The Feinbaum Chronicles

It’s hard to believe that Rachael will be 4 weeks old tomorrow. She’s been doing great though her parents have had to learn to live on 3 hour sleep intervals. Lot’s more photo’s here:

Rachael Helen Feinbaum-Day 3

Originally uploaded by Ron Feinbaum

The stork decided to drop Rachael Helen Feinbaum off seven weeks early. Born January 23, 2008 at 3:51 PM (4 lbs 9 oz). The good news is that both Mom and Baby are doing just fine.

Steve Carrell of “The Office” made a surprise visit to Comic-Con with the Rock to promote their new movie, the remake to the classic TV show “Get Smart”.

Richard has close encounter with the one and only Spiderman

We ran into the lovely Princess Lea at Comic Con 2007 and couldn’t resist this photo opp.

I’m hanging out with two of my oldest friends Richard Grimes and Mike Bateman at this years Comic-Con 2007. It’s the comic book and science fiction convention that draws over 120,000 freaks and geeks over a 4 day weekend.

The event is a big draw for the movie studios who are dependent on the demographic of comic-con to help the buzz meter of future movies. Some of the folks speaking today included Steve Carrell for his new movie “Get Smart”. Also on hand, Peter Fonda, Kate Beckinsale, The Rock, Joel Silver, Ben Foster, Ridley Scott, Sean Young, Stan Lee, Ed Burns, Kevin Smith, Matt Groening (creator of the Simpsons), Robert Downey Jr (for the new Iron Man movie) and many others.

I can’t describe how the experience of navigating the exhbit hall and convention center with 120,000 raving fans. It is just plain crazy!

More picture if you click the photo.

Alton Brown-Miami

Originally uploaded by Ron Feinbaum.

Melissa and I headed down to sunny Miami last month for the Food Network/Food & Wine Festival. We sampled more food and drink that any two people should be able to consume. It was great!

Here is a picture of Melissa with Alton Brown from the show “Good Eats” on Food Network.

I’m happy to report that on December 15, 2006 I graduated from the University of Tennessee Senior Executive MB A program.

In the picture is my brother Bart who flew in from Michigan for the event. I had some other family and friends come to the ceremony including my wife Melissa, my mother, my sister-in-law Rhoni and my mother-in-law Judy. Ron and Ebbie Sandberg also attended.

It’s worth noting that my friend and neighbor Chris Hancock was on hand wearing his University of Georgia sports coat. Go Dawgs???

You can check out more on the MBA program at:

http://semba.utk.edu/

Click on the picture to see a few more candid photos from the event.

Today we spent the entire morning and afternoon preparing and delivering our synthesis project to the faculty. We did something called a CAGE analysis which stands for Culture, Administrative, Geography and Economic. We analyzed these factors for Bangalore, China and Hong Kong. Our assignment was around the concept that we were consultants hired by a fictitious company to explore the options for acquiring or starting a technology/consulting firm into Asia. We also did the same CAGE analysis on our first day in Bangalore.

Tonight we head over to Disney Hong Kong for a dinner and time in the park. After that I head back on a midnight flight to Knoxville. I hope everyone has enjoyed the blog and I’ll try to post something when I get back to the states. Feel free to leave your comments by clicking on the comments button below.

China 001

Originally uploaded by feinbaum.

Here is the Wal-Mart in mainland China. I found it interesting that Wal-Mart hasn’t open a store in either Hong Kong or Bangalore but they are in China. I also saw an Ikea furniture store in China.