Be of Good Chair! Ha! I slay me! OK, but seriously… So for all those who don’t know, I have the worst back in the world. My L4/L5, and L5/S1 Vertebra have never liked me. In fact, they go out of their way to hate me. It could be anything – Lifting, at the gym, a bad step off the curb… You name it – Doesn’t matter what it is, but my back goes out about four times a year, and usually takes a week or so to heal. If I laid down inverted for six months and never moved, that might solve the problem. But in the meantime, since that won’t be happening anytime soon… I was approached by [...]

Hey skiers, skydivers, anyone who wears a helmet – Check this out! I’ve got a UCLEAR Boomless Microphone, a Helmet Communicator, with Extreme Wind/Noise Cancellation, and High Fidelity Sound to give away! This one is designed for skiers – It’s the UCLEAR HBC120 – And it’s yours to win! All you gotta do is tell me, in the comments, the worst possible place you’ve ever been in your life when you had to make or receive a mobile call you couldn’t ignore. I.e., “I’d just finished eating an undercooked piece of sausage when my boss called with all six of the board members on the phone. As I was running to the bathroom, I had to offer facts, figures, and [...]

I love the fact that I sit on boards. It means I get to give away super-cool free stuff. Today, I get to give away a Winter Jacket (just in time) at ScotteVest. Like the kind I have. Want to win A Fleece 5.0? ScotteVest? Perfect for winter? Here’s all you have to do: Someone tweeted me this morning with a speaking opportunity – But they did it to @peter. When they didn’t get a response, they tweeted to @shankman. By this point, I was notified by more than one person that this tweeter thought I just wasn’t replying. *Facepalm.* So it occurred to me that I might want to do a better job branding my Twitter name. That’s where you [...]

Hey gang! Remember Boxing Day 2008, where I held a massive all-day trivia contest on Twitter, giving out prizes to everyone who had to work that day? Remember the one I did on the HARO anniversary the following year? They were both a ton of fun, and there were awesome prizes to be had! Well, I feel like doing it again this weekend, for as long as we have power and connectivity! We’re all going to be home and chilling anyway (at least those on the east coast) and in NYC, all outdoor events (including the two races I was going to run) have been cancelled. So why not give out some prizes? It won’t be as massive as last [...]

I was quoted in a report on All Things Considered this past Thursday, where I suggested that paying for new Twitter followers is about as icky as paying for sex. What I really tried to get across in my interview was this: There are certain things you don’t do in this world: Abuse an animal. Make any attempt to get any TSA official to smile. And also, you never pay a consultant or company to acquire new Twitter followers for you. They’re not real, and they won’t help you in the long run. By itself, the number of Twitter followers you have is the new penis envy. If that sounds familiar, it should – I’ve said it before. But with [...]