I had a brilliant idea once, for a website that would collect every show being played at every club in the city, so I would stop missing bands when they came to town. Unfortunately someone else had that idea too, and they actually did something with it, and that site is called Tourfilter. I’m not sore over this guy using the idea first since he’s not getting any richer from it than I am; I’m just annoyed with myself that I let a great idea slip through the cracks because I was too lazy to implement it.
I have numerous brilliant schemes — I call them “Million Dollar Ideas” — that I have no way of implementing myself, and unlike Tourfilter, aren’t thoughts that come across to normal people; for example, I doubt anyone else has even considered the puppy bouquet. All I can do is unleash this gem upon the world and hope someone with the necessary skills and funds will do something about it. In upcoming weeks, you’ll be able to read all about them in this space.
However, I do have one idea that I can do something about: I can make a men’s magazine that caters to the young urban non-professional. This is my real million dollar idea: Modern Serf.