Staying on top of it...

First up, response has been solid to the call for action from GANA on the whole ASHRAE issue but there’s still some people who have not weighed in… seriously if you haven’t jumped in on this, you need to. If you don’t care about losing work, then good for you, but for the rest of us in the real world, getting involved in this issue is an absolute must. Last week GANA presented their argument at subcommittee hearings in Atlanta and things went well, but this is only the start, we are still nowhere near to being out of the woods yet. Get involved. Plus, the people doing the talking right now, namely Stanley Yee and Helen Sanders are spectacular. They are not conspiratorial hacks like yours truly. They are top notch, classy and intelligent professionals who we are blessed to have speaking for us. Throw in the efforts of everyone else on the GANA energy committee and you have a group worthy of your support. Get with GANA today.
Plus knowing that GANA's Urmilla Jokhu-Sowell is a fan of "24" gives me confidence that she has some Jack Bauer qualities that we need representing us!

Elsewhere…

-- Last week my post was not linked, so if you missed it, keep paging down. There are people who got props in that post who deserve the heads up the blog just gave them (and to reach the whole audience!)

-- Still little movement covering the credit crisis in this country BUT the Wall Street Journal did have an op-ed on it last week. Great piece here on this whole debacle that somehow is getting little to no coverage.

-- What a week for fans of Minnesota sports teams… Monday the Vikes win a big one (They sacked the Packer QB so many times that I think I even saw Garret Henson get one or two) Tuesday the Twins win an amazing playoff game vs the Tigers and then the Wild cap off the night with a 4-3 win after being down 3-0. Karma is rolling in the twin cities direction that’s for sure.

-- Leftover from the GlassBuild show… heard some good things… the biggest is “quality over quantity” of visitors and that’s usually the case in Atlanta anyway. The people who go to Atlanta usually go because they have to… the people who go to Vegas (when it’s there) go because they “want” to. I also heard that the Walker Texture booth was jam packed but those guys stopped returning phone calls and e-mails from me, they are now big time and will only talk to accredited media… not bloggers.

-- The Kawneer blog had a great take on LEED… or LEEDS… or LEDD… or whatever you want to call that famous green building program. It is comical how people look at it and try to communicate it and Eddie Bugg did a nice job breaking it all down as it’s one thing to get the jist of the program, but it’s another to actually call the program by its proper name…. (and in some parts of the world they call it “rip off” but that’s another story… for another time)

-- Congrats to Guardian for the coverage of their ShowerGuard product on “Bathtastic”… I love it when our industry gets positive press and this surely was. This is not the first time ShowerGuard has appeared on TV, so it’s pretty cool the coverage continues to come their way.

-- Last, a tremendous addition to the blog world in Chuck Knickerbocker. He brings some great experience and passion to our fair medium and I think you will enjoy his insights. In case you missed it, his debut post ran on Wednesday and is HERE.

Book of the Week:

On Rocky Top by Clay Travis- First if you are a fan of the University of Tennessee football, then you probably already read this. If not it’s a must. But if you are just a college football fan and you want a really cool and unique inside look at a major college program about to go through big changes, this book is it. What “Season on the Brink” was to hoop, this book is to football… good stuff…

Off to the Links:

The “Link Chick” came through yet again… here’s some of her best of the week…

-- I’m a casual guy but this lawyer who wants to wear jeans and a baseball hat in court is waaaay too casual for me…

-- Not only did the “Link Chick” send this to me, but so did several other people… it’s about how Detroit is so broke that we can’t bury our dead… yep I live here…

-- The Empire State Building honored China last week… oh yippee….


Video of the Week:

From old friend and co worker John Lang…. ah dating in the 60’s with a bit of cluelessness…. funny stuff...