Well, tonight I have the illustrious first date. Although we have met at a couple of parties now so it doesn't really feel like a first date. I'll probably take her out to dinner and a movie, but we haven't hashed that out yet. Last night was guy's night and we went to Bennigans and all of us got the Big Irish. It is basically two burgers put on one bun. I still feel full today. I also repaired my computer as a crash is imminent. I figured I'd buy a new hard drive and transfer it all over rather than lose the data. I also watched the last show of "The Apprentice". Since I have been in many situations where I do interviews and recommend people to be hired and I have been in many situations where I have been interviewed, I could tell who was the best qualified to win .They are always the ones who do win. Experience and achievement are the biggest factors in an interview; education is just a foot in the door. I suppose in the CEO world Ivy League educations and military service are big pluses. Here in the development world experience is needed most. What I don't get is all of the people who were picked to be on "The Apprentice". I suppose they did it to throw in troublemakers and make it more interesting; it doesn't make sense for someone who is a troublemaker to be hired. Also, all the girls' business styles are wicked and backstabbing, no employer in their right mind would hire someone like that. In the end the real candidate they intended to win at the beginning wins, the way Trump really wants it. He tried to mess with her by telling her "You're Fired". He should have said to the winner "You're F...Hired".

Thought of the Day

"He fires people like it's a bodily function."

- George, about George Steinbrenner, in "The Calzone"