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Eday 2011
At the death of Richard Sommers
I am still
shell-shocked by the sudden death of Richard Sommers. I have known him for 10 years and
just last week while on his journey through Europe we were planning for a
dinner in Amsterdam. The first date was cancelled and we were texting and
calling about a new date later that week. He never returned my last call – now
I know why…
I first met
Richard at the Homestore office at Westlake Village when I just set up a Real
Estate Classified website. We clicked immediately – both very passionate and
ambitious about our work. He was tremendous intelligent and gave me al those
years crucial advise. You could feel his presents and when he laughed (which he
did a lot) it was a real laugh, a thunder :-)
Over the
years we keep on seeing each other all around the globe at different events a
couple of times a year. Next to that he was coming over to Amsterdam and I to
San Francisco at least once a year. Always having dinner at the very best
restaurants, drinking the best wines and he most of the times ordering a double
main course. At Acquarello, Michael Mina, La Rive, Le Ciel Blue.
During his
tenure at Classifieds Ventures he ask me to join the Board of Advisors which I
did gladly and after I was fired by my board at my own company years later he
directly offered me a job at Zip – which I declined – but not after
contemplating how much fun and interesting that would have been: being in a
team with Richard.
The
following years we keep on making plans of starting a business together
somehow. Last time about a web based Health Company. It a pity that we never
could make that happen Richard – it would have been a blast!
So full of
sweet memories I think of you Richard, I will never forget you – you really
changed my life. Thanks.
WWII with the best soundtrack...
Von Ryan’s Express
Battle of Britain
A Bridge too Far
The Dessert Fox
The Longest Day
Patton
Sink The Bismarck
Tora Tora Tora
All very good films, highly watchable - even after so many years.
Extra nice was that in The Battle of Britain the score "The Battle in the Air" from William Walton is played with no sound effects of aircraft engines or gunfire, giving the "Battle" sequence a transcendent, lyrical quality.
Dam to Dam run 2011
MadMen by Banana Republic
Banana Rupublic introduced a special MadMen collection - a great idea! Unfortunately the mens' collection is very tiny - let's hop it is a huge success and they bring more of this stuff.
Happy birthday Rupert III
We seem to agree on everything - the only thing is that he only speaks French, which sometimes makes it hard to understand his jokes...
Disko på lunchen? - skitbra idé!
Först i Stockholm, Malmö och Goteborg och snart i Amsterdam?
My heart and Doris Day
Is it 5 years already?
The day I met Ali B
Nyenrode 65 years
Allt eller inget
Jag är jätte nyfiken :-)
Man of Steel? - hmm doesn't look like it
It's official - I am a member of the wrong gym...
"Just admiring the view... " Ya - sure!
State Rep. Phillip D Hinkle (R-IN), the 64 year-old anti-gay marriage Republican was caught hustling an 18-year old boy he found on Craigslist, finally admits that he paid the boy.
He exchanged e-mails with 18-year old Kameryn Gibson, through Craigslist and also admits that he paid Gibson $80 "for a good time," They just talked about "baseball and the view" from the hotel room.
What matters most is that Barbra has a new album
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