Every time the island's only copy of Grove's book, Only the Paranoid Survive, changes hands, Meg gets a cut and he doesn't. Entire management team of online advice site Epinions Inc. got the boot last night. It's worrisome that Linus Torvalds' sandals showed up in an eBay auction, especially since there has been no sign of him in days. Doerr's relentless pronouncements that this island represents the largest legal concentration of wealthmongers in recorded history is giving everyone less and less comfort. For one thing, he hasn't lifted a finger to fish.
Truth is, all the VCs are looking a little glassy-eyed.
With food so scarce, they've been hunting for sustenance in their rare wine collections. Bill Gates sent a CARE package this morning by freighter. It had McDonald's Happy Meals and a few hundred million in cash to cover short positions, but we forgot to warn the captain that McNealy and Ellison had mined the harbor. Now everything is coated in a strange stucco-like substance composed of shredded cash and exploded hamburger grease. Steve Jobs has saved Apple twice more since the contest began, thus winning immunity from the council vote.