Spencer F. Katt

Returning at long last from his home away from home of Vegas, the Kitty struggled to adapt from the desert to the deluge. “Boston must have taken Microsoft up on its Dreary Skies Initiative,” mused the meteorological Mouser as he recalled a Ballmerian witticism about the San Diego weather during Microsofts recent Tech Ed conference […]

Hunger racked the Furballs frame as he cabbed toward McCarran airport to end his monthlong stay in Las Vegas. “Mmm, theres gotta be some food at that CAworld roundtable with CAs interim CEO, Ken Cron,” mused the Mouser as he asked the cabbie to bang a U-turn and head to the Sands. Thirty minutes into […]

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“Go wild?” pouted the near-penniless Puss as he noted the slogan for the Rio Hotel, where the Gartner Outsourcing Summit was under way in Las Vegas. “I cant even go home.” Spence had cashed in his return airline ticket trying to prolong his stay in Vegas and was now desperately attempting to at least break […]

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“Why waste money and time on back-and-forth flights? And speaking of wasted time, I would have to use the new online travel system to book them,” prattled the peripatetic Puss as he persuaded his editor to let him stay in Las Vegas for two weeks. So what if the bean counters wouldnt let him stay […]

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“I like Satchmos version of this tune better,” mused the Mouser, who then was startled to notice an MCI logo appear at the end of the spot. Spence knew hed mindlessly viewed the ad before but always assumed it was for IBM or feminine-hygiene products. “Do any of you folks realize who or what MCI […]

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“What ever happened to that crazy ol tech biz gang of mine?” lamented the Lynx. “Remember the good old days, when the players could be more interesting than the products?” Larry Ellison tried to kick up a ruckus last year with his bid to snatch PeopleSoft, but the fireworks fizzled when he got hitched this […]