
Who needs a shoe phone when you can enjoy a glass of Chardonnay instead? Remember to keep a French guy handy when the Mayan calendar ends in 2012.
Maxwell Smart Would Be Jealous
Honky Tonk Rock-A-Thon For Haiti
This Saturday at the Pourhouse. Open your hearts and wallets for Angel Mission medical clinic in Haiti. All proceeds will go directly to Angel Mission. 5 bands, one low cover….a chance to do good while having a blast. Hope to see you and your friends there. Doors at 7, bands start promptly at 8.
My dentist Dr. Randall Bennefield and David Burney (whom some of you may know) are in the Johnny Folsom 4, a Johnny Cash tribute band. They play frequently in Raleigh. Check them out and support a good cause!

3 things – to do this month
Just a few suggestions. Add comments if you have additional ideas.
Cuegrass Festival
April 17th – 11am-4pm
http://www.cuegrass.com/
Pickle Fest
April 24th – All Day
http://www.ncpicklefest.org/
World Beer Festival
April 24th – 12pm-4pm
http://www.allaboutbeer.com/wbf/
What’s your message?
You have to think through your communication carefully or else it could send a different message than the one you intended. This one, for example, makes me want to run out and buy a bottle of JD just as fast as I can.

Simpler coffee/snack runs – Dunkin’ Run
Dunkin’ Run looks like a great new tool from Dunkin’ Donuts. It lets you send a message to your friends/colleagues informing them you’re about to make a run to Dunkin’, then lets them also place an order. Here’s a look at the website (there’s also an iPhone app):

In Dallas, my colleagues and I used to do TCBY frozen yogurt runs at least once a week, and this would have made it much simpler!
Near HM&P it would be nice to do this for Goodberry’s…or even for Cook-Out milkshakes…or really any of the various food places!
Has anyone tried it? Thoughts on if it will be successful?
Who says strategic planning can’t be fun?

HM&P (Jim, Stephanie, Lisa & Kristi) and BASF Plant Science at Dick's Last Resort in Chicago
