Five Facts You Probably Don’t Know About Scott

Fact #1: He is an excellent tennis player. I was going to write “He is a surprisingly excellent tennis player,” but that seemed unnecessarily mean. To be clear, I’ve never actually seen him play and I only know that he is an excellent tennis player because that’s what he’s told me. However, I have no reason not to believe him and he certainly ignores plenty of my texts and emails because “sorry, I was playing tennis.”

Fact #2: He has excellent taste in restaurants. Scott has a surprisingly (there’s that word again) refined and diverse palate and is not afraid to try new and/or different things. The last restaurant recommendation he gave to me was for a great Cambodian place in South Philly. He’s never led me astray (I’m talking specifically about restaurant recommendations here.)

Fact #3: He has a weird affinity for the 1980s era Dallas Mavericks. I don’t know what that’s all about. I’m sure he explained it to me at some point and I zoned out and forgot. Maybe he’s a huge Uwe Blab fan.

Fact #4: He is a massive Beanie Babies collector and sells rare editions at his Kober’s Kute & Kuddly Kreatures Etsy store. OK, I made that one up…or did I?

Fact #5: He is celebrating his 50^th birthday today. This one is true and I agree with you – I can’t believe he is younger than me, either. And yes, this is a bit of revenge for his surprise post last year on my 50^th birthday.

While we’re here, go ahead and drop the birthday boy a note wishing him a happy 50^th. He loves the attention and would be happy to hear from all of you. In fact, feel free to send him multiple notes and flood his inbox. Let him really feel the love. Here are links to his email and LinkedIn. No need to thank me.

As a reminder, if you have not already had a chance to checkout the agenda for CMEpalooza Spring (April 24), please do so now. Even if you have read through it previously, there have been a few recent updates to a couple of the sessions, so it’s worth reviewing, again.

Lastly, though we do like to joke around, a sincere Happy Birthday to Scott. Here’s hoping those Beanie Babies sales lead to an early retirement!