take it personally

Morning thoughts on how people respond to hello: Picture this, Bella and I, pre-coffee and pre-sunrise, venturing through various Chicago hoods for our morning walks. From Washington Park to Evanston, the lake to the west side we've covered it all. But here’s the kicker: Lakeshore East takes the cake for the grumpiest humans we’ve encountered. It’s like no one’s happy to see us until they’ve had their morning brew except the police. Meanwhile, Washington Park folks and my neighbors? They’re waving and saying hi like they’ve already downed three espressos. Also, shoutout to the greater West Loop area for all six mugging attempts. Oh, the joy of early morning dog walks!

Consider this another breadcrumb in the journey of everything that’s gone down good, bad, and utterly ridiculous. I told you this was following the footsteps of some of the greatest companies in textbooks: Theranos, WeWork, Enron, and Nokatil. (You know, the case studies you don’t want to be in.)

I know this has nothing to do with most of you, but I’ve been asked (for regulatory reasons, of course) to post this as proof of suppression for DOJ escalation and timeline searches for electronic data recovery.

Months ago, I said every post I’ve made has a reason. Maybe you got it then, maybe you didn’t but you will. Every word, every detail has a purpose, and trust me, it’s all coming together.

Some people thought I was just talking to talk. Nope. This is a journey. It’s evidence. It’s a timeline for electronic records to be recovered. It’s intent criminal or otherwise and the investigations will show the rest.

Enjoy the show. The fireworks are being lit, and the web of liability this touches is far bigger than I ever expected. Also, why do people keep calling this a battle with Goliath? Did we read different Bibles? In what world is that a bad thing? Goliath loses at the end, doesn’t he?

I mean, this wouldn’t even be such a big deal if state regulators hadn’t looked the other way and let these actions slide but hey, that’s not on me. Not my fault or my choice.

But hey, we all know I don’t take things personally now, do I?