couple years ago. Given their user metrics (2.5M subs — not sure how many are active?) seems like a mighty fine exit for DC.

So Long Chef

Sad news all around this weekend. Bernie Mac passes away — and then so does the legendary Soul machine Isaac Hayes. The NY Times has a decent obit on the man.

Everyone links Hayes to the theme song from the movie Shaft (“…Who’s a black private dick who’s a sex machine to all the…

Workout ‘Till You Get Sick

When was the last time you worked out so hard you actually felt physically sick to your stomach? You know, that light headed feeling with a dose of nausea?

I’m happy to report that was me this morning. I was cruising through my routine at the Santa Monica…

Vacation Sans Blackberry

On the flight back from a week of vacation and I did something I haven’t done in years: I didn’t look at email on my Blackberry during my entire trip to Cannon Beach (check out my iPhoto snapshot of Haystack Rock below).

Vacation Alert!…Cannon Beach, OR

I’m off for a week of must needed vacation to Cannon Beach Oregon on Sunday for a week. Hopefully I’ll have enough Internet bandwidth to make a few posts (likely of me eating or drinking) via my WP app on iPhone.

Olympics Good…Not So Good

Best live sporting event I ever attended to date has to be the gold medal men’s hockey match at the 2002 Salt Lake City games. USA vs. Canada…sitting at center ice, a section over from Canada GM Wayne Gretzky (and his wife Janet, who I don’t believe was betting on the…