Chicago was hit by its first hard snow of the winter. American cancelled a lot of its flights from midnight through noon today and the roads are an icy mess (though starting to shape up). Our dog is in second heaven, jumping through the snow and as we shovel the walkways, thinks we are throwing him something and keeps digging into the tossed piles for his prize. The upside of all of this is that everywhere has a beautiful, white blanket which should last for a couple of days.
However, the dark side of this is that we have about 150 feet of Arbor Vitaes which bend over in the snow. If not addressed, it freezes there and permanently harms them. So, I get to go out and whack both sides of the hedges with a broom. I end up covered in snow, soaking wet and suffering a near heart attack from the significant activity over about an hour and a half.
I gave up snow blowing since our driveway is too long and gladly pay $50 for a plow to come through. As I whacked away, I wondered if there wasn’t an invention that could save me from by anguish on the bushes. I could see it selling on Midnight infomercial with the wood chippers, Alpaca’s and Ab Loungers. Email or comment with any suggestions!
Sunday I will go back to a more traditional post about "Google Cocaine" (credit to Sridhar Murthy at our company, TicketsNow, for this).
Matt, please stop now before this gets serious! It will start out innocently enough, casually soliciting ideas to solve a minor problem you have. Next thing you know you’ll be doing patent searches, a “little prototype.” Then “a little focus group wouldn’t hurt.” Next thing you know you’ll be another desperate Entrepreneur with big dreams and maxed out credit cards! Please, as a friend, I implore you, turn back now before its too late!
Good thing is that VC’s often make horrendous entrepreneurs…to paraphrase: those that can’t do, invest! Will have to continue to rely on the true entrepreneurs like you going forward… 🙂
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Tree Whacking