Good morning boys & girls and welcome to my blog. First let's get a few quick questions and answers out of the way.

Who am I?
- I am 27. I am a guy. I am married. I am an incoming first year at Kellogg (as of Aug 03).

Yes, but who am I really?

- I like music, pop culture, money. I love money. However, I am heavily in debt and going further in debt (I guess school is expensive). I digress. I grew up in Iowa. I went to Iowa State. I married my high school sweetheart. I like to begin my sentences with I. I went to work for a tech/strategy consulting firm when I graduated undergrad. I don't have good grammar. I think we'll handle more of the "Who am I" while I blog.

Why am I blogging?

- For two reasons. The first is because I am vain. The second is sort of long winded. I have often thought to myself, where is the Paris of the 20s and 30s, the village of the 40s and 50s and the san francisco of the 60s. I don' think that I am the first to say that that community of educated people is found on the internet. As Professor McGee says, "...They (blogs) lower the barriers and make the practice of writing widely accessible. Which increases the chances we will begin to start thinking again. Writing is the fundamental tool of reasoned argument and what we need as individuals, organizations, and civilization is as much reasoned argument as we can get. In the blogosphere you get to watch good writers at work as they develop ideas."
I want to participate in this community.

So, there is so much more to write about.

The Kellogg MBA:
Why do I want to get an MBA? Is the MBA worth the immense amount of debt? What is the Kellogg experience like? What is business school like? How is my experience different than that of others at Kellogg and other schools? Can my liver handle the experience?

Getting into B-school:
How do you get into a top business school? Specifically, how do you get in with a lower gmat, a lower UG GPA, when you are not from a top undergrad?

Music, Business and Pop Culture:
Is there another business model for the major labels and studios? Is there any good music out there now? Where do you find it before it becomes commercialized? What about movies?

So sit tight for this and much, much more.

- posted by Hammy @ 4:07 PM