Some friends are coming into town and I need to figure out where to take them. It looks like we will have to drive everywhere since it is a family and they don't have much time.A couple of places come to mind: Golden Gate Park: We could hit all of the majors and not really … [Read more...]
Workshop Piece
I am struggling with which piece to present at the workshop. I have tons of stuff from the book but which one to present. The end game is that I get feedback on readability and understanding. The content seems to be good -- at least that is what everyone who reads it tells me. A … [Read more...]
Bulls, Bears and Bullshit
I just don't get the stock market. Not 6 months ago, it was at 14,000. It then dips to 6,500 and now it almost 8,000. It just makes no sense. I know that the subprime mortage crisis and all of the bad debt really made everyone nervious but fundementally, what has changed. We are … [Read more...]
Conversations into a short piece
A. 2:00am, Friday night. My wife and I discussing that she has to go to the ER because her stomach hurt a lot. B. Thursday, 8:00pm. Some lady that was at the neighborhood association that was talking to me about how much she loves the place and that she needs to know her … [Read more...]
The Treadmill of Life
Every Thursday, during the winter months, I run on a treadmill at my local gym. Depending on the night before, this can either go well or be a struggle. I usually arrive at the gym around 5:30am. The gym I go to is on the 3rd and 4th floor of a building that used to have a … [Read more...]