Meet my friend Allison Nazarian.  I met her back in the day… before Twitter… Before I couchsurfed!  But, we became buddies over the last year.  Now, she’s like a sister. This is a fun video we shot while I was couchsurfing at her place (instead of my parents’) when I came to visit my bro for his graduation in May.

This is one of my favorite radio interviews….  Why?  Because they called me “The most highly skilled Hobo in History!”  What a great title.

I woke up about 2 minutes before they called… but it still came out as one of my faves. Read the rest of this entry »

Sexy Nurse Elisha at your service

When I showed up in Mesa, AZ to speak at Dr. Ben Mack’s event, I had no clue that I would find adventure (defined by me as: New Experience) in a burger joint (n ot to be confused with a Tea Joint). The Heart Attack Grill is an honest interpretation of what fast food is.  If you weight 350 pounds or more, you get to eat for free.  The fries are advertised as fried in pure lard, and you get unlimited refills.  The burgers are called the single/double/triple/quadruple bypass.  If you get a triple or above (which I did, of course, after eating 2 whole bowls of fries 1st… to the person who tweeted me that I look fat, that’s probably why), you get a ride to the car in a wheelchair. Did I mention the nurses? Read the rest of this entry »

The Titos Vodka Dinner Food/Drink Menu

Food can be cooked in Vodka.  Drinks can be made from Vodka (Duh!).  Fun can be had with Vodka.  Burt Butler Beveridge II, AKA Tito, makes the best Vodka.
I was quite honored to have a seat for free at this $60 per seat dinner at Z-Tejas, a fine dining establishment in Austin, TX.  People gladly paid (it was sold out), to have a chance to not only have the delicious food that Z-Tejas is known for, but also to meet Tito in person.  Tito is quite legendary, and rightfully so. That said, I was quite pleased to find out that while many people had to wait all evening to have a minute of Tito’s time, I was seated on his immediate left.  So… here’s how dinner worked: Read the rest of this entry »

Gary Vaynerchuk

I am so proud to bring you Gary Vaynerchuk.  This guy not only motivates and inspires onstage, and on camera, but he has proven to me that he is a champion.  I will tell the story… ’cause it’s my damn blog, and if you don’t like it, you don’t have to be here (or you can just scroll down and hit play…. but what kind of person does that make you?  I mean… really!  I travel around, putting thousands of miles on my car, endangering my life by driving more than 16 hours at a time.. just to bring you these awesome interviews with such great people, and you’re not even taking the time to hear why these people are so cool?  I mean.. come on.. that’s like showing up to a wedding ’cause you like cake (but not the people getting married)).  Read the rest of this entry »

My 2009 “Non-stop” travels began with my trip to couchsurf at Perry Belcher’s place in Austin, TX. I met Perry Belcher at a marketing event that Matt Bacak was hosting. Matt Bacak introduced him as “You should all listen, because the following speaker has sold more product in the last 10 years than most people in here combined!” I found Perry to be hilarious, and even better… he made me feel dumb. Yeah… that’s right… Mr. Know-It-All had to quickly rip out his notebook, and ferociously take notes! This guy knew his stuff! That particular lecture was on copywriting, and was the VIP-day lecturer on social media (Perry is often in the top 100 twitterers on Twitter.grader, and has(at the time of this writing) 62,000 followers on twitter).   But… for me… I noticed his crazy shirt, his candor, and his humor.  This was a funny dude.  So… Read the rest of this entry »

“Don’t talk to strangers”  <– what a terrible thing to say to a child! It’s a great way to destroy their future.  What better way is there to make them shy, anxious, jealous, and miserable.  The one who has the most friends is often happiest, and most successful (give or take some points for actually being a good person too).  I’m violating a lot of those parental rules by staying with strangers, meeting strangers, accepting candy from strangers, etc..  And I’m (literally) having the time of my life doing it.  So when I pulled into Plano (near Dallas), people on twitter saw that, and one invited to treat me to breakfast the next day.  Free meal!  Hooray!  Actually, I can afford food   The concept of meeting someone new is always fun, so I accepted. Here’s what happened: Read the rest of this entry »

I had such a blast being on the Nick Digilio show! It’s like calling in to a show, only better. Nick’s show, for those who don’t know it, is very entertaining. Basically, it’s another talk show on AM Radio. It’s entertaining, informative, and (I think) intelligent. They were very organized, very on time, and even provided me with a CD of the interview immediately upon walking out. Nick and Andy were very friendly – which helped calm my nerves. How did the interview go? You decide- here it is:

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If you haven’t listened to him, check out Nick Digilio. You can listen live at WGN Radio tonight at midnight (Chicago time) . Or on Nick’s Podcast.  If you have time to kill, check out his audio archives!  This was how I killed a lot of time in Maryland. Read the rest of this entry »