Calculated Incompetence

Song and Movie Before and After

2008-10-13T16:09:00.003-05:00

I'll start.

Midnight Meat Train to Georgia.

You go.

Snuff Said

2008-05-24T14:23:00.003-05:00

Finished up Chuck Palahniuk's latest book Snuff. It was very enjoyable overall. Not quite as weird as the last one of his that I read, Rant. By not as weird I mean no time-traveling incest or booger-marks the spot treasure hunts. Usually his books start out weird, then in the last quarter or so, they multiply the weirdness. This one was the same consistency throughout. I mostly read it nonstop, back to front. I guess that is pretty much the highest compliment that you can pay a popular fiction novel. I mean that in the best way possible. I will continue to read all of Chuck's books. I heard somewhere that Choke is being made into a film. Yeah, that's right Chuck, you are nothing unless Hollywood says you are. ;-)

Coffee Music

2008-05-24T14:19:00.002-05:00

I was just sitting at my local coffee shop when I heard a song that I kinda liked on the sound system. Unfortunately there was no way for me to tell who the artist was. It would be nice if they had a large screen or something that would constantly show that information.

Diary of the Dead

2008-04-27T18:17:00.003-05:00

Finished watching George Romero's Diary of the Dead. I should have known better than to watch this movie after watching Land of the Dead a few years back. Diary of the Dead was awful. It didn't work as horror, social satire, or comedy. I'm sick of Romero's boring, slow-moving zombies and his heavy-handed attempts at satire. Do we need him anymore? No, get rid of him. Some movie probably didn't get made because they decided to make this film instead.

Karl Pilkington Poster Campaign Over

2008-04-27T18:06:00.002-05:00

Well, apparently the Karl Pilkington Poster Campaign is over. I will miss seeing all the posters of his little round manky twat head posted all over the world. I did just finish reading Karl's book, Happyslapped by a Jellyfish. Even though I had heard almost all of the stories before on Ricky Gervais' old radio show and podcasts, I laughed out loud at almost every one of them. Karl now says that there will be no more podcasts. At least I can still go on Youtube and listen to all of his greatest hits, such as the Educating Karl on Rasputin. "Is he the one that lived under the bridge?" Also: Karl-"He was a monk." Ricky- "Mad?" Karl-"Hmmmmm...."

Karl Pilkington Update

2008-04-10T21:04:00.004-05:00

Ricky Gervais says on his Karl Pilkington blog that Karl is thinking about doing a special one of show as part of a special event. My heart fills with joy. I'm getting sick of watching his youtube clips over and over again, so I can't wait for anything new from the world of Karl and his little round head.

Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-10T20:42:00.006-05:00

I'm not sure why, but Battlestar Galactica is really is such a great show to watch when you have been drinking. Maybe it has just the right mix of action, sex, political intrigue, and long-arc story lines. Deadwood was always the same way for me. I would love to do some kind of a study with fMRI machines or whatever where they could watch people's brains while they were sober, then drunk as they were watching various TV shows and see what the changes are. Conversely, I like watching The Riches sober, but not drunk. Maybe it is Eddie Izzard's whiny voice when he tries, and doesn't quite succeed at doing an American accent.

The Karl Pilkington Poster Operation

2008-04-04T17:18:00.004-05:00

Someone made this blog with a poster to print out featuring Ricky Gervais sidekick Karl Pilkington. Then people can put up the posters and post pictures on the blog. Ricky Gervais then linked to it on his own blog. I think that Karl Pilkington might be the funniest man alive, and hopefully this will help him to come back and make more podcasts. Nice job to the creator of that blog! Funny stuff.

Southland Tales

2008-04-04T16:41:00.005-05:00

So, I watched this movie Southland Tales by Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly. I was a big fan of Donnie Darko, which is not a bold statement because it is almost the definition of cult classic in recent years. I'm still not sure how I feel about the movie as a whole. It was a dark comedy dystopian future story. It had a very Philip K. Dick feel to it which I liked a lot. It had familiar PKD themes such as a cop who is also a criminal, etc. There were at least a couple direct PKD references. One was a policeman saying "flow my tears." Another was that one of the main character's names was Taverner. This flick was deliberately filled with all these little nuggets that you're supposed to go back and try to find. Some people probably will, but I doubt that I'll be one of them. Ok overall, but I think that he can do better.

Penn Says

2008-03-31T21:41:00.014-05:00

I just found Penn Jillette's new little mini-web-show thing over on the internet. I was so glad to finally hear something from him. I was a big fan of his radio show and would listen to it every weekday in podcast form. It was great, it was like the Penn Jillette Atheist Objectivist Hour. By far the smartest radio show I've ever heard. I was pissed off when they decided to quit. The libertarian-geared Bullshit! TV show also continues to be amazing. The NPR This I Believe, outstanding. He then went on to host a game show, which I'm sure he was great in, but I never cared to watch. Then he was apparently on Dancing With the Stars, and now he has made a ton of these videos about it. I also saw that he wrote a short little article in Maxim about how to anger your neighbors. He was talking on the web thing about being on Dancing With the Stars and how he had some time that was live on air. I was wondering why he didn't take those few seconds to say "There is no God." He would have caused such a controversy that he would have achieved a higher level of fame than he could have with any number of game and reality shows, and done some good for the world in the process. He would have become the juggler heard round the world in one moment! Where's the Penn I love?

Globe Trekker

2008-03-30T12:45:00.004-05:00

I have resolved to restart watching one of my favorite shows, Globe Trekker, which shows at midnight every Sunday on my local PBS station. It is definitely the most entertaining travel show that is out there today. I am especially obsessed with Megan McCormick. She is always so sweet and funny, I think that she may be the perfect woman. There is even a non-official fan site for her out there. Hopefully they will have more assignments that require her to go swimming or something.

Dengue Fever

2008-03-30T12:11:00.004-05:00

I've been getting into this band Dengue Fever ever since I heard them being interviewed and playing on NPR. I got my hands on two of their albums, Escape from Dragon House (2005), and Venus On Earth (2008). I really like what I've heard so far. Also according to Wikipedia: "The band is the subject of the documentary film, Sleepwalking Through the Mekong, chronicling its visit to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during the Bon Om Thook water festival in 2005."

Hardcore History

2008-03-26T20:25:00.007-05:00

One of my favorite podcasts is Dan Carlin's Hardcore History. He is kind of an amateur? history guy who tells various stories from the past in a very narrative way. He only releases new episodes once a month or so, but I still check every day to see if he has new episodes. My favorite by far was Show 13 - Bubonic Nukes, about the Black Plague and its aftermath. This was the episode that introduced me to Barbara W. Tuchman's great book A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. I was fascinated by his descriptions of Europe after the plague hit, and his comparisons to the aftermath of a nuclear exchange.

In other Jason Statham news

2008-03-26T20:05:00.005-05:00

I saw The Bank Job. It was very entertaining overall. Nice job of throwing in plenty of nudity, some within the first minute or so of the film. I dug the overall 1971 style of the movie. I also think that I would watch Saffron Burrows in anything, she is always great in Boston Legal. I'll give it seven and a half stars out of a possible ten.

Revolver

2008-03-26T19:54:00.004-05:00

I was pretty disappointed with Guy Ritchie's latest movie, Revolver. I was a big fan of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch. I'm not sure why he went so wrong with this one. It was just a jumble of gangster-type characters thrown together with some pseudo-psychological bullshit and chess references thrown in. It wouldn't be as bad if I didn't know that he could do better.

That's great, it starts with an earthquake

2008-03-26T19:35:00.004-05:00

I read another excellent short story from the collection Nebula Awards Showcase 2007. This one was The End of the World as We Know It by Dale Bailey. It was sort of his critique of the end-of-the-world story and in my opinion he hit it dead on. I loved how he described the different last-man-on-Earth types. I also liked the historical comparisons to Pompeii and the Black Plauge, etc. I will be interested to read more of his work in the future.

Massage Envy

2008-03-24T12:27:00.006-05:00

Massage Envy is a company that franchises massage clinics in many states throughout the nation. The first clinic opened in Phoenix in March, 2002. The owners hoped that the clinic could provide 400 massages that month, instead they provided 1,400. Clearly the founders had a good idea on their hands. The company opened another clinic on its own, and then licensed out the operating rights for the next two. Currently, all the Massage Envy clinics are franchises.

The Massage Envy Company puts one thing in front of anything else they do for their customers, and that is giving that customer the absolute best experience they could imagine while getting a massage. Almost everything the company does is involved with making the experience better for the customer. By doing this they are attracting new customers to their clinics while also bringing in new participants to the industry of massage therapy that would have normally not wanted to engage in that service. The most important part of the service is the way the experience that the customer has from the time that they enter the building until the time they leave.

The Massage Envy Company offers a quality massage at a reasonable price, and is a safe and classy environment. A one hour massage therapy session at Massage Envy consists of 5 minutes of therapist consultation, 50 minutes of hands-on massage, and 5 minutes of dressing. The company operates under a membership plan. This includes one massage per month at a set fee, depending on where the clinic is located. Additional massages can be purchased for a smaller fee. One of the key elements of the product of this company is the process a customer goes through, and quality of the service they receive throughout their experience as a guest.

After arriving at the Massage Envy clinic, the customer will be greeted by a receptionist and will begin to fill out some paper work. This paper work will include any past medical history, previous and current injuries, and anything else the customer feels the employees should know about them. Then the massage therapist will come and get the patient and discuss the forms they filled out and make sure that they understand it fully and address if the client would like anything worked on special on this particular visit. As with personal trainers at gyms, customers are generally assigned to a particular therapist. Next the massage therapist will take the client into the treatment room, which is a very relaxing room with a comfortable table for the massage (this table is even heated for the clients’ added comfort). The massage therapist will then leave the client to undress to whatever level the client is comfortable with. Then, when the client is undressed and comfortably under the top sheet and lying on the table the massage therapist will enter the room (knocking first to assure the client is ready to begin).

During the massage, if the client would like, relaxing music will be played, or not, if that is what the client would prefer. Also, while the massage is being giving only the part of the body that is directly being worked on will be uncovered to assure the comfort of the client. While the massage is being applied the client is encouraged beforehand to speak up if something is uncomfortable or the techniques being used is painful, to fully give the client the best experience possible. Once the massage is finished the massage therapist leaves the room and allows the client to re-dress and then returns them to the waiting room.

The market for massage therapy is booming currently, which is a trend Massage Envy is one of the top at capitalizing on. Currently is it reported that between five and seven billion dollars a year is spent on massage therapy, while the consumers visit clinics approximately 140 million times a year. Because of many doctors using massage therapy as part of the treatment process, the percentage of Americans using massage therapy has doubled since 1997. In addition to doctors using massage therapy as treatment many fortune 500 companies (15 % of them) offer massage therapy in their benefit package. Like many products and markets appealing to aging baby boomers, it is a key for future success, and the massage therapy industry is currently doing a good job at attracting these baby boomer consumers. With so much potential for growth for the massage therapy industry, it is not a large mystery why The Massage Envy Company is experiencing such rapid growth.

Massage Envy has also began to franchise rapidly. By franchising out its product it can experience rapid growth and profits without having to put as many resources into opening new clinics. By selling the resources and rights to a new owner, and then letting them run the business, Massage Envy saves a great deal of their managerial resources. Franchising this business in a growing industry will allow for wide name recognition and really allow Massage Envy to become the brand name of massage therapy throughout the country.

In 2006 the revenue for Massage Envy was estimated at around 15 million dollars, and in 2008 it is predicted that the company could see revenue around 225 million (based on owners expectations of 140 % growth). These financial growth numbers were the only numbers that were disclosed or available from any available sources. Based on the rapid franchising (the goal in the next years to come is 1200 clinics open) and the growing industry of massage therapy, it does not take too many numbers to see that Massage Envy is doing very well. The percentage of Americans using Massage Therapists has doubled since 1997. Doctors are increasingly including massage therapies as treatment for their patients as well.

Women between the ages of 30 and 60 constitute two-thirds of Massage Envy’s clients. This makes Massage Envy clinics good neighbors for female-oriented retailers such as Chico’s, JoAnn Stores, and Michaels. Health clubs, Pilates, and dance studios, and other membership-driven businesses also complement Massage Envy. Massage Envy’s clinics go well with convenience-oriented tenants, such as supermarkets, dry-cleaners and quick-serve restaurants. The size of the clinics, between 3,000 and 3,500 square feet, also makes the businesses attractive for landlords because they are easy to fit into many locations.Massage therapy customers also tend to get massages frequently. Those who seek therapeutic massage from trained professionals average 7 visits per year. The growing population of elderly and aging baby boomers continues to fuel an unprecedented demand for massage therapy.

Although not much information was readily available about the marketing strategy which Massage Envy uses in order to maintain some level of competitive advantage, there were some facts that could be found on the subject. Some elements of their marketing plan were not clearly stated, but through their practices some of their marketing strategy can be seen. Recently Massage Envy has outsourced its Public Relations operations to the Duke Marketing Company for its California operations. Although the plan that they put together was not available, the simple fact that Massage Envy outsourced this to another company can be used to see the growth that the company is undergoing, and this has created the necessity to outsource some marketing operations.

The marketing strategy that Massage Envy has taken is to appeal to a wide audience. On their website Massage Envy has referred to themselves as the “McDonalds of massage therapy”. This really tells the story of their marketing. They have positioned themselves in the market as the place to go to get what you know, and what you can expect, for a price that it is not only affordable but in many cases the cheapest. With this market positioning they have appealed to a wide range of customers (including but not exclusive to the target market). By creating an experience that is the same every time the customer comes into the clinic, regardless of how long it has been since their last visit, and which employee (new or old) is giving the massage the customer will feel comfortable going to this clinic. This is because it is not going to be new to them in any way. This also transcends locations. Even if a customer is on the road, the Massage Envy brand will be a familiar one, with which they will be comfortable going to at a new location, because the company is marketed to customers that enjoy the company’s familiarity and affordable massages.

In an interview with CG Funk, the VP of Industry Relations, one of the main focuses that was talked about was the growth of the company via franchising, and the seeking of new massage therapists to work in the clinics that are being opened up all over the country. When a clinic matures each clinic will employ around 30 massage therapists to satisfy the client’s needs. With so many clinics opening up the company is seeking employees from all over the country to come and join this growing company. This will allow it to keep growing and achieving the level of success that they have established already.

The interviews also covered why a massage therapist would benefit from working at a company like Massage Envy. The answer seemed to be that it was very simple for them. All the therapist needs to be concerned about is with showing up and working with the clients. This is because the company handles all the marketing and booking of clients. This can also allow the therapists to develop a relationship with many more clients than perhaps they would have access to if they were working alone out of their own clinic. This is beneficial because this can increase the amount of tips the therapists gain and also can influence the size of the tips they receive.
The company also is very flexible with the schedules and needs of the therapists. They offer full and part time positions, so if a therapist can only do 3 days a week or 15 hours a week the company is accommodating to those needs. Also the therapist has the option of telling the company that he or she cannot perform more than 6 massages a day at 3 in a row, or some sort of detail about them like that, and the company is again very accommodating to them.
This type of flexibility and the growing company name can help a young student who is looking for experience in the field of massage therapy, or perhaps a worker who has been in the industry a while who is looking to do other things and just maintain a part time employment opportunity. By really being an employee friendly place to work Massage Envy has done itself a great service because happy employees can really translate into happy customers, which can expand growth very rapidly. I know from my experiences that one of the focal points of that company is to have happy employees so that the customers are even more satisfied. This obviously works far beyond the world of retail also, and is working well in the world of Massage Therapy for the Massage Envy Company.

Regarding the future of Massage Envy, it is a promising future, for multiple reasons. Most of the success of the business comes from the fact that the company is franchising, and that is allowing them rapid growth which would most likely take a much longer time if the company stayed self-operated and opened clinics to be completely run internally. Almost all of the information that is available regarding Massage Envy in one way or another references the fast expansion due to the franchise model that they have executed.

Another element that will with no doubt add to the success the company is set to have in the future is the industry itself. Massage Envy is capitalizing on the expanding industry that is massage therapy. Some of the numbers listed earlier in this paper have clearly outlined the rapid growth in this industry. Things such as the fact that many companies are offering massage therapy in their benefits packages, and the growing number of the baby boomers that are using massage therapy services to help with everyday aches and pains suggest growth potential. Although the information given to the franchisees is unavailable, it can be assumed due to the success the company and the franchise have achieved that the operating model including the location is a very successful model for this type of business.

With some companies it is not always clear why they are as successful as they are, and often they eventually lose that success. Massage Envy is different because by making things comfortable, affordable, and convenient for their customers it shows why they are successful at what they do. For this reason, there is little doubt about their ability to maintain the happiness of their current customers while attracting new ones to their business. Every section about this company seems to be a successful way of doing business for other industries, and is working well for Massage Envy, so there is little reason to doubt this company’s future.

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I Live With You

2008-03-18T23:11:00.004-05:00

I just read this story by Carol Emshwiller called "I Live With You." I enjoyed it very much. I really can't write too much about it without ruining it for you. At the end of the story I was really not sure what had happened, and I loved that about it. I look forward to reading more of her work.

PKD in prime time

2008-02-28T21:49:00.002-06:00

I loved seeing the Philip K. Dick book VALIS in the last episode of Lost. If they keep putting PKD books in the show they are going to make the fanboys go insane trying to figure it out.

The Death of Omar

2008-02-28T21:39:00.005-06:00

I'm not sure how I feel about Omar's death in the latest episode of The Wire. It was consistent with some of the writers' series-spanning themes. I enjoyed seeing how Omar was one of the most well known and feared/respected in Baltimore, but news of his death did not even get printed in the paper. I will miss his character greatly.

We Own the Night

2008-02-18T13:30:00.004-06:00

If you are thinking about watching the movie We Own the Night, don't bother. I was really surprised at how unexciting this movie really was. We have already seen Eva Mendes' breasts, so that shouldn't be a big draw. During the entire movie I just wanted to scream at Joaquin Phoenix and tell him to stop fucking mumbling. Marky Mark, same thing. Ug, I'm losing energy just thinking about it.

and a Bottle of Rum

2008-02-14T01:08:00.001-06:00

One more post to say "go Pirate Bay Go."

Another "I Love" post

2008-02-14T01:01:00.003-06:00

I love the AMC program Breaking Bad. I think I like it because the main character is possibly worse looking than myself, if possible. However, his wife happens to be wildly good looking. Before now it was just Philip Seymour Hoffman stealing my roles. Plus, I think that everyone really wants to break bad. I know I do. Actually, I kind of broke bad earlier today. They told me I could only have either honey mustard or barbecue. Unacceptable, I thought! No lung cancer yet, but it is only a matter of time.

Biggest Balls in History

2008-02-12T14:20:00.001-06:00

I'd like to nominate legendary skyjacker D.B. Cooper for The Biggest Balls in History award. Know of another historical figure with balls of steel? Comments?

Philip K Dick interview

2008-02-11T13:04:00.001-06:00

Nice, short video of Philip K Dick with Richard Linklater talking about the A Scanner Darkly movie.

Neil Gaiman book online

2008-02-10T12:49:00.001-06:00

Neil Gaiman is having a vote to see which of his books will be available online for free. I voted for American Gods. I liked that book tons. I enjoyed reading it with Google readily available to look up all the old-timey gods. I also liked how the new gods were television, the internet, etc.

All in the game yo, all in the game.

2008-02-10T11:33:00.002-06:00

I just wanted to do a quick post to say how much I care for the television program "The Wire." It has filled the void left in my heart by the loss of a couple of other HBO shows, Deadwood and John From Cincinnati. It is now on the last season, and is focusing on the media in addition to the police, gangs, unions, schools, homeless and everything else. The last episode saw my favorite character, Omar perform some Spiderman shit and escape a setup by Snoop and Chris. Omar promptly commenced fucking up Marlow's business, even with a broken leg. Are they possibly setting up some kind of showdown at the end of the series between Omar, the heart-and-soul of Baltimore and sociopathic Marlow? I fucking hope so. McNulty continues to create a fake serial killer. There is also kind of a newspaper version of McNulty running around as well. I recently read an article in Rolling Stone by David Simon where he described (possibly someone else that he worked with) making up articles and sources when he worked for the newspaper. He is now writing this, and the decline of the paper into the show. He knows his shit and it shows. The thing I love most about the show is how realistically it shows the effect of bureaucracy on individuals with initiative.

The Man in the High Castle

2008-02-10T11:10:00.001-06:00

I'm about halfway through reading The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick. It is an alternate history novel published in 1962. I have been on a big PKD kick lately. I have read a lot of alternate history novels before, mostly written from 1990 on. This book has PKD's usual craziness, but it also has a very detailed and well thought out story line about what might have happened if Germany and Japan had won World War Two. In the book the U.S. is occupied by Germany and Japan. The U.S. is also divided up into pieces kind of Jericho-style. PKD spends a lot of time describing how Japanese culture is now the standard in certain parts of the U.S. This type of thing is something that is normally not emphasized in many alternate history authors, such as Harry Turtledove. Germany has also gone on to develop advanced rocket technology and also bring the holocaust to Africa. I read that this was the only book that PKD wrote that he had time to do rewrites, etc. He was normally very short on cash and had to write books as quickly as he could just to survive. The extra time that he spent on this book made a big difference and I believe that he won the Hugo for it. The book also contains a book-within-a-book that describes a third scenario in which the U.S. did win the war. I'm kind of surprised that so far there has been no policeman who is also a criminal, robot who has feelings, or female love interest that either turns out to be insane on a police informant. This must have been written before he started to go nuts for reals.

Honey Mustard Sustainability Fund

2008-02-07T19:34:00.001-06:00

I was visiting the local McDonald's restaurant to eat some chicken nuggets and fries and I dropped my extra three cents into the collection box for the Ronald McDonald house. Not sure what it is actually for, I think it is for houses for kids who are sick or something. That sounds like a good cause, but I had another idea. Currently you are not allowed to get as much barbecue or honey mustard sauce as you want, and you only get it with certain menu items. I was thinking that all of the loose change that goes into the collection bins could be used instead to create some type of a Honey Mustard and Barbecue Sustainability Fund which would ensure that all customers at McDonald's could have all of the sauces that they need as long as they purchase something. This would make the customers very happy because all of their sauce needs would be taken care of. You want honey mustard with your McChicken sandwich? No problem!

Overclocked

2008-02-04T13:28:00.000-06:00

I started reading the short story collection "Overclocked" by Cory Doctorow. It is great so far. He has this way of writing about the present and making it seem like the future. I also really liked his book "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom" (particularly the idea of an adhocracy) and his work over at Boing Boing.

Find 815

2008-02-03T13:09:00.001-06:00

Started playing this Lost ARG called Find 815. It is ok, played the first chapter, got bored, quit. I found the Sunda Trench interesting. I still appreciate all the effort that the Lost creators must put into this stuff. It must take a lot of work to keep everything consistent. I can barely remember what happened last season most of the time. Saw they are making a video game also.

Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey

2008-02-03T12:35:00.001-06:00

I just saw a video of former/current Taco John's spokesanimal Whiplash performing his dog-riding routine at some kind of a rodeo or something. It said that he performs 150 times per year. How have I not seen him in person when he seems to be in the area? How does the management of Taco John's feel about about Whiplash doing his routine all over town? It would seem to downgrade the value of their commercials featuring him. Now I'm hungry for some El Superburrito. Run like the wind!

Knee High July

2008-02-03T12:32:00.000-06:00

I've always thought that Knee High July would be a great name for a band. I've shopped it around, but so far, no takers. Based on the old farmer saying "The corn is Knee-High by the Fourth Of July!"

Hot Local

2008-02-03T12:23:00.000-06:00

I was going to post to this Facebook group, but then beside my inbox there was an advertisement assuring me that I could "meet hot local women." It confused me because I thought, "If all these hot local women want to meet me, why don't they just come up and talk to me? They are hot, which should make them not too intimidated to talk to me, and local means that they are near by." I soon realized that this advertisement was nothing more than a clever ruse to to make me click on a link and go to another website. I thought to myself "Doesn't this mean that the 'hot local women' don't want to meet me?" We may never know, but I choose to believe that there are "hot local women" out there somewhere just waiting to meet.....