I got this email today from John Szeder, the Mayor of Mobile.  Merry Christmas!

Twas the night before Christmas, the porting was done.
Greg Ballard was flaunting his new S-1.

“We’re burning $10Mil, our poor ship will sink,”
“unless we get bought by Time Warner, Inc!”

All other execs thought glu were the champs,
because their comp plans were just stock and food stamps.

Hands On re-orged, to their 2005 management team.
Like a season of Dallas their ‘06 was just a dream.

And Dchoc is shipping a title with  brands.
The logic for which, no one else understands.

Tira keeps JUMPing and THQ moved to the sticks,
Limelife keeps making games for chicks.

And Santa stood ready with his phone at the North Pole
“NO SIGNAL” it said in the world’s biggest coverage hole.

And he wished he had games to play as he rode off into the night
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

John Szeder is the CEO of mobile developer and publisher Mofactor, the creators of Duckshot.

I caught five minutes of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on CBS last night [I was looking for the news, honest! ;) ] In that five minutes I was shocked to hear the models SPEAK! The VS angels held interviews and had lots of soundbites backstage. Not a good idea. Bad idea! In the catalog, their voices sound like Kate Winslett and Rachel Weisz!!!!! They really do, ask any guy. In reality, on CBS, they croak like chain-smoking Albanian telephone operators. Where are Lina Lamont and Eliza Doolittle’s diction coaches when you need them? “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.” “Rrrounnd tones!”.