Escape from Cubicle Nation: The Book

by Jay Thompson on April 30, 2009

Disclosure: I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book and consider the author a personal friend. However, none of that prevents me from giving my honest impression in this review. If I think the book sucks, I’ll say it sucks. Pamela Slim’s book, Escape from Cubicle Nation, hits the bookstores today. If you have any interest in entrepreneurship, running your own business, or life … [Read more...]

Phoenix Real Estate Statistics: Pending sales explode, lower priced housing scarce

by Jay Thompson on April 29, 2009

The S&P/Case-Shiller home price index came out yesterday, and Phoenix has the dubious distinction of leading the 20 city index in price decline. I won’t wax poetic about prices in this post. Suffice it to say that home prices do follow the basic economic law of supply and demand. Too many homes for sale, and prices decline. Not enough homes for sale, and prices increase (basically). No one … [Read more...]

To Francy

by Jay Thompson on April 27, 2009

18 years ago in the Zilker Park Rose Garden in Austin, you became my wife. And I’ve never regretted that day. OK, so maybe a couple of times I thought, “what was I thinking?” Like twice in 18 years. And those thoughts lasted all of 15 seconds. 15 seconds out of 567,648,000 seconds of marriage isn’t bad (that’s 0.000002% if anyone is counting). You are my best friend. You’re an … [Read more...]

Win a $1.5M home in Las Sendas. Proceeds benefit Child Crisis Center of Arizona

by Jay Thompson on April 25, 2009

The Child Crisis Center of Arizona is holding a fundraising effort. The grand prize in a raffle is a stunning custom home in Las Sendas (pictured above)valued at $1.5 million (or a cool million in cash, your choice). We’ve offered up a little side bar space over there to your right to help sell tickets. Just click the “ad” there (under "Raffle for Phoenix Child Crisis Center!") and you’ll … [Read more...]

An Open Letter to Hugh Jackman: Please support Mothers Fighting for Others

by Jay Thompson on April 21, 2009

Dear Mr. Jackman - On April 14, you announced on Twitter that you would donate $100K to someone’s favorite non-profit organization. What a fantastic gesture, and a nice way to use the power of social media. I’ve been reading your Twitter stream and it looks like there has been a tremendous response from some very worthy organizations. I’ve sent you a couple of the … [Read more...]