My brother went and made me a Zeer.
Not a pot, a website.
It only cost about a million bucks, and took over a year to do it, but he loves me a lot. I am a pretty good little sister.
...That kind of thing is harder than it looks. He quit his other job to raise capital and start this Zeer thingy for me. I love food and I love reviews, so it's the perfect gift. Thanks, bro. The site is great.
...I almost wish I had some sort of debilitating food allergy so I could use it to better advantage. Right now, even without allergies, I can go to Zeer to check out the nutritional information and reviews on food that I buy at the grocery store.
Don't get me wrong, I like to go out to eat, but I actually prefer to cook at home most of the time. That way I know what's going into my meal. I check labels at the grocery store, but I'm finding now that I have Lucy, I have less time to do that--between keeping things on the shelves and Lucy relatively happy. It's nice to be able to make decisions about what I want in my pantry at home before I get to the store.
My favorite part about Zeer, though, is that I get to read the reviews that people write about stuff. (Of course, I review, too. I do my part.)
I am a review nut. I subscribe to Consumer Reports (in both senses). I like Epinions and other websites' review features. Am I wrong to want to know more about what I buy before I have buyer's remorse? I am not, and neither are you.
Don't believe he made it for me? Click on the Techcrunch link here:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008
See? Did you happen to notice the part about the target group??? Did I mention that I am a woman who is 31 years old?
Don't feel bad that no one has ever made you a Zeer. It doesn't happen every day. To make you feel better, I will tell you a few things I have never had happen to me:
No one ever made me a Google.
I have never gone to Hawaii.
I have never been serenaded from, or while I was standing on, a balcony.
I have never had my very own pony.
I never owned a Barbie.
Feel better now? Now that I look at that list, I see that someone was bound to make me a Zeer sooner or later.
I should get something for Mike to thank him, but what would be an appropriate gift? Maybe flowers. Maybe a t-shirt that says, "I made my sister a Zeer and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."
No... He really went through a lot of trouble.
I should get him both.
Mike has had this idea for a long time. He's lucky to have a wife like Molly, who let him throw caution to the entrepreneurial wind to give this dream legs to stand on. She's pretty great: gorgeous, funny, calm, very easy to talk to (despite her massive brain--you've gotta love that in a person). Of course, it could be the fact that we're the same age that makes for easy conversation with Molly.
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I'm just going to make a quick call to verify something...
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Hey, did I tell you that my brother adores his wife so much that he made her a Zeer?
wink.
Okay, so I'm a joker. But the site's no joke. Zeer is real. Good job, Mike!
Here's another link to a Zeer review: http://www.sys-con.com/read/560725.htm
wink.Here's another link to a Zeer review: http://www.sys-con.com/read/560725.htm
