IgniteBlog's Fabio Gratton Used to be Tom Cruise's Personal Assistant

There are only 3 degrees of separation between me and Kevin Bacon! I know and have hung out with Fabio Gratton, who was Tom Cruise's personal assistant, and Tom Cruise was in the movie A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon!

Fabio, as you may know, founded Ignite Health, a technology-based healthcare communications [got to correct the spelling on your LinkedIn page, Fabio] agency committed to innovating healthcare marketing. He is also the author of IgniteBlog.

Anyway, for those who care, here's Fabio's complete work history as outlined on his personal web site:

• First job: mowing lawns (paid for my first scooter)
• Second job: creating logos for my dad's company (healthcare)
• Third job: Kinney Shoes (Yes, fitting shoes for smelly feet)
• Fourth job: Mario's Restuarant, Westwood Village (fired because they thought I was stealing money from the cash register)
• Fifth job: UCLA Alumni Annual Fund (sucked)
• Sixth job: Intern at Paramount Pictures Story Department (learned everything I ever needed to know about screenwriting)
• Seventh job: Personal assistant to Tom Cruise (he was good to me)
• Eighth job: Fair-Riley-Call / Bozell (healthcare advertising)
• Ninth job: Started Ignite Health (never looked back)

Fabio also created this rebus, which I saw on a MM&M Webcast about Pharma eMarketing ROI (see "Do Privacy Concerns Stand in the Way of Measuring Pharma eMarketing ROI?"). Can you tell me what "It" is?

Check It Out: Google Blog Search

Fabio at IgniteBlog turned me on to Google's new Universal Search (see "Google 2.0: Google Universal Search Launched!"; also see "Google Universal Search & Healthcare Social Media: Game Changing Or More Of The Same?" over at HealthcareVOX).

Part of Google 2.0 is Google Blog Search, which could be Game Over for other search sites that specialize in blogs.

Check it out here.