Jerry and Paul took me out to one of their secret abalone spots north of Jenner yesterday for abalone season opening day. Even though the […]
Author: Sam
Goodbye From Stonestreet!
The SCA Trail
Dear A.I.G., I Quit!
The following is a letter sent on Tuesday by Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group’s financial products unit, to Edward […]
How Starbucks Saved My Life
How Starbucks Saved My Life, Michael Gates Gill This one is a bit of a feelgood tale, the story of a high-flying advertising executive born […]
Escape
Escape, Carolyn Jessop I read Jon Krakauer’s Under the Banner of Heaven a few years ago and was absolutely dumbstruck by the existence and far-reaching […]
Estero De Americano
JPMorgan Earns $5B Derivatives Profit
By Matthew Leising and Elizabeth Hester JPMorgan Chase & Co. managed to generate $5 billion in profit during the worst year in Wall Street history […]
The Melting Pot
The Bodessis took us out to dinner on Saturday night to celebrate Mrs. V’s 30th; after our fondue experience on our recent trip to Banff we […]
Sick
Sick, Jonathan Cohn I was browsing around The Book Passage in Corte Madera with a Christmas gift voucher from my mum when I saw this […]
Banff and Lake Louise
We spent the last week in Banff in Alberta, Canada to celebrate Greg’s 60th birthday as well as Mrs. V’s 30th. We split our time […]
Gang Leader For A Day
Gang Leader For A Day, Sudhir Venkatesh Whilst studying for his PhD. in sociology at the University of Chicago, Sudhir Venkateshchose to take a slightly […]
Three Cups Of Tea
Three Cups Of Tea, Greg Mortensen Finding himself stranded and close to death after an attempted summit of K2 in the Karakoram range of the […]
Greg’s 60th Birthday
We took Friday off to head up to the cabin to celebrate Greg’s 60th birthday with him; we didn’t expect to be greeted with close […]
Crocodiles Infiltrate Queensland Towns
Mexican Central Bank Currency Intervention
Since the events toward the end of last summer emerging market currencies have been taking an absolute beating. Mexico, Brazil, Hungary, you name it… The […]
6% Checking Account Interest?!
MySpace and Facebook Beware
Mountain Biking Control Check
I learned a little lesson today, the hard way. I learned that it’s not a good idea to lead a very competent mountain biker down […]
Halliburton Settles KBR Suit For $559 Million
In the words of Art Enyedy… Halliburton? Bribery? Corruption? No Way!