[Jeff Higgins]

A good buddy, fellow Pelican and R Gruppe-er, quit his pretty damn decent position at Microsoft a couple of years ago to go to work for Sears. They were just then (talk about a day late and a dollar short) starting to try to gear up some semblance of an on-line presence. Oh, granted, there was obviously already a Sears website from which one could order, but they were looking to challenge Amazon and resume their rightful place in American retail. I think he quit in less than a year, pronouncing the whole thing worse than hopeless. What a shame.