In response to a post on Waldo Jaquith’s blog, Waldo brought up the Portfolio Magazine article’s alleged belief that Halsey Minor was interested in running for governor.

Halsey made this comment in response to Waldo’s post:

Well, you can breath a sigh of relief since I am not running for governor. This article is from a tabloid.

Notice how many people’s names are attached to quotes. The only named person, my friend Ted Waitt, they claimed no longer likes me. They never even interviewed him and they used a 5 year old publicity photo! Its seriously laughable.

My favorite quote from some unnamed board member is that I am “psycho”. Maybe that’s how I built one of 2 NASDAQ 100 internet companies from scratch during all the madness and maintained a stable management team. Oh and I spun out 2 other multibillion companies including Vignette, the fastest growing software company in history. Now that’s psycho!!

These are just stupid words in an article without a reason for being. And I’ll just stand by my accomplishments. Lets see if Portfolio makes it 10 years and gets bought for $2 billion by CBS. Something tells me I don’t have to worry about a follow up story in 5 years.

So there you go Waldo. Next time mention I have a hotel I am building in Charlottesville thats opening next summer. Thats real information.

First drink’s on me.

I have a question for Halsey. Out of jealousy for Waldo’s free drink, if we put up a big post about the hotel and how awesome it is, will you buy all the cVillain’s their first drink at the hotel!? You did say you would make us feel rich and famous.

/does anyone else think this guy rocks?

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Ventana means “window” in Spanish.  Rightly so, this little restaurant has big windows and a big vision for Charlottesville’s mexican cuisine.  I’m not going to lie, I heard many things about this place being pricey.  Dollar signs aren’t something we associate with Mexican in this town.  Between “eating” at Guadalajara to dining at the much better Aqui Es Mexico and Michoacana, I don’t think anything comes close to the prices at Ventana, but does the food live up to its price?

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No, not those you dummies.

Starting this week, get your flu shots at the Thomas Jefferson Health District offices.  You don’t need an appointment, but you may want to call ahead and make sure that flu shots are available.  They cost $30 if you don’t have insurance.

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Yup, it’s going to rain all day, tonight and Saturday. All of the big events planned for this weekend will probably suck, that is, unless you get your galoshes, your rain parkas and get outdoors. Things should clear up by Sunday, but will be a little mushy. Don’t forget to visiting MUSE and STYLE for more weekend events!

Saturday

Charlottesville’s 12th Annual Vegetarian Festivus [website]

Join a bunch of hippies celebrate animal superiority to humans! The festival is free, celebrates healthy lifestyles and has a bunch of food samples and should be pretty fun to attend. We doubt the claim that 6,000 people will show up, but if you go there, make sure you get a chance to visit as many booths as you can!

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I came across an interesting study on the Internet, called “The Geography of Personality: A Theory of the Emergence, Persistence, and Expression of Regional Variation in Basic Traits. Perspectives on Psychological Science.”  It’s written by this Cambridge professor dude named Peter Jason Rentfrow.

He’s smirking because he knows that Virginia isn’t a southern state.  We even have the maps to prove it.  Typically we would not question the concept of Virginia being a southern state.  It’s south of the Mason Dixon line, it welcomes with good old Southern Charm, we eye those “northerners” as foreign morons, etc.  It’s a tautology, we just don’t talk about it (like religion and politics).

Check out the map; it polls different States using the “Big Five Personality Traits” What are the 5 and what do they  mean?

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Thanks for the Villain that sent in this Craigslist post titled “Your Pets Will Not Be Flagged For Removal By Jesus During the Rapture”

Here  is the post:

FLAGGERS: Over half the United States population has legitimate concerns about what will happen to their pets after the rapture occurs. Please respect their faith and allow this service to remain posted, just as the waste removal and grooming posts remain posted. Again, over half of the US population feels that this is a concern to them. If there is a specific problem with the ad, please email me. Thank you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“No one knows when that day or hour will come. Even the angels in heaven and the Son don’t know. Only the Father knows.”
(Matthew 24:36)“For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”
(1 Thessalonians 4:15–17)

Have you ever thought about what will happen to your pets after Jesus comes back to claim the souls of the saved during the Rapture and deliver them to heaven to enjoy ever lasting life? The bible clearly teaches that only those that have accepted Jesus as their savior will enter heaven (John 14:6, Romans 3:23), and we all know that pets do not have the cognitive ability to do this, so what will happen to your beloved pets? Surely without you there, they would be stuck inside your empty house, starving to death with no one to feed them, let them out to potty, or clean their litter box. This is probably not what you envision for your pets after you are gone. This is where I come in.I am here to offer you pet care service for after the rapture. »Read More

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Seriously PETA?  They send out this letter to Ben and Jerry’s:

Storchen restaurant is set to unveil a menu that includes soups, stews, and sauces made with at least 75 percent breast milk procured from human donors who are paid in exchange for their milk. If Ben and Jerry’s replaced the cow’s milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers-and cows-would reap the benefits.

Apparently, PETA sends this giant letter to Ben and Jerry’s asking them to use breast milk instead of cow milk!??!  I can’t believe this is real and I couldn’t find a copy of the letter on the internet, but who knows.

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We’ve been thinking long and hard about how to deal with the political issues that are on the tip of everyone’s tongues this year.  The main reason political discussion scares all of us admins, is that, inevitably, people have strong convictions that, in some way, shape or form, are outgrowths of personal beliefs.  It’s nearly impossible to have a meaningful debate because people can’t  agree on anything.  Debates degrade into personal attacks and that spoils the fun.

Here’s the first test to see if we can talk politics intelligently (if we revert to personal attacks, then no more politics) …

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It’s sad to hear about events like this.  About an hour away at Skydive Orange, two skydivers came in contact about 200 feet from the ground, causing their parachutes to be tangled and them to fall to the ground.

Francis Wootten III of Ruckersville, Va., 54, was taken to the University of Virginia’s hospital in Charlottesville, where he died of his injuries yesterday morning.  Robert G. Kotenko, 29, of Washington, DC, was also taken to the U-Va. hospital, police said.

The United States Parachute Association explains that skydiving is a relatively safe sport citing only 821 injuries and 18 fatalities, out of nearly 2.2 million jumps in 2007.

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We love these rumors!  Thank you birdie:

word among ex-michael’s bistro employees is that the other owner, not michael, is opening a new place with an interesting partner.  good location too

Guesses?  Space above Boheme/in Boheme,  The Upstairs or old Milano space.

[Read “Holed Up in Michael’s Bistro“]

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