Free Rise

It was a spooky, foggy Halloween morning.

The earth shook.

And then, our jack-o-lantern came to life.

It ate everything in the house before rolling away into the mist.

Happy Halloween, y’all.

The new job at Yahoo! has been fun so far. Great team, smart people, company definitely on the upswing.

Officially, my title is Senior Product Manager, Monetization, My Yahoo, although the responsibilities have branched into some traditional product management and internationalization. Monetization. Internationalization. Monetization. Internationalization. Just like I dreamed when I was a kid.

How awesome am I? Enjoy this this chart of Yahoo’s vs. Wells Fargo’s performance since I started working at Yahoo. That’s a 21% gain for Yahoo in five and half weeks, my friends. And a (2.5)% loss for Wells Fargo. Yes, I do this kind of thing everywhere I go.  I guess that’s why friends call me “Midas.” Or maybe it’s “My ass.” I can’t always hear so well through my own humming.
In other news, the kid turned one on Sunday. She napped through most of her party, but she awoke to taste mama’s fruit-sweetened cake. It was a hit with the big girl, if not with the adults:

Finally, my cousin Shana was on Today this morning. She runs a fabulous kids’ yoga program in So Cal called Mini Yogis, and this morning she was promoting yoga as a method to relieve “tween stress.”

Relax! Tips for stressed tweens

You know what stressed me out? The Today segment’s pacing — maybe linger on a shot for more than 1.2 seconds, dude. Maybe cut back on the cliche movie clips. Still, Shana looked great.

And that’s that. I will be updating this site more often now, scout’s honor. As always, you can find more proliferation on my other blog. You know where that is.