All right, let's just get to the point here. There's apparently no truth to the rumor that Andrew Bloch is the cause of Sharon Stone's current marital discord. Though Andrew indeed appeared in a commercial with Stone, he contends that he was somehow able to keep the "relationship"strictly professional. While I had Andrew in my journalistic clutches, he agreed to offer an 11-year post-Kellogg update. "Two years ago I left New York and moved back to San Francisco, where I grew up. I've pretty much left the financial world now and am doing things which are either socially oriented or of interest to me personally. Today, I finished up another semester of teaching Junior Achievement classes (to two third-grade classes). For the last eight weeks I've been driving an Audi TT as an extra in the upcoming sequel to The Matrix. Last weekend I ran in the Bay to Breakers race, finishing one place ahead of a naked man and a stone's throw in front of the winning women's centipede."Aspiring joggers and film stars can contact Andrew at anbloch@ earthlink.net.

I also begged Rodney Williams to comment on his recent career. He wrote, "I followed the Internet boom to the Bay Area and joined a Palo Alto software start-up, Chingari, Inc., a year ago. In short order, the boom became a bust and I learned the many ways VC's can tell you no. Still, hard work and downsized egos prevailed, and we closed a $24 million first round of funding last August. The business is up and running and last month I jjoined another Silicon Valley start-up, Galileo Laboratories, as vice president of marketing. It's a biotech company in the pharmaceutical and nutritional space."

For those faithful readers, the Bettadapurs are making their third straight appearance in this column. But they keep moving. After a few months of CFOing for Holnam in Brussels, Shaila Bettadapur chucked it for Asia.

Shaila wrote, "We are now in Singapore. I am now the treasurer for Johnson Controls in the Asia-Pacific region. I cover India to Japan and Australia, so a lot of travel. I took my first trip to China (Shanghai) just after the spy plane thing. No trouble though. We have a live-in maid, which is quite common here. She does absolutely everything. I almost feel guilty (the operative word is 'almost'). Jacquie says she doesn't have anything to do, in terms of housework. And the maid is a built-in baby sitter. I have a feeling we're going to have reentry shock in three or five years time."Contact the Bettadapurs at shailabe@yahoo.com or jacbetta@yahoo.com.

Steve Kish won the Who's Had More Jobs Than David Gavoor contest. Last issue, Dave counted "six real jobs post Kellogg"and challenged anyone to claim more. Mr. Kish responded, "I believe I have Dave beat. In three weeks, I'll be starting my seventh job since leaving Kellogg. Any prize for this? A year's supply of Turtle Wax perhaps. I'll wait by the mailbox for the bounty from Dave. The new job could be pretty cool. It's a (well-funded) start-up founded by a couple of engineers from Bell Labs who are a hell of a lot smarter than I am. The company, called Winphoria, makes a next generation MSC (mobile switching center) capable of handling wireless voice and data calls with equal aplomb. I'll be the director of product management. Sarah and I are finally becoming real adultsŠby virtue of moving into a real house. We'll be seeing Craig Stinebaugh and Stephanie in a few weeks, so I'll be able to report on how Jackson's golf grip looks."(Jackson would be about 9-months-old now.) Looking forward to the report.

Last issue, I included an e-mail address for Allison Plyer that was outdated by the time the issue went to print. Her current address is aplyer3@home.com. I asked her for a career update and she responded, "You can alert the gang that after being selected in March as one of the 'Power Generation' (up-and-comers under 40) by City Business Magazine here in New Orleans, I decided to quit my job and become an independent consultant to nonprofit organizations. Full-time work and full-time school were a little too much, and since I'm more addicted to school than to work, it was clear which one had to go. So much for power. But hopefully still making a difference in New Orleans."

I'd like to make an appeal to those of you who have never appeared in Class Notes. It really would be a treat to hear from you, so please write. Just a line about anything you care to share would be welcome. Hope the summer treats you well.