Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego was submitted by Meighan back on April 1st.

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego was submitted by Hardy.

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego comes from Kitty.

Today’s Starbucks Alter Ego was submitted by Jess.

Last time he was Hose. This time, Jose’s Starbucks Alter Ego was almost right on the money. Almost.

Amazon has a new idea for the Kindle.  If you agree to receive ads on your Kindle’s screen you get the e-reader at a slightly discounted price.  I’m not convinced that $25 is enough of a discount for the intrusion. But I was thinking this is an idea that could be successfully applied elsewhere. Who wouldn’t pay a dollar extra to skip all the previews and go straight to the movie?

I just got back from two weeks in Asia. I’ve got a few different blog topics in mind that I’ll put together over the next couple of weeks. But first I wanted to share some of my favorite photos from our trip.

On my 15-hour flight back from Hong Kong on Friday, I caught up with a lot of movies I’d been meaning to see. One of them was “The Fighter.”

Marni, the inspiration for our Starbucks Alter Ego project, sent this one to me last week. She writes: “I really didn’t think I was looking like a Martin today!”