Word: lombardy
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...repositioned itself to focus mainly on e-commerce and even sponsored the big screen at Giants games across the street. But TheMan.com's attendance was disappointing, certainly not enough to keep the investors at Highland Capital happy. "People were like, 'Who are you? Another Maxim? Another Details?" says James Lombardi, site product manager and brother of co-founder Steve Lombardi. "We were trying to do too much, trying to tackle every single aspect of men's lives. That wasn't going to generate high revenue...
...quite sure what that bit of homespun wisdom means, we take it as confirmation that our reasonable amount of success last week was in fact not a fluke but was all part of (as Joe Lieberman might say) God's Master Plan. Or at least Vince Lombardi's. When the KC Line goes 8-7, and Slim and Josie follow with 7-8 weekends, it's cause for celebration, braggadocio and some very fine, well, vermouth is all we have around the office at the moment, but if we keep picking like this, can full martinis be far behind...