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Kvell, Mom, Kvell

March 15, 2012 — 2

Last month, I tried to impress the shit out of my parents by hooking our family up with a sweet bungalo (thank you, Pam Kaufman!) at the Nickelodeon Hotel in Orlando.  I stacked the room with fresh fruit and other treats, and even had my mom’s favorite cocktail, a (virgin) pina colada, waiting for her when she arrived.  It was awesome.

If you’ve got kids of Nickelodeonesque age, you gotz to go.  Don’t miss the massive sliming ritual, poolside, where the biggest bucket of green goo you’ve ever seen is dumped on ecstatic crowds.  Epic.

I got a SpongeBob temporary tattoo, and she realized her son’s truly gone on from poetry school to corporate tool.  (I can still rhyme, bitches.) 

At least I didn’t blog about getting a SpongeBob tattoo.  Oh, wait.

Anyway, look at me now, mom.  It’s “Dude Week” at a Jewish parenting blog called “Kveller,” and your boy is all over it like schmear on a bagel.  That’s right, mom.  I even talk about Shabbat Dinner and stuff in interviews to make you proud.

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My Visit To Kate Ebner’s Radio Show On VoiceAmerica

September 25, 2011 — 0

Here’s the stream of my appearance on Kate Ebner’s VoiceAmerica radio show, “Visionary Leaders, Extraordinary Lives.” (And here it is on iTunes.)

The title of the show does indeed make me sound dead and eulogized, but I was instead hyoercaffeinated and borrowing the office of a colleague at AMC Networks, where I was that day.

Anyway, here is me rambling about inspiration, how great my team is at Scratch, and what my mom and dad taught me…

There’s also a great interview with Amy Friedman, here.

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Greg Clayman Joins The Search For My Russian Twin

October 21, 2009 — 0

Last week, my mom tried to convince me that the Russian government took my freakin’ Bar Mitzvah money.

Today, my friend and colleague Greg Clayman, EVP of Digital Distribution & Business Development at MTV Networks, weighs in on my search for my “Russian twin,” Bolislav Vainman.

Greg has already begun looking for Bolislav, which I appreciate, given his many responsibilities at work and in life. He is a true friend, and an expert at the interweb and cell phones. Plus, Greg knows everybody, so it’s likely he has met Bolislav Vainman at a conference, or been a panelist with him at an industry event, and just forgotten.

That’s ok. I know, in the end, Greg’s thoughtful research will only help bring us closer to the real Bolislav Vainman…

From Greg Clayman:

“You know, Ross, it’s likely that the issue you’re having finding him on Google may be the transliteration of his name from Cyrillic into English. There are lots of different ways to spell a name like Bolislav Vainman. And when you take into account diminutives and/or shortening of the name should Bolislav have immigrated somewhere it expands the pool.

“This, for example, could be your guy:

Boris Vaynman

“Of course if he actually did emigrate to Israel he could be Shmuley Nimrod for all we know.”

Thank you, Greg.

Bolislav? You out there? Hello?

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My Mom Responds To The Search For Bolislav

October 17, 2009 — 4

My mother weighs in on the post about my search for the kid I gave half my Bar Mitzvah money to…

“Actually, Ross, I don’t think Bolislav has any idea who you are or what you did. The Russians intercepted your letters, and he never received anything. It was all in vain. Like his name. You like that rhyme?

“Don’t you remember we put special stamps on it? They were supposed to tell us when he got the money. We got the return-receipt back, but he hadn’t signed it.

“The Russians took your money, Ross.”

I love my mom.

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