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[Ellemeno]

Can I just see Ennis founding Amazon? Well ... no. 

Not even Hamley's Saddle Catalog.

[Ellemeno]

One of those tangential Brokieisms:

[serious crayons]

Good one, E. But who's the guy on the left?

[southendmd]

Good one, E. But who's the guy on the left?

Could it be "Mr. Science"?

[Front-Ranger]

Could it be "Mr. Science"?

You mean Bill Nye, the Science Guy?

[Ellemeno]

You mean Bill Nye, the Science Guy?

Yes, what Lee said.  That's Bill Nye, the Science Guy, a Seattle local who made it nationally with a television show for kids.  He's a very good guy.

L to R: Bill Nye, Fred Rogers, Carl Sagan.

[Sophia]

Can I just see Ennis founding Amazon? Well ... no. 

 

Well perhaps Facebook!?

[serious crayons]

Yes, what Lee said.  That's Bill Nye, the Science Guy, a Seattle local who made it nationally with a television show for kids.  He's a very good guy.

L to R: Bill Nye, Fred Rogers, Carl Sagan.

I figured it was somebody like that.

Well perhaps Facebook!?

No, nor Google nor eBay nor Twitter nor BetterMost nor really any dot-com enterprise.

[Front-Ranger]

Well, I can see some parallels between him and Mark Zuckerberg. That scene when they were all celebrating and Sean Parker came up and gave him a hug and he just sat in his chair, and Sean said, "I know, you're not a hugger!" Mark had a mean streak, just like Ennis did.

[Front-Ranger]

Offhand anecdote: Bezos initially planned to call the company "Cadabra" but changed it to Amazon because somebody thought he was saying "cadaver". He should have just added Abra before the name. There's an instance when having an English major handy would have saved the day.

Here's the link to the article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203914304576627102996831200.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_6