Chip Griffin: Pardon the Disruption

Food Blogger Dinners in a City Near You

If you are a food and/or drink blogger, check out the plan for Cork & Knife Food Blogger Dinners, coming soon to a restaurant in a city near you.

If This Isn't Government Waste, I Don't Know What Is

I was stunned today when my wife handed me a letter from the US Department of Transportation. It was letting us know about the "National Household Travel Survey" that is being conducted. Apparently, we can expect to receive a phone call about this in the near future, and they would like us to participate.

It seems a bit silly to me, but that's not the real waste going on here. As a "token of appreciation" our friendly federal bureaucrats included $5 in the envelope to encourage us to take the survey when we are called. Not a check, mind you, like the private sector might use. But actual cash. Now, this came in an envelope with a sticker labeled "Resident." That's the sort of mail we usually just throw out. In fact, I'm not even sure why my wife opened this one.

How many people are literally throwing $5 in taxpayer money away? This is the epitome of stupid government behavior.

Check Out Media Bullseye's First Print Edition

The first ever dead tree version of Media Bullseye, the multimedia magazine I founded last December, is now available. I'm a big believer that there's still a role for print publications to play. Not everyone takes time to read articles online and this enables us to get in front of interesting people who prefer to read things on paper. Heck, I still real printed magazines and I imagine most of you do as well.

Head on over to Media Bullseye to watch a video where I show it off and find out how to get a free copy mailed to you or download the PDF from the web site.